Captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Sea Shepherd anti-poaching ship ‘Bob Barker’ has reported that the unflagged toothfish-poaching vessel ‘Thunder’ has sunk in 4000 metres of water, 19 nautical miles north of the Equator and 115 miles from Sao Tome. The Sea Shepherd ships ‘Bob Barker’ and ‘Sam Simon’
AWE, as operator of PMP 38158, has informed that the subsea tie-back and installation project to connect the Pateke-4H development well to the Tui area oil fields gathering system has been successfully completed and that oil production has begun. The Pateke-4H well has been brought onto production a
Pumps and equipment are being shipped out to Peru for the scheduled deployment of Atmocean’s wave energy system off Peruvian coastline. The equipment has been shipped out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Peru, where the company is planning to deploy a scaled 1/3 demonstration system that will consis
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”) has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm. The contract, estimated at a value in excess of EUR 100 million (USD 109 million), highlights the con
Singapore-based offshore contractor, EMAS Offshore, has reported net profit of US$9.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, an increase from the US$4.0 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. Revenue for the quarter was US$60.9 million, compared to US$67.6 mill
Aberdeen-based fabrication and engineering business, Harlen Fabrication Ltd has successfully delivered their first project from their recently established Dundee Quayside facility. The contract was for the procurement of materials and manufacture of 32 engineered Clump weights totalling some 2,000 t
ORPC’s RivGen turbine is currently under preparations before deployment at demonstration project site in Igiugig, Alaska, scheduled to take place in summer 2015. The turbine is being fine-tuned at Nikiski, Alaska, after which it will be shipped to Igiugig prior to its deployment in the summer. Accor
The vessels used to install the cables and turbines for tidal projects are the same as the vessels used by offshore oil and gas industry, and due to decline in the drilling activities in offshore oil and gas, tidal projects can benefit from these events. Proactiveinvestors reports that the drop in t
The extension of the “Quai de Flamands” at port of Cherbourg has been completed this March. The port of Cherbourg now comprises a 680 m linear wharf that is accessible to vessels up to 14 m draught, and has a bearing capacity of 15 t/m2. The extension was performed within the framework for renewable
Tesla Offshore, an offshore survey service provider, has promoted Matt Keith to Vice President and Geoscience Manager, and an officer with the company. C. D. Schempf, Jr., President of Tesla Offshore said: “by promoting a young man of Matt’s caliber to a position of leadership serves to illustrate T
Seatricity has informed that the winter refit of its Oceanus 2 wave energy convertor is nearing completion. Over the next few days, Seatricity’s patented hydraulic pump, which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washingt
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) from Hannover, Germany plans to hire a vessel to conduct offshore geophysical surveys. BGR has invited tenders for the provision of a research vessel, intended for the Institute’s project “Panorama 2” which includes conducting 2D refl
Eni has proposed Stefano Cao as the next chief executive officer of Italian oil service company Saipem, to replace Umberto Vergine at a shareholder meeting in April. Furthermore, Eni, which holds 43 percent stake in Saipem, approved the proposal of the following candidates for appointment to Saipem’
Polarcus has secured further industry pre-funding enabling the expansion of the Capreolus survey northwards with an additional 7,130 square kilometers. Consequently the Capreolus 3D Project will now comprise approximately 22,130 sq. km overall, providing exploration companies with an extensive basin
