The merger between DNV and GL is now approved. The new company – DNV GL – will be operational from 12 September. DNV GL will be the world’s largest ship and offshore classification society to the maritime industry, a leading provider of technical assurance and risk management services to the oil & g
Having gotten off to a flying start, the SeaGen 2.0MW test programme at The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec continues to prove its success. Siemens-owned MCT delivered the prototype powertrain and all associated equipment to the Narec facility in June 2013. Since that time, a large variety o
Having gotten off to a flying start, the SeaGen 2.0MW test programme at The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec continues to prove its success. Siemens-owned MCT delivered the prototype powertrain and all associated equipment to the Narec facility in June 2013. Since that time, a large variety o
Oceanlinx, a South Wales-based company, has applied to the Essential Services Commission (ESC) for a licence to produce power from waves. A generator which would produce power from waves pushing air through a turbine is being built off the coast of Port MacDonnell, ABC News reports. ESC said that th
Noble Energy, Inc. announced a discovery at the Troubadour exploration prospect in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in Noble Energy’s Big Bend/Troubadour “Rio Grande” area, is located in 7,273 feet of water on Mississippi Canyon Block 699 and was drilled to a total depth of 19,510 fee
The strong growth in interstate visitors to Queensland revealed in the National Visitor Survey released can only be maintained or grow if the state’s premier natural attraction is protected, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS). The Great Barrier Reef sustains a $6 billion
St. Petersburg hosted yesterday the opening of the 11th International Conference for Oil and Gas Resources Development in the Russian Arctic and CIS Continental Shelf (RAO/CIS Offshore 2013). A Gazprom delegation is taking part in the event. Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management
Statoil has together with partners in PL128 made an oil discovery in the Svale North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Norne field. Exploration well 6608/10-15, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, has proven a 45 metre oil column in the Åre formation a
Fugro has reached agreement to acquire DCN Global LLC (‘DCN Global’), a company specialising in the provision of subsea engineering and diving services to the offshore civil and oil & gas industry, primarily in the Middle East. Over the last four decades Fugro has firmly established itself as the le
Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 meter blade for the V164-8.0 MW – the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – at the R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK. The blade will now undergo an extensive testing regime to ensure total reliability. The 80 meter blade is the longest ever produc
Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 meter blade for the V164-8.0 MW – the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – at the R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK. The blade will now undergo an extensive testing regime to ensure total reliability. The 80 meter blade is the longest ever produc
Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Ltd, has on September the 10th released further test results of the Penguin wave energy converter installed in Orkney, Scotland. The Penguin wave energy converter was redeployed in Orkney in July 2013 after pre-commissioning of the power plant. The Penguin has no
Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Ltd, has on September the 10th released further test results of the Penguin wave energy converter installed in Orkney, Scotland. The Penguin wave energy converter was redeployed in Orkney in July 2013 after pre-commissioning of the power plant. The Penguin has no
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has entered into a USD 1 billion revolving credit facility, equivalent to NOK six billion, with a group of Nordic and international banks. The facility contains an uncommitted accordion option which could increase the facility to USD 2 billion, equivalent to NOK twelve bil
