Leading international subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology Offshore today announced that it has appointed an agent in the Middle East to support its continuing global expansion. The Aberdeen-headquartered company has completed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Technical Equipment
During the past months several reports regarding the deep sea mining campaign in Papua New Guinea were released, Swakopmund Matters informed. The campaign coordinator for the Australian-based organization “Deep Sea Mining”, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, has authored a significant report on marine mining in P
BTM Consult, a premier forecaster and data source for the international wind industry and part of Navigant’s Global Energy Practice, has announced that it has released Offshore Report 2013. The 250+ page Offshore Report 2013 is BTM Consult’s most comprehensive overview of the offshore wind power mar
BTM Consult, a premier forecaster and data source for the international wind industry and part of Navigant’s Global Energy Practice, has announced that it has released Offshore Report 2013. The 250+ page Offshore Report 2013 is BTM Consult’s most comprehensive overview of the offshore wind power mar
Santos today announced a significant gas discovery at the Crown-1 exploration well in WA-274-P, located in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. The Crown-1 well is located approximately 500 kilometres north of Broome, approximately 60 kilometres west of the Ichthys field and 20 kilometres ea
A planned wind farm off the Nantasket Beach in Hull, which would comprise four or five wind turbines that could produce enough electricity to power the entire town, seems to be unfeasible. According to the latest report, conducted by Al Pereira and presented to the town officials, this project would
“One of the great challenges of our time is to meet the world’s increasing demand for energy, while at the same time tackling the global climate challenges in a responsible manner,” says Statoil CEO Helge Lund at the 2012 Autumn Conference. Statoil believes that more forceful international measures
KBA Training Centre (KBAT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Healing Chambers of Asia Sdn Bhd (HCA) to deliver International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Diver Medic Technician (DMT) courses at HCA’s training facility in Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia. The first course has been s
Nautilus Minerals, a company engaded in seabed mining, has decided to halt the construction of Solwara 1 project offshore Papua New Guinea regarding a dispute with the government. Nautilus terminated the construction because of a dispute over the cost of up to US $80 million, that, according to the
Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited, founded and based in Stromness, was this week awarded an ‘Agreement for Lease’ from the Crown Estate for a commercial tidal energy demonstrator project to be located at Lashy Sound between the islands of Eday and Sanday in Orkney. The award from Crown Estate, the
Minister for Finance and Treasury of Solomon Islands Rick Hou has signed a financing agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a project agreement with Solomons Oceanic Cable Company (SOC) for the submarine cable project development. The submarine cable project, which is planned to connect the
Kajima Corp. and the engineering unit of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. are planning to construct 500MW of offshore wind power in the next five years, the companies announced yesterday. This follows the statement that these two companies have combined their expertise in a study, aiming to provi
A wind turbine was erected off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture in Japan, in order to test the behaviour of offshore wind technology in rough conditions there. This area is known for its frequent typhoons and the fact that two tidal currents also meet there. The demonstration project will help
Subsea mooring connector (SMC) specialist, First Subsea has invested over £200,000 in new mooring connector test rig facilities at its production site in Lancaster, UK. The test-rig is being used in the manufacture of ‘next generation’ SMCs for industry leading, deepwater mooring projects: the Jack
