In the course of the next month Aibel will perform 100,000 hours of work in connection with a shutdown that will improve the stability of the Snøhvit facility at Melkøya near Hammerfest. “The keyword is improvement. The goal of Statoil with all the projects in this shutdown is a more robust and stab
The development of the Hejre field will be the largest oil and gas development in the Danish sector of the North Sea for many years, and will significantly boost Denmark’s status as being self-sufficient in oil and gas. The field is located in the central part of the North Sea near the Danish/Norweg
Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) analyzed April 2014 figures from Renewable Energy Planning Database created by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, and came to a conclusion that the UK already has enough renewables projects to fulfil the 2020 renewable energy target. According to DECC’s
Following the merger of DNV and GL, one leading pipeline integrity software solution will now incorporate both previous brands, DNV’s Synergi Pipeline and GL Noble Denton’s Uptime. The single next-generation system will be branded under the Synergi Pipeline name. Pipeline integrity software As the f
Apache Corporation said that two recent hydrocarbon discoveries illustrate the continuing reserve upside to be found across the company’s 6.8 million gross acres in Egypt’s Western Desert. The Herunefer-1X discovery, located in the Matruh Basin in the eastern portion of Khalda Offset Concession, enc
James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc – the UK’s leading marine services provider, announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with Mammoet Salvage B.V a division of Mammoet. Operating for over 200 years and with a global office network, Mammoet is the world
Gardline’s Paul Salmon presented on best practice methods for marine Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) whilst Andy Campbell from Asian Geos and Gardline presented on International Standards of Marine Environmental Sampling at a knowledge-exchange event in Myanmar. In March 2014 Myanmar provision
Good Energy is to invest for the first time in a tidal energy project, the Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales. The Swansea Bay project is projected to deliver renewable power to more than 155,000 homes in the Swansea area and to save the equivalent of 236,000 tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions a yea
The MacArtney Group has announced the supply of an intelligent and rugged ice core drilling winch solution to British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The winch will be used to deploy the new BAS Rapid Access Isotope Drill (RAID) which is able to complete 600 m drilling cycle in just one week, before being r
A new report has revealed that the impact of dredging and dumping in the Great Barrier Reef is much worse than the mining industry or state-owned ports have indicated, raising concerns over plans to dredge and dump more than 100 million tonnes in the Reef’s waters. The report’s key findings include:
DECC’s latest offshore oil and gas licensing round, which closed for applications on Friday 25 April, has received a strong response with 173 applications from industry for around 370 blocks. Energy Minister Michael Fallon said: “It’s 50 years since North Sea licensing began and there remains an ext
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its contractor, China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL), has completed the 3D seismic survey of 600 sq. km in Block 33/07, East China Sea announced by Primeline on March 31, 2014. The survey commenced on March 31 and as the weather and sea conditions were go
Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime, has presented a criminal charge against TGS for violation of the Norwegian Tax Assessment Act and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act related to a contract entered into with Skeie Energy
Statoil announced that it has started its latest Gulf of Mexico exploration campaign. It started drilling Martin, a high-impact prospect, on 20 April. “We consider Martin one of the top prospects in our global portfolio,” says Jez Averty, senior vice president of exploration for Statoil in North Ame
