TGS announces the expansion of multi-client 2D surveys offshore Eastern Canada with plans to acquire more than 30,000 km of seismic data, in partnership with PGS, utilizing two vessels during the 2014 acquisition season. The M/V Sanco Spirit, utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer® technology, will acquire s
Tullow Oil plc has released an operation update for its TEN development project and Jubilee Field, offshore Ghana. The Jubilee Field has been a great success for Tullow, since it started with production in 2010. Tullow is looking to maximize opportunities in the Jubilee Field and keep the production
Shell UK, principle petrophysicist and SPE Aberdeen Board Member, Alan Johnson is set to ‘demystify petrophysics’ at a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen event this week. Johnson, who joined Shell in 2001 as a petrophysicist and has been working in the oil industry for 39 years. will outl
WeSubsea and Frontier Subsea have reached an agreement that will allow WeSubsea to deliver their equipment and services to the Canadian subsea market through Frontier Subsea. Atlantic Canada is characterized by iceberg prone waters, challenging sea states, long winters and increasingly deep drilling
The safety of divers in saturation is of paramount importance. With this in mind, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) – Booth S18 at OTC 2014 – has published ‘Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for the hyperbaric reception facility (HRF) forming part of a
Work to create one of the world’s largest maritime test facilities has entered its final stage following the completion of a £3 million development at the HR Wallingford’s site in Oxfordshire, UK. Keys to the new 1,600 m2 building were presented to HR Wallingford by Kier Construction on Thursday 17
Work to create one of the world’s largest maritime test facilities has entered its final stage following the completion of a £3 million development at the HR Wallingford’s site in Oxfordshire, UK. Keys to the new 1,600 m2 building were presented to HR Wallingford by Kier Construction on Thursday 17
JDR, a provider of technology connecting the offshore energy industry, is increasing its global footprint with the opening of a new service and maintenance facility in Brazil. The JDR facility will be the latest addition to the bustling port city of Macaé when it opens for business in Q3 of 2014. Th
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published the ‘International Code of Practice for Offshore Diving’ (IMCA D 014), one of the key guidance documents for contractors and clients. It provides advice on ways in which offshore diving operations can be carried out safely and eff
Fastnet Oil & Gas Plc has reported that the FA-1 well in the Foum Assaka Offshore block has reached a total depth of 3,830 meters and will be plugged and abandoned after failing to encounter commercial hydrocarbons. The well, which is the first in a series of play-opening wells designed to unlock th
Detailed application plans for the Fehmarnbelt fixed link have been put on display to the German public by the authorities in Schleswig-Holstein. As is the practice in Demark, the German regulatory approval process for the Fehmarnbelt project is conducted in full transparency and dialogue with all s
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: A floating LiDAR deployed on Mainstream Renewable Power’s 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. On April 20, FLiDAR NV (a joint venture between DEME and 3E), has set up the device at Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, al
Lena Bergström, a researcher in marine and coastal ecology, has published a study called Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife—a generalized impact assessment, together with her colleagues from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The abstract of the study reads: “The present
A recent marine study has shown how renewable energy projects, such as wind farms, improve the living conditions of certain sea organisms. The study, focused mainly on smaller organisms of Scottish and Irish marine life, tried to show what kind of impact the development of wave and tidal industry ca
