As part of its stakeholder engagement activities, TAP is disclosing the contents of the ESIA report to the local communities in Albania. Residents of areas potentially affected by the pipeline are invited to provide their views and comments, which will be incorporated in the project development. The
In the Russian Avacha Bay the local businessmen have started the lifting of over 50 ship wrecks from the seabed, the Russian Navy informs. One of the ships that is coming up from the water is Trawler Svetly, which has been laying on the seafloor for 1.5 years. During the lifting operations a lot of
Plans for installation of the fifth submarine cable in Kenya are ongoing, All Africa reports. As Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo informed, the company is in talks with a Middle Eastern company to start the procurement process. Currently Kenya has four subsea cables including EASSy, TEA
Offshore renewables projects would not affect marine wildlife negatively and can even benefit some sea species, Martin Attrill, director of Plymouth University Marine Institute and Friends of the Earth says in his new report. In the study, Mr. Attrill has taken into account the biodiversity impact o
NAFC Marine Centre Marine Spatial Planning team has published a new report ‘Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands’. It provides guidance to the marine renewables industry on the siting of wave and tidal devices. The report details the methodology used to inte
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that it has completed Tembakau-1 well in PM307 Block, offshore Peninsula Malaysia, as a gas discovery. Tembakau-1 was a vertical well drilled to a depth of 1,565 metres in 67 metres water depth. The well discovered a series of stacked gas pay sands in
Spectrum ASA, a Multi-Client services company, announces the appointment of a new Executive Vice President (EVP) for NW Europe, Kim Maver. Kim will join Spectrum in this role as from January 2013, based in Spectrum’s Oslo office. He has over 20 years of industry experience and was previously working
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a contract with UK energy company Centrica Energy. The contract saw Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with seabed excavation serv
Virgin Oceanic team has over the summer done a half dozen more test dives learning about the sub’s behavior. Things like locking in the buoyancy seem simple, but were vexing and the team would have trouble initiating a descent, then in the same dive be heavy and have a challenge returning to the sur
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is
State acceptance trials of the new-generation research ship Seliger are going on in Novorossiysk. Black Sea Fleet (BSF) specialists and representatives of the manufacturing shipyard test serviceability of all onboard systems at sea under different weather conditions. As of design features and the ca
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has operated for more than five years without a lost time incident (LTI). InterMoor UK Operations includes Acteon companies InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. This is an extremely significant achievem
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has signed an agreement with the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia Limited (NAMCOR), with the full support of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, for the acquisition of both 2D and 3D MultiClient seismic offshore Namibia. Under the 10 year agreement, PGS will begin
Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage”) announced that it has entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of Skeie Group and other investors for purposes of constructing a new, high specification drillship at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.’s yard in South Korea. Through its investment of $31 m
