A research financed by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme has identified that subsea power grid between Scottish and Irish offshore renewable sites is feasible and could drive development in the sector. ISLES says that interconnected transmission network would generate revenues, and create jobs. The st
The Board of Directors of CNOOC Limited announced that, Mr. Li Fanrong has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Board also announces that, due to his responsibility as the President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation which requires more of his time, Mr. Yang
About 40 energy-company representatives participated in an EMGS executive briefing in London on the 16 November 2011. The forum facilitated open and constructive dialogue. Candid reports on the application of 3D EM methods by Shell and Emergy Exploration were a particular source for lively discussio
WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Es
Lansdowne Oil & Gas, announces that it has taken delivery of the processed 3D seismic surveys carried out this summer over the Amergin, Rosscarbery and Midleton Prospects in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Commenting on this development, Dr Steve Boldy, CEO of Lansdowne said: “We are p
The Nigerian content development has received a boost as Jagal, a Nigerian firm and Subsea 7 one of the largest offshore oil servicing … SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK , November 23, 2011;
DSME will start the full-scale development of a sub-marine gas field in Israel. DSME made the Heads of Agreement (HoA) with the owners of the Tamar gas field in Israel, Jerusalem for the exploitation of the gas field. DSME established D & H solutions in Norway in 2010 with the goal of developing gas
The Global Marine Group, comprised of the largest independent providers of submarine cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide announced today that it has legally incorporated its Energy business unit, which was formerly a division of Global Marine Systems Ltd., into
DSME won a new order for two pipe laying support vessels with Brazil based Odebrecht and France based Technip on 16th November. The value of this contract is approximately 500 million dollars and these pipe laying vessels will be delivered in August 2014. Petrobras, the biggest company in South Amer
Leading Dutch offshore energy company Bluewater Energy Services has secured a tidal demonstration berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for demonstration of its floating Tidal Energy Converter, BlueTEC. Bluewater has successfully completed its development and design phase including model
IHC Merwede, the leading global maritime, engineering and manufacturing group, has appointed Denis Welch as its CEO for South East Asia. He will be responsible for helping the company to reinforce its regional identity and expand its Asian-centred operations – which are focussed on its offshore and
Newton Labs recently announced the successful deployment of their NM200UW nuclear underwater laser scanner in the annulus of the Quad Cities Generating Station near Cordova, Illinois, owned by Exelon Nuclear. The revolutionary new scanner recorded precision measurements in the difficult-to-reach “b
ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a second contract from Chevron Australia Pry. Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the flowlines 0n the Wheatstone Project. This contract is in addition to the previously announced contract
Chevron Corporation reports that its subsidiary, Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda., has issued an estimate of total oil volume from ocean floor seep lines in the vicinity of its Frade Field. Chevron believes that approximately 2,400 barrels of oil have been emitted to date since seeps were first d
