Tidal and wave energy projects are getting grid-wet this year, yet there’s still more to learn. Emma Gordon reports from All Energy. An OpenHydro device. Image from OpenHydro. The…
Towards 2025, deepwater exploration and production will save the offshore industry, Norwegian energy analysts Rystad said in a recent presentation. According to Douglas Westwood’s World Deepwater Market Forecast, 2014-2018, deepwater spending is due to rise by 130%…
Jeannie Stell provides an update on BP’s partnership with Wood Group Kenny to design and manufacture an FPSO riser suitable for the “dark and stormy” weather at BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment. BP…
About US$336 billion (€300 billion) could be spent in offshore wind capex over the next 10 years, with cumulative capacity surpassing 57GW. Douglas Westwood’s Rachel Stonehouse explains. Cumulative offshore wind capacity is forecast to reach 57GW by 2024…
A milestone is about to be reached in the tidal energy industry off the cold harsh coast of Scotland. Elaine Maslin talked to the project director behind the MeyGen tidal array development. Atlantis Resources’ AR1500…
Inspiring the next generation sets the theme for this year’s SPE Offshore Europe 2015. OE takes a look at what’s in store at this year’s event. Offshore Europe 2014. In under three months’ time…
This past year has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging experienced by the marine energy industry in its short life, with some of our colleagues within the wave sector hardest hit. Neil Kermode…
More than 5000 jobs have been lost in the UK North Sea sector and more losses are likely, the CEO of trade body Oil & Gas UK says. Deirdre Michie, Oil & Gas UK’s recently appointed CEO, told reporters during a briefing in Aberdeen that this is a challenging time for the industry…
At MTS/IEEE OCEANS’15 in Genoa, EvoLogics presented its latest developments with a mobile demonstration kit that combines underwater LBL (Long Baseline) positioning with the company’s unmanned surface vehicle, the Sonobot. The Sonobot…
Subsea engineering and training firm Jee completed a contract with Decom North Sea (DNS) to identify pioneering methods of salvage and re-use options for concrete subsea mattresses. The aim of the project, which started February 2015 and saw Jee partner with DNS and Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS)…
Standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has unveiled its third new vessel in the past 12 months as part of its fleet modernization program, representing an investment totaling £300 million. Ocean Falcon, a new Class A multi role and emergency response and rescue (MRV/ERRV) vessel…
DeepOcean has been awarded an inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) contract by GDF SUEZ E&P Norge (GDF SUEZ). The four-year contract covers all ROV-based IMR work for GDF SUEZ on Gjøa field and the associated subsea assets. DeepOcean…
Det norske oljeselskap received a green light for drilling an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ivar Aasen. From Det norske. Drilling at well 16/1-22 A…
According to the latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie capital and operating costs in the UK and Norway's upstream sectors will decrease steadily this year as operators respond to lower oil prices. Wood Mackenzie projects that the biggest reductions will come in drilling costs…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway granted Statoil consent for exploration drilling at its operated production license 602 in block 6706/11 in the Norwegian Sea. The field is located around 233km from the nearest mainland at Skomvær in the county of Nordland…