Category archives for: Research & Development

RIL, BP and NIKO Discover Gas Condensate in Deepwater KG D6 Block Off India

RIL, BP and NIKO Discover Gas Condensate in Deepwater KG D6 Block Off India

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its partners BP and NIKO announced a significant gas and condensate discovery in the KG D6 block off the eastern coast of India. The KGD6-MJ1 well was drilled in a water depth of 1,024 metres – and to a total depth of 4,509 metres – to explore the prospectivity of [...]

RenewableUK Hails World’s Largest Wave Farm and Funding Boost

RenewableUK Hails World’s Largest Wave Farm and Funding Boost

RenewableUK has welcomed two key announcements in the wave energy sector which will help to spur growth and maintain the UK’s global lead in this innovative and dynamic field. The Edinburgh-based company Aquamarine Power has secured full consent to build the largest commercial wave energy array in the world. The 40-megawatt wave farm, off the [...]

Subsea Index Database Achieves New Record

Subsea Index Database Achieves New Record

More than 100 Brazilian subsea companies and organizations have registered in the bi-lingual Subsea Index. The database sets a new record with close to 500 users in April 2013. Subsea Index is a bi-lingual matchmaking tool in English and Portuguese, which was updated and re-launched in September 2013. The database has now exceeded 100 Brazilian [...]

Oil & Gas UK Reports Record Demand for Well Services

Oil & Gas UK Reports Record Demand for Well Services

Oil & Gas UK’s survey of the well services sector published yesterday (23 May) reveals that companies delivering drilling, completion, testing and maintenance for oil and gas wells generated gross revenue of £1.9 billion ($3.05 billion) in 2012, the highest since records began in 1996. In line with increasing oil and gas activity on the [...]

ACE Winches Supports Scottish Apprenticeship Week

ACE Winches Supports Scottish Apprenticeship Week

ACE Winches, the deck machinery specialists, is helping to promote the importance of Modern Apprenticeships to schoolchildren as part of Skills Development Scotland’s – Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2013. On Wednesday 22nd May 2013, Deryn Patterson, ACE Second Year Technical Apprentice met with a group of S3 pupils at Turriff Academy to tell them about the [...]

VIDEO: Nautronix Enhances NASNet for Subsea Positioning Requirements

VIDEO: Nautronix Enhances NASNet for Subsea Positioning Requirements

Since the initial launch of NASNet®, Nautronix has continued to invest in enhancing the system with a further £2M spend in completing the MKII Developments, with additional features added. Enhanced Buoy tracking functionINS IntegrationNASNet® DPR / FPR – for dynamically positioned vessels and FPSO riser monitoringUpgraded USER interface – ICISVTrx (NASNet® ROV Transceiver) – Simple [...]

SME to Build and Test New Generation Tidal Platform (UK)

SME to Build and Test New Generation Tidal Platform (UK)

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) announced that it is to build and test a new generation systems integration platform aimed at enabling tidal energy to become a cost effective green source of energy. The technology development company will be using its unique PLAT-O platform, together with STG 50 tidal turbines it is purchasing from propulsion experts [...]

US Hydro: Geology Students Showcase Research Projects

US Hydro: Geology Students Showcase Research Projects

During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects. Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Graduate student Matthew Rittinghouse, from the College of Charleston’s BEAMS (BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey) program, won third [...]

Norway: Det norske Gets Ivar Aasen Development Approval

Norway: Det norske Gets Ivar Aasen Development Approval

Det norske oljeselskap ASA is now a fully fledged oil company with exploration, development and operation. This week, the Ivar Aasen development was approved by the Storting. At the same time, production of Det norske’s first self-produced oil as operator has commenced on the Jette field. COO Øyvind Bratsberg says that the company has passed [...]

New Singapore Service Centre to Support Acteon Offshore Operations

New Singapore Service Centre to Support Acteon Offshore Operations

A custom-built service centre at the new Offshore Marine Centre in the Tuas industrial area of Singapore will boost Acteon operations and improve its customer service in South East Asia. Due to open in July 2013, the new $11 million, 10,000-m2 Acteon Singapore Operations Centre will support the offshore operations of Acteon companies across the [...]







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