Xtera pioneered the upgrade market in 2001 and is constantly testing new technologies on subsea cable systems of different types. This video is about the successful testing of 100G coherent interface cards on a transatlantic subsea cable system. Xtera Communications, Inc. (Xtera) specializes in network infrastructure that delivers maximum capacity, reach and value. Providing solutions [...]
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 [...]
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Statoil has acquired a 12% working interest in the Block 6 licence offshore Tanzania from operator Petrobras Tanzania Ltd. Block 6 covers 5,549 square kilometres in the Mafia basin offshore Tanzania, with a water depth of 1,800 metres. Block 6 is located approx.170 kilometres north of the Statoil-operated Block 2, where the company in 2012 [...]
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At 13.30 hrs today Island Offshore took delivery of the M/V Island Crown from Vard Brevik! The vessel is a purpose built Walk2Work Maintenance and Subsea Support Vessel outfitted for offshore Inspections, Maintenance and Repairs in addition to general subsea work. Vessel equipment includes a long-reach offshore crane and a permanent heave compensated gangway system [...]
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Since May 12, the Lillgrund offshore wind farm has been standing still. The work to repair the export cable – which transmits the electricity from the wind farm to the substation on land – is underway. “Our focus is to replace the damaged section of the cable as soon as possible and get the production [...]
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Dolphin Geophysical AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dolphin Group ASA, has today entered into a term sheet with DNB Bank ASA and Sparebank 1 SR Bank ASA, which contemplates an increase of Dolphin’s existing loan facility with the lenders. The increased amount under the facility will be employed for financing seismic equipment for the vessels [...]
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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 [...]
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From 20 March – 11 April 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl (TKPJ) and the company’s design and construction of Knarr FPSO. The activity covered the areas of process, technical safety, barrier and maintenance management. Objective The objective of the audit was to verify that the measures [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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