In July 2011, several members of the BAUER group executed a drilled monopile foundation for a tidal turbine at the Scottish coast under most difficult conditions. A 23m-long monopile with a diameter of 2m was installed 11m deep into the rock bed 37m under sea-level. The foundation of tidal energy turbines in areas of strong [...]
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Acta Marine, an independent maritime service provider which focuses on coastal and shallow waters, has released a video of the process behind remedial lowering of subsea cables and pipelines. Because of the relative vulnerability of the pipeline, the vessel is first carefully positioned and anchored, then the trenching begins by removing the soil around and underneath [...]
Subsea 7, a seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry worldwide, has published a video about the conversion process of pipelay vessel Seven Borealis. Seven Borealis is a state-of-the-art strategic enabler ideally suited to meeting the exacting requirements of today’s ultra-deep and deepwater projects in the world’s deepest and harshest environments. [...]
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Serica Energy plc announces the issue of tender documents for development of the North Sea Columbus field. The Field Development Plan provides for the supply of 51.3 million cubic feet of gas per day at peak to the UK gas market and 3,600 barrels per day of condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) with the [...]
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Offshore drilling refers to a mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled through the seabed. It is typically carried out in order to explore for and subsequently extract petroleum which lies in rock formations beneath the seabed. Most commonly, the term is used to describe drilling activities on the continental shelf, though the term can [...]
The ClampOn DSP Subsea Corrosion-Erosion Monitor (CEM) continually monitors and quantifies changes in wall thickness over a large area of a pipeline. The instrument estimates the rate at which corrosion and/or erosion reduces the thickness of the pipe wall. In this way, it can provide operators with an early warning of potentially catastrophic failures before [...]
Nautilus Minerals Inc (“Nautilus”) is the first company to explore the ocean floor for polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide deposits. Nautilus was granted the first mining lease for such deposits at the prospect known as Solwara 1, in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea, where it is aiming to produce copper, gold and silver. The [...]
Van Oord high-precision Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) activities are vital for the stabilisation and protection of offshore pipelines, cables and other installations such as GBSs (Gravity Based Structures) and offshore wind farm foundations. As a market leader in this industry, with more than four decades of experience, Van Oord’s large and modern fleet of DP [...]
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Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has begun the process of restoring the flow of an estimated 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after [...]
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Nautilus Minerals Inc. announces that the Independent State of Papua New Guinea has issued a Notice of Arbitration in relation to the dispute which has arisen under the Agreement between the parties dated 29 March 2011. Following the initiation of the dispute resolution process by the Company on June 1, 2012 and subsequent meetings between [...]
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