International energy consultancy Xodus Group has secured a contract worth £1.3 million to deliver the subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for the Premier Oil Catcher project in the Central North Sea. The scope of work will involve two phases. A review of previous and current studies, preliminary process flow diagrams and investigative work [...]
Offshore Marine Management (OMM), specialists in the offshore renewables, hydrocarbon and telecomes industry; has recently completed a feasibility study for Forewind’s planned Round 3 Dogger Bank offshore wind energy development. The study was undertaken to assess route feasibility options along one of the development’s 160km long export cable corridors. The scope of work required OMM [...]
A study for the assessment of tidal energy potential in the country has been conducted by the Central Electricity Authority. According to the study, there is an estimated potential of about 7000 MW in the Gulf of Cambay, 1200 MW in the Gulf of Kutch in the State of Gujarat and about 100 MW in [...]
Malaysia is aiming at becoming the deep-water hub of Southeast Asia, Australia will be the world’s biggest LNG exporter and a major offshore market. To investigate opportunities, a NCE Subsea delegation set forth to learn about business culture and accessible networks. Study tour participants included delegates from Advantec, Bergen University College, ProAnalysis, Tracerco and the [...]
Hyperdynamics Corporation yesterday announced the completion of an updated oil resource evaluation study of the oil and gas concession offshore Republic of Guinea conducted by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of reserve audits and exploration resource assessments. A summary of the gross prospective resource potential of each of 21 prospects and leads [...]
Huge quantities of algae are growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic: in 2012 the ice algae Melosira arctica was responsible for almost half the primary production in this area. When the ice melts, as was the case during the ice minimum in 2012, these algae sink rapidly to the bottom [...]
In August 2012, Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.’s robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore Limited (U.K.), was contracted to conduct trenching operations with the T1200 water-jet trenching system in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm off the coast of the United Kingdom. The scope of work comprised of trenching of the inter-array cables with an approximate total [...]
Specialist oil firm Opus has secured a £70,000 study contract in Australia to help a major oil company maximise its operations while meeting environmental targets. Opus, with headquarters in Guildford in Surrey and test/development facilities in Flotta in Orkney, has been given the go ahead to carry out a process review for Apache Energy’s floating [...]
An expedition to the icy waters of Antarctica has begun aboard the RRS James Clark Ross. The five-week mission will study the effect of ocean acidification in the Southern Ocean. During the expedition, scientists will study the impact of the changing chemistry on marine organisms and ecosystems, on the cycling of carbon and nutrients in [...]
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current levels. The study determined [...]
