A deadline between western nations and Iran over the country's nuclear activities in a move which could open the country to international oil firms has once again been delayed. A deal, which would see sanctions lifted on the oil and gas rich nation…
The success of MeyGen will help lay the ground work for the future of the tidal power industry. The CEO of the company behind it, Atlantis Resources, believes he has the recipe for success. Elaine Maslin reports. Tim Cornelius…
Houston headquartered Apache Corporation has shaken up its leadership team and regional operating structure to 'streamline' the business, including creating an 'offshore' division. The move includes creating 'more integrated, super-region structures…
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…
Statoil and ExxonMobil are seeking ways to develop the multi-trillion cubic feet of gas resources they have found in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. Elaine Maslin takes a look. If you speak Swahili…
Elaine Maslin takes a look at Fincantieri’s latest ultra deepwater drillship design – Proxima, sporting twin cylindrical drill towers and two moonpools. Fincantieri’s Proxima drillship design…
DONG Energy has taken on the offshore wind market—and it is winning. Elaine Maslin explains. A2SEA’s new wind farm installation vessel, the Sea Installer. Images from DONG Energy. In a short period of time…
In the second installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor about standardization is, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date. Image from DNV GL…
In the first installment of a two part series, Elaine Maslin takes a look at what all the clamor is about on standardization, what the industry is planning to do about it and what the results have been to date. Image from Statoil…
ABT Oil & Gas (ABTOG) has signed a Collaboration Agreement Aberdeen based engineering firm Apollo Offshore Engineering on its marginal field delivery consortium. Apollo will join the Marginal Field Delivery Consortium providing expertise…
Protecting, inspecting and repairing pipelines in the shallow waters of the Middle East isn’t as easy as it sounds. Elaine Maslin reports. McDermott’s DP2 offshore construction support vessel Thedbaud Sea in the Middle East…
Italian engineering companies could offer competitive engineering, procurement and construction services in the Mediterranean Sea, should activity pick up, but West Africa is currently the hot spot for contracts. Litchendjili…
Maritime Developments, based in Peterhead, Scotland, has released its first four-track, 75-tonne pipeline tensioner, not long after shipping out the third of a 50-tonne version of the unit, which took center stage at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen in February…
Installed in 65m water depth in 1998, the Siri platform was an innovation. Now, it has taken another innovation – taking onshore cable stay engineering design concepts for use subsea – to allow the platform to continue operation. Elaine Maslin reports…
Researchers at Norway’s SINTEF together with a consortium of industrial partners have developed technologies to enable real-time condition monitoring reports from within pipelines to be transmitted to shore. SmartPipe launched in 2006…
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