Since the 1950s, aerospace has made incredible progress in increasing both the power and efficiency of engines. Yet, recent studies suggest engine technology may be close to the thermodynamic limits on the amount of energy it can extract from carbon-based fuel at a reasonable…
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)) has awarded Fugro a multi-annual geotechnical site investigation contract in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The programme will be completed in three phases over the next three years and comprises…
US-based ocean energy solutions company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said it has deployed a PB3 PowerBuoy to serve as an autonomous intelligent platform to provide communications and remote monitoring services for its customer Premier Oil at the Huntington field in the UK sector of the…
Major liquefied natural gas exporter Qatar Petroleum (QP) reported on the 2nd September that it has booked 100 percent of the regasification capacity at Fluxys Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal for the next quarter-century. During a ceremony in Brussels on the 2nd September officials with…
Sonadrill, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol, has secured a nine-well contract with six options, each for one well, in Angola for the new-build Libongos drillship. Seadrill said on the 4th September that the estimated total contract value is US$101 million….
Operators interested in exploration and development rights offshore Newfoundland and Labrador have until close of business on the 13th November to nominate acreage in two areas for inclusion in a call for bids next year. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is accepting…
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed 31 turbines on monopiles at the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. As the Balance of Plant contractor, Van Oord was responsible for the design, engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the…
Over the past decade, the UK has tentatively begun to exploit its reserves of shale gas through a process best known as “fracking”. But according to our new research, UK shale gas reserves are substantially lower than previously thought – in fact, the amount of…
Cuadrilla has provided a general update on activity that has been ongoing since seismicity measuring 2.9ML on the Richter scale was detected at its shale gas exploration site in Preston New Road on the 26th August. “We would first like to acknowledge again that…
Maersk Decom, together with Maersk Supply Service, has been hired for project managing the removal, recycling, and waste management of subsea infrastructure for Perenco’s Thames field in the UK North Sea. Maersk Decom was created in April 2018 as a 50:50 joint venture between…
