April 14, 2021 Seaglider with rig in the background – Credit Cyprus Subsea Hydrographic marine survey company Nicola Offshore and Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services C.S.C.S. Ltd (C.S.C.S.) have signed a commercial partnership agreement. The goal of the partnership, as … Read More
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Total Delays Offshore Drilling Plans in South Africa
Wendell Roelf April 14, 2021 Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig was used by Total for Brulpadda and Luiperd drilling. File Photo – Credit: BP/Flickr French oil major Total has decided to postpone its application for additional drilling in a South African … Read More
Emerson Moves Repsol’s Exploration Data to the Cloud
Emerson, industry digital transformation solutions provider, said Tuesday it has successfully migrated Spanish oil company Repsol’s exploration data – some 90 terabytes – to the cloud. Cloud capabilities enable companies to securely store the data that powers vital analytics, helping … Read More
Wintershall Dea to Boost Oil and Gas Exploration with AI Search Engine
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea said Wednesday it would boost its exploration processes with the roll-out of an artificial intelligence search engine. “The Exploration Advisory Tool, developed in partnership with IBM, uses the latest cognitive search technology to … Read More
South Korea backs Ingine’s wave energy scheme in Indonesia
South Korea-based wave energy developer Ingine has been selected to receive financial support from the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) to advance a 10MW wave energy project planned for Indonesia. Illustration/Ingine’s wave energy demonstration plant in Jeju Island, … Read More
Uniper ditches LNG for hydrogen for Wilhelmshaven
German energy company Uniper has decided to look into the potential of developing a hydrogen hub in Wilhelmshaven instead of the planned LNG import terminal. Illustration (Courtesy of Uniper) Under the name Green Wilhelmshaven, Uniper is working on a feasibility … Read More
Hempel Coatings to Protect Orbital O2 Tidal Energy Turbine
April 14, 2021 Image credit: Hempel Coatings specialist Hempel said it has provided coatings to protect the Orbital O2 tidal energy turbine – dubbed the world’s most powerful tidal turbine. O2 is set to operate at the European Marine Energy … Read More
Disappointed ExxonMobil forced to curb output on Guyana FPSO
Oil major ExxonMobil has revealed its disappointment with the performance of the Liza Destiny FPSO, operating on the Liza field off Guyana, following technical issues, which forced it to reduce output to a minimum. Offshore Energy has reported on this … Read More
Hapag-Lloyd orders 150,000 TEU to address container shortage
In order to tackle the global shortage of cargo containers, German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for containers worth about $550 million. On top of the pandemic and delayed shipments due to port congestion, shippers and forwarders worldwide … Read More
Sweetch Energy gets €5.2M boost for osmotic power prototype
French-based osmotic power pioneer Sweetch Energy has secured €5.2 million to develop its first full-scale osmotic power prototype and start the industrialisation phase for the novel clean power source. Mississipi River Delta. Osmotic power is extracted from the difference in … Read More