Energy

On September 1, Equinor and its partners started production from the Snefrid Nord gas field, the first discovery tied back to the Norwegian Sea Aasta Hansteen field. It also sets a new depth record on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

The risks involved in installing an offshore wind farm in the North Sea are far more complex than one may think, not least because between 600,000 to 1,000,000 naval mines were dropped in the area during the second world war. Despite post-war clear up campaigns, thousands of unexploded ordnances (UXO) are still left on seabeds around Europe.

Global OTEC Resources has co-produced a paper with University of Exeter that assesses the feasibility of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in the Maldives.

Scottish Government funding of £3.4 million has been awarded to help build the world’s most powerful floating tidal turbine.

The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of Stage 2 of the Offshore Renewable Joint Industry Project (ORJIP) for Offshore Wind.

Equinor has announced the second class of global start-up companies selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator. Three Norwegian companies participate in the program.

CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA), a leader in marine environmental consulting and provider of multidisciplinary services, announced today the appointment of Mary Jo Barkaszi to lead the Offshore Wind and Ocean Energy unit, a growing component of CSA’s Energy Market division.

Orkney-based Green Marine has won a three-year contract to deliver operations and maintenance work for Equinor’s Dudgeon offshore windfarm after a competitive tendering process.

Enova has approved an application for funding of up to NOK 2.3 billion to support the Hywind Tampen project for developing the world’s first floating offshore wind farm supplying renewable power to offshore oil and gas installations.

The September 2019 issue of ON&T features an interview with ULC Robotics about their purpose-built UAVs, in particular for Offshore Asset Inspection. Get a taste of what their drones are capable of by watching this video! And be sure to read our September issue for the rest of the story . . .

Equinor and partners OMV and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Sputnik exploration well in the Barents Sea. Recoverable resources are preliminarily estimated at 20-65 million barrels of oil.

In support of President Donald J. Trump's America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Interior’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Andrea Travnicek has announced that region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 generated $159,386,761 in high bids for 151 tracts covering 835,006 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.