Xodus Delivers Jobs Guide for Australia’s Marinus Link Interconnector
Global energy consultancy Xodus has delivered a future-looking guide on the jobs that will be required to deliver a major Australian interconnector project to connect North West Tasmania with Victoria, known as the Marinus Link.Marinus Link is a proposed undersea and underground electricity and data interconnector that will enable the flow of more low-cost renewable energy between North West Tasmania with Victoria.Construction on the project, which is currently in the design and approvals phase, is scheduled to get underway in 2026 and is anticipated to create up to 3,300 direct and indirect jobs.
ABL Group Wraps Up Ross Offshore Acquisition
Global consultancy ABL Group has completed the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares of specialist energy consultancy Ross Offshore, which now will merge with ABL Group company AGR.The combination of AGR and Ross Offshore will further strengthen the group’s center of technical excellence in wells, reservoirs and marine and survey management.Integration of Ross Offshore into the AGR will boost its expertise where within oil and gas, marine and survey management, and energy transition projects including offshore wind, CCS and geothermal drilling.Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Ross Offshore
Rosetti Marino Hooks $9.6M INEOS Deal for North Sea Gas Platform
a solution that exceeds expectations and contributes to the success of this landmark project,” said Oscar Guerra, CEO of the Ravenna-based company Rosetti Marino.Activities are due to start immediately and are expected to be completed by the beginning of 2025.Earlier in May, engineering and energy consultancy Apollo secured the project management consultancy (PMC) contract for the Hejre project.Apollo Secures $12.5M Contract for INEOS’ Hejre Projec
Energy @ Sea: Powering Up in the Blue Desert
, based on dam technology. To store energy, the system pumps water to be stored under high pressure as potential energy. As demand for power increases, the water flows into low-pressure reservoirs, turning turbines to generate electricity. On top of the Ocean Battery, Ocean Grazer also boasts Ocean Energy Consultancy for renewable offshore energy solutions and Ocean Power, which converts waves into electricity.Another player in this market is Seatrec, whose technology can harvest energy from differing ocean temperatures. According to the company’s website, many substances expand as they’re heated
Xodus Names Subsea and Pipelines Branch Boss
UK-based energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed Nigel Underwood as new manager to head up the company’s London subsea and pipelines division.Underwood, who joins from Petrofac where we worked as consultancy manager, will oversee Xodus’ international subsea and pipelines work, from concept through to detailed design and delivery.Xodus’ portfolio of work includes the development of subsea infrastructure designs, rigid and flexible pipeline and riser design as well as cables and interconnectors. The company also has expertise in advanced finite element analysis and vast experience
Industry Shares North Sea Data with Scientists
relating to offshore structures. We are pleased that the initiative has been enthusiastically embraced by the research community developing proposals under the NERC call and look forward to extending access to the wider scientific community.”With its specialist GIS capability, Aberdeen based energy consultancy Xodus Group was selected to facilitate the delivery of the tool.Christina Horspool, Xodus’ environment manager, said, “As a company, we pride ourselves on knowledge sharing and collaboration. This work is crucial for the INSITE project as it provides visibility of available industry
Xodus Group Adds Subsea Staff
Energy consultancy Xodus Group said it has appointed two principal consultants to its subsea integrity management team.Djamel Hamel and Chris Overton combined add more than 60 years’ experience to Xodus’ team which regularly provides integrity management support to UKCS operators.Hamel has been appointed to the role of principal consultant, having previously worked within a senior pipeline position for six years at Spirit Energy, as well as engineering roles at Wood, Subsea 7 and Technip.A chartered engineer, Hamel holds a PhD in Hydrodynamics from the University of Glasgow and has worked
New Solution Simplifies Relief Well Operations
Energy consultancy provider Add Energy and subsea solutions provider Trendsetter Engineering have teamed up to develop the Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS) Lite, designed to reduce the complexity of relief well operations on a global scale, when coupled with the original RWIS product. RWIS Lite is an exact structural replica of the original RWIS, which allows for duplicity in shared components. The original RWIS increases the flow capacity of a single relief well, which is a safer and less challenging option to drilling multiple relief wells during a subsea well blowout. The RWIS is placed
Mexico Aims to Spur Deep Water Oil Projects
would rise to a maximum of 8 percent in 2025, according to a statement in the government's official gazette. The content minimums are far lower than for onshore and shallow water projects, which top out at 35 percent. Luis Miguel Labardini, an oil analyst with Mexico City-based energy consultancy Marcos y Asociados, described the rule as "very reasonable," particularly when compared to those in countries like Brazil. "I think it's a good sign that will give international operators flexibility," he said. (Reuters reporting by David Alire Garcia
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