Equipment
Subsea UK’s Event Aims to Cut Operational Costs
Innovative UK companies will be pitching their subsea technologies to a panel of operators and Tier 1 contractors including Apache, Bibby Offshore, Chevron, Nexen and Technip tomorrow, November 17, at Subsea UK’s second Springboard event. In partnership with the National Subsea Research Initiative (
Providence gets extension, ditches part of Irish offshore license
Providence Resources, an Irish-based oil and gas explorer, has received an extension for its Kish Bank Basin license, offshore Dublin. According to Providence, the Minister of State for the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has given his consent to extend the first phase o
Norfolk Marine Wraps Up Robin Rigg OWF Site Survey
Norfolk Marine’s vessel the Norfolk Swift has completed a full site bathymetric survey of Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. The contract was awarded to Norfolk Marine by E.on Climate & Renewables UK in early September 2016. The vessel was mobilised to site from Norfolk Marine’s Lowestoft yard by road t
Damen DOP350 Pump Put to the Test in California
Curtin Maritime Corp, located in California, USA, recently took delivery of Damen submersible dredge pump, the DOP350. This submersible dredge pump has been acquired to empty barges at the Cullinan Ranch Tidal March Restoration Project, which is aimed to restore tidal wetlands in the San Pablo Bay N
Iemants, Jan De Nul to Deliver Foundations for Kriegers Flak Substations
Iemants – Jan De Nul joint venture has been awarded an EPCI contract for two gravity based foundations (GBF) for Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm from Energinet.dk and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH. The Kriegers Flak is a 600 MW offshore wind farm located in the Danish Baltic Sea. Iemants and Jan De Nul
OGA Hands Out £1 for New UKCS Seismic Data Project
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded four new contracts worth approximately £1 million to Shearwater GeoServices, Geokinetics, DMT Petrologic and Quality Seismic to supply more than 10,000 kilometres of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of t
Oil & Gas UK Predicts Progress in Decommissioning
A new report by Oil & Gas UK forecasts a gradual but steady rise in offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK and Norway over the next ten years, with activity growing from a market worth over £2 billion in 2015. The report is the first survey of both the UK and Norwegian decommissioning [&hell
Damen Holds Environmental Dredging Seminar in China
Damen Shipyards Group has concluded an informative seminar on the subject of Environmental Dredging for key players in the Chinese dredging industry. The two-day seminar presented several new developments from the field of environmental dredging. More than 50 representatives from over 20 Chinese dre
VOLVO Presents Its Largest Excavator
VOLVO has presented its largest excavator to date, the EC750E at the recent MINExpo 2016 show in Las Vegas, NV. The EC750E was designed to deliver heavy lifting power and high productivity with best-in-class fuel efficiency. The machine is capable of delivering up to 15 percent higher productivity w
Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk Officially Open
Mr Kommer Damen, Chairman of the Damen Shipyards Group, on November 9th officially reopened the offices of Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) in Nijkerk following an extensive refit and extension. Among the many improvements, the building now provides visitors with a complete ‘dredging experience’, star
Siem Offshore Bags Trianel Windpark Borkum II Contract
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation of the inner array grid cable system for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore wind farm. The company was awarded the contract by Trianel
Rampion OWF Foundations Installation Complete
The installation of the 116 foundations for the Rampion offshore wind farm has been completed in the English Channel, E.ON informed. In addition, all connective fittings have also been installed, which will be used later to mount the tower with the turbine nacelle and rotor blades. The foundations r
Ithaca Set for Stella Start-Up
Ithaca Energy said it anticipates that work on the final stages of the Stella development programme will be completed around the end of this month and enable start-up of production. According to the company, significant progress has been made since the FPF-1 floating production facility departed Pol
MacGregor Launches 3D Motion Compensator for Offshore Cranes
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device, which is designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane. “MacGregor’s standard active heave-compensation (AHC), supplied through a crane’s winch, compensates for a vessel’s