Equipment
HR Wallingford Tests Scour Protection for East Anglia One
HR Wallingford is carrying out physical modelling to test the scour development and the performance of a frond mat scour protection system to protect the jacket piles for the East Anglia One (EA ONE) offshore wind farm. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), the developer of the EA ONE, and Seabed Scour Co
Seaborn, Spread Networks Partner on Brazil ULL Subsea Route
Seaborn has partnered with Spread Networks as its exclusive channel partner for sales to the financial vertical on Seabras-1 between New Jersey and São Paulo. This includes sales of SeaSpeed, Seaborn’s proprietary ultra-low latency (ULL) solution providing latency path between Carteret, New Jersey a
Bakker Sliedrecht, Water2Energy to Deliver Tidal Turbines
Bakker Sliedrecht and Water2Energy have signed a technical development partnership to deliver new water turbines. The vertical axis water turbine (VAWT) that Water2Energy has developed is 30 to 50% more efficient than traditional water turbines, the company said. Bakker Sliedrecht has created a smar
Motive Offshore Builds Loading Tower for Swan Hunter
Motive Offshore has completed the construction of the basket carousel loading tower for Swan Hunter. The equipment has recently completed factory acceptance testing, and is now being assembled in The Netherlands ahead of an upcoming mobilisation for flexible riser installations offshore Ghana. The l
MMT and Reach Subsea Order Another Surveyor Interceptor
Norwegian ROV specialist Kystdesign has been awarded a contract to build another Surveyor Interceptor remotely operated vehicle (SROV) for a joint venture between MMT and Reach Subsea. The Surveyor Interceptor is designed to carry survey instrumentation to perform pipeline inspection, route surveys,
DONG Energy, Technip, Daewoo Settle on Hejre
Following a dispute regarding the termination of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Hejre platform, DONG Energy and the supplier consortium have entered into a settlement agreement, including the arbitral claims, related to the contract. The supplier consortium cons
The Ocean Cleanup Project Secures Major Funding
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, has raised $21.7 million in donations since last November. This latest funding round brings The Ocean Cleanup’s total funding since 2013 to $31.5 million. This new contribution allows The Ocean Cleanup to i
Vallourec Develops New Drill Pipe Connection
French tubular solutions specialist Vallourec has launched a new drill pipe connection designed to drill in the most challenging environments. The ‘VAM X-Force’ connection was developed to push the limits of the existing technologies to reach deeper, more remote hydrocarbon reservoirs, the company e
Cape Sharp Tidal Turbine Tangled in Bay of Fundy
Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and Open Hydro, has hit a snag during retrieval operation of OpenHydro’s 2MW tidal turbine deployed at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), after it identified an entangled line around the turbine system. A possible mooring line or other
BSCCL to Build Bangladesh-Myanmar Subsea Link
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL) and Singapore’s Blueberry Telecom announced plans to install a submarine cable between Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to reports, the cable, which will be 250 kilometers long with the export capacity of 100 gigabits per second (Gbps), will cost around US
DSME, ABS in FLNG pact
Offshore and marine classification society ABS has teamed up with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to support safety and apply class guidance to a conceptual Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit. “We are pleased to sign this agreement and work with DSME to su
VIDEO: Tackling Turbidity with Royal IHC Plumigator Overflow
Royal IHC has just released this very interesting video named ‘Tackling turbidity and reducing maintenance costs with Royal IHC’s Plumigator® overflow’. “Our continuous focus on innovation has resulted in an upgraded version of the telescopic overflow. The patented Plumigator® overflow tackles issue
Kongsberg to Deliver Integrated System for Atair II Research Vessel
Kongsberg has signed a contract with the Fassmer for the delivery of a technical solution for the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) research vessel Atair II. Atair II will be the first government owned LNG powered research vessel, and the first newbuild to use Kongsberg’s integra
ABS approves new ultra-deepwater appraisal production system
ABS, a provider of classification services to the offshore industry, has granted approval in principle to Frontier Deepwater Appraisal Solutions for an ultra-deepwater appraisal production system (APS). ABS said that the appraisal production system would provide critical production data for reserves