Equipment
Statoil to Plug Gullfaks Well
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use Songa Dee for well plugging at Gullfaks Sør. Statoil is the operator at Gullfaks Sør, located in block 34/10 in the northern part of the North Sea. The field has been developed using a subsea solution tied back to the Gull
Cathelco to supply ICCP for Armada Ali FPSO
Cathelco has won an order to supply an impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system for the Armada Ali which will safeguard the hull of the vessel against corrosion. The Armada Ali is being converted into an FPSO from the VLCC Osprey, a 301,963 dwt VLCC at the Keppel yard in Singapore. The co
Scientists Study Cold-Water Corals Off Norway
Cold-water corals of the species Lophelia pertusa are able to fuse skeletons of genetically distinct individuals. On dives with JAGO, a research submersible stationed at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, scientists from Scotland and Germany made the first-ever discovery of branches of
Kongsberg Reports Strong Q3
All KONGSBERG’s business areas have experienced higher operating revenues, with total consolidated earnings climbing by 15.7 per cent compared to Q3 2013. Kongsberg Maritime has the strongest growth, continuing its record year with increase in operating revenues of 18 per cent as of Q3. KONGSBERG re
Nexans Set to Install World Longest 3-Core Subsea Cable
Nexans’ own cable ship, the C/S Nexans Skagerrak, has received a major refit to carry and install the new 100 MW power connection between Ibiza and Mallorca. At 119 km it is the world’s longest 3-phase XLPE submarine cable, weighing almost 7,000 tonnes. REE, Red Eléctrica de España, which operates t
Royal IHC Secures Order for Dredging Package
Royal IHC (IHC) has secured a new contract with the Chinese shipyard, Jin Hai Heavy Industrial Group, for the delivery of a dredging installation package for a trailing suction hopper dredger. The package contains major parts of the dredging installation for the 7,000m³ hopper dredger. The agreement
DRAGFLOW Presents HY400 Oil Sand Edition
Sometimes the most common solution is not the best solution. This scenario happened to DRAGFLOW while the company was working on a project in Western Canada. Oil sands tailings extraction is always a challenge, but by carefully working with the client, DRAGFLOW equipment was used as an optimal metho
Companies Team Up on BlueTEC Project
A group of leading offshore companies including Bluewater, Damen and Van Oord have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Waddenzee and generate clean electricity from the tides. The platform is a trial for remote locations worldwide
Hydrex Removes Bow Thruster
Hydrex diver/technician team has performed a removal of a bow thruster unit which needed to be overhauled from a 363-meter container vessel. The removal itself was carried out in Rotterdam. Earlier the team had already prepared the thruster tunnel during the ship’s stop in Le Havre, France. This all
Huisman installs multi-lay tower on ‘Lewek Constellation’
Huisman Equipment has installed a 800mt Multi-lay tower onboard Ezra’s Lewek Constellation. Huisman has reported through the company’s Facebook page that the 3,000mt Huisman Offshore Mast Crane onboard the vessel and the Matador 3 were used to install the tower which is capable to do both Reel lay a
Lewek Constellation Gets Huisman Pipelay Tower
Huisman and Ezra have successfully installed the 800mt Multi-lay tower onboard Ezra’s Lewek Constellation. The 3,000mt Huisman Offshore Mast Crane onboard the vessel and the Matador 3 were used to install the tower which is capable to do both Reel lay and flex lay. The 3,000mt Huisman Offshore Mast
InterMoor Executes Red Hawk Spar Project
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed its contract supporting the decommissioning of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s Red Hawk spar in the Gulf of Mexico. The Red Hawk spar is the deepest floating production platform to date to be decommissioned in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also t
Offshore Energy 2014 Beats Expectations
The 7th annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) held on 28 & 29 October at Amsterdam RAI attracted 13,452 visitors representing 81 nationalities, an increase of 47% compared to last year. OEEC 2014 featured 630 exhibitors on 21,000 sq.m. floor space and 106 speakers in 22 sessions. Off
VBMS Orders Tekmar’s Cable Protection
Tekmar Energy, has been awarded a major contract by VBMS to supply its latest innovation, TekTube, to the prestigious Westermeerwind near-shore wind farm project in the Netherlands. The contract award comes less than three months after the company demonstrated TekTube at the Offshore Renewable Energ