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Nominees for Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award Announced
The three Nominees for the Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award have been announced.
Six Beatrice Foundations Down, Eighty to Go
Heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first six of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.
PSA Inspects Teekay’s Management of Petrojarl Knarr
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl Production AS (Teekay) and its management of maintenance of Petrojarl Knarr. Knarr is an oil field in the northern sector of the North Sea, around 50 kilometers north-east of Snorre. Knarr has been developed using a
Statoil Makes Minor Gas Discovery Off Norway
Statoil has made a minor gas discovery about 9 kilometers northeast of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea and about 270 kilometers southwest of Sandnessjøen. According to Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), Statoil, the operator of production licence 124, is about to complete the drilling of
IMCA Becomes Member of WFPIA
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has become a Sister Association member of the World Federation of Pipe Line Industry Associations (WFPIA). WFPIA provides a platform for collaboration amongst the associations related in one way or another to the onshore and offshore constructi
BP’s Shah Deniz SCV completes sea trials ahead of delivery
Azerbaijan’s Baku Shipyard has completed sea trials for the subsea construction vessel (SCV) Khankendi, which is being built under BP-operated Shah Deniz Stage 2 Project in the Caspian Sea. The vessel has been specifically designed and built to install subsea structures of the giant Shah Deniz Stage
ODE and DORIS Secure French Offshore Wind Contracts
ODE and DORIS Engineering, both part of the DORIS Group, have been awarded Owners Engineer contracts covering the wind turbine generator installation and the marine construction management for the Éoliennes en mer Dieppe et Le Tréport and the Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farms off France.
Statoil granted permission to change Halten-Nordland area contingency plan
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Statoil consent to change contingency planning at the Halten-Nordland area in the Norwegian Sea. The PSA said on Thursday that the contingency planning changes were in connection with the development of Statoil’s Aast
First Arkona Monopiles In Place
E.ON has kicked off the offshore construction phase on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind project with the installation of the first of the 60 monopile foundations in the German Baltic Sea.
Höegh LNG’s second quarter profit climbs
Norway-based floating LNG giant Höegh LNG posted a profit of $8.5 million for the second quarter compared to the $3.6 million profit in the corresponding quarter of 2016.
Scotland invests in oil & gas services firm’s R&D department
Economic development agency Scottish Enterprise (SE) has awarded £2.2 million ($2.82M) to Scaled Solutions to develop research and development (R&D) solutions for North Sea clients. The Scottish Government said in an announcement on Thursday that, in addition to the £2.2 million ($3.72M) awarded by
First Order for Sea Puffin SES Daughter Craft Lands on ESNA’s Desk
Esbjerg Shipyard in Denmark will build the first ordered ESNA Sea Puffin Surface Effect Ship (SES) Daughter Craft, to be delivered in early 2018 to WindPartner, an independent shipowner and ship manager based in Kristiansand, Norway.
Charity: Grounded CSCL Jupiter Became a Mini ‘Tourist Attraction’
The ultra large boxship CSCL Jupiter that ran aground in the River Scheldt on August 14 had become a mini ‘tourist attraction’, Fr Jos Vanhoof, Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) port chaplain in Antwerp, Belgium said citing local press reports. Namely, onlookers were reported to have climbed onto the san
VBMS Completes Cable Laying Works on Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
VBMS has installed the final inter-array cable and the second and final export cable on the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off Suffolk, UK.