Maritime Developments MDL has completed a North Sea tie-back, which included delivery of solution for handling reels of 12-metre diameter. The work scope covered installation of 3 reels of flowlines, jumpers and an umbilical using MDL Third-generation Reel Drive System. The reels measured from 9.2 m
Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.
Siemens Energy Service has completed an upgrade on the offshore substation of the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The work, completed in July, included an upgrade on the existing gas-insulated switchgear to improve and safeguard the energy transmission. The pre-campaign started in March when
Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable in Norway. National Grid NSN Link and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector between Kvilldal in Norway and Blyth in the UK whic
Dutch-based N-Sea has completed an investment and upgrade program of its Renewables and Utilities Department (RUS). The main focus is cable management and asset integrity. To that end, the company has set up a management team to oversee this department. They have also completed an upgrade program of
Italian engineering firm Remazel Engineering has won a deal from Bluewater for work on the Jotun FPSO upgrade project.
UK-based tech firm SRO Solutions has replaced asset management software systems on six Stena Drilling offshore rigs.
A successful voltage test of the NordLink land cable recently took place in Germany. The “green cable” between Germany and Norway is now almost all set and ready to go. The approximately 54-kilometre long NordLink land cable successfully passed the test from the converter station in Wilster. The lan
Russia’s Sakhalin Energy has started a seasonal turnaround campaign at the Molikpaq offshore oil and gas platform which is one of the Sakhalin-2 production assets.
Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters. The project took place 250 kilometres east of Scotland, using an ROV and Fugro’s remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the platform’s entire jacket structure was inspect
Ocean bottom node seismic player Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said on Monday that it will reduce operations due to significant uncertainty in the market as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. According to the Oslo-listed AGS, this should take place following its current surveys in the North Sea and Egypt.
Fugro has begun its shallow water campaign for the 2Africa subsea fibre-optic cable project. Once installed, it will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe and deliver more than the total combined capacity of all subsea data cables serving Africa today. Fugro is supporting the pr
UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA) has granted Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension with the offshore transmission license for the Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea. In addition to being granted the 20-year license, Diamond Transmission Partners has been required to
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa posted € 466 million net loss in the third quarter of FY 2020, attributed largely to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges in the onshore segment. Between April and June, Siemens Gamesa recorded revenues of € 2.411 billion, an eight percent decl
