Sabella’s D10-1000 turbine has been redeployed onto its gravity-based foundation in the Fromveur Passage, one of the most energetic tidal sites in France, on Saturday. The subsea cable enabling electricity export towards Ushant’s Island grid has also been connected to the tidal turbine. Despite Hurr
Seacat Services has secured a contract with Equinor to provide offshore energy support vessels (OESVs) for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the long-term contract, Seacat Services is providing three OESVs to support the ongoing O&M work at the 316.8MW offshore wind farm some
Malin Group, a Glasgow-based engineering company, has been granted a planning consent by West Dunbartonshire Council for Phase One of the Scottish Marine Technology Park (SMTP) in the shadow of the Erskine Bridge. Phase One includes a large fabrication facility, consent for a deep-water jetty with a
Petrofac has secured a contract to support the concept appraisal and selection phase of Jersey Oil and Gas’ (JOG) Greater Buchan Area development in the North Sea. Under the terms of the agreement, Petrofac will provide facilities and well support to JOG, an independent upstream oil and gas company
Swathe Services, a Hydrographic survey support company in Hayle, Cornwall (UK) recently ran what it calls the world’s first multi-beam echo-sounder training course using a remotely operated unmanned surface vessel. As part of the training, the delegates mapped Hayle Harbour in Cornwall using an USV
European Commission has invested €530 million in the Celtic Interconnector, a link between Ireland and the Europe’s energy grid. An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton have confirmed the investment on Wednesday. The €1 billion Celti
Equinor and its partners consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, have started production from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea on Saturday. The field came on stream more than two months ahead of schedule and NOK 40 billion below the original estimates in the Plan for d
AGR will be assisting Norwegian operator OKEA by building a new full field reservoir model for the Draugen asset in the Norwegian Sea. André Sæthern, AGR’s VP of Reservoir Management, said: “We are excited to deliver this project as part of our long-term relationship with OKEA. “We’ll be applying ou
The Ocean Cleanup recently said that its System 001/B is successfully capturing and collecting plastic debris. After one year of testing, the Ocean Cleanup team succeeded in developing a self-contained system in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is using the natural forces of the ocean to passive
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Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender seeking corrective maintenance work for the Trianel Windpark Borkum offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor will be in charge of the corrective maintenance and optional repair/refurbishment of major components such as gearboxes, generators, blad
Geoquip Marine’s DP2 multi-purpose offshore support vessel, the Geoquip Saentis, has completed its first geotechnical campaign in the North Sea. The vessel started the work in June, following a major overhaul. Operations involved drilling over 2,000 meters and acquiring more than 1,400 high quality
Saipem, in consortium with Boshelf and STAR GULF FZCO, has recently been awarded three new contracts by BP for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil and gas (ACG) field offshore Azerbaijan. Located in the Caspian Sea at approximately 120 kilometres from the coast of Azerbaijan, the field
Subsea 7 has received a sizeable, between USD 50 million and USD 150 million, contract from Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located offshore Aberdeen, UK. The contract scope involves the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of a 30km g
