Lowestoft-based Pipeshield has been awarded the contract by DeepOcean to supply the 2nd phase scour protection for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The award follows the successful delivery of the 1st phase manufactured and supplied at the end of 2018. Similar in scope to the first phase, Pip
SIMEC Atlantis Energy (Atlantis), Turbine and Engineering Services Division (ATES) will enter into a technology partnership and preferred supplier agreement with GE’s Power Conversion business (GE). Under the terms of the partnership agreement, both parties will work together and share resources for
Ocean Power Technologies’s PB3 PowerBuoy deployed in the Adriatic Sea has produced more than 1 MWh cumulative energy to date. The PowerBuoy has been deployed for six months, operating continuously and error-free while being controlled remotely from OPT’s NJ facility. George H. Kirby, OPT’s president
Ocean Power Technologies’s PB3 PowerBuoy deployed in the Adriatic Sea has produced more than 1 MWh cumulative energy to date. The PowerBuoy has been deployed for six months, operating continuously and error-free while being controlled remotely from OPT’s NJ facility. George H. Kirby, OPT’s president
Orkney based marine contractor Leask Marine said it has developed an innovative Drilling Rig, to provide a cost-effective solution for the marine renewables industry. The company said it has built the world’s first submersible drilling rig of its kind, investing £1.6 million in its R&D project, to d
Eidesvik said it has entered into a long-term master time charter agreement with Seabed Geosolutions. The deal includes services for seismic source and node-handling vessels. As a first call off under this agreement, Eidesvik has been awarded new contracts by Seabed Geosolutions for the seismic sour
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for start-up of the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea. Operator Equinor plans start-up during the month of May 2019. Consent for start-up of Trestakk is granted to the licensees in production licence PL091. Investments in the development of t
JDR Services has completed the termination and testing of array cables on Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One East Section. JDR Services offshore management team and technicians have now moved on to the final phase, which will see JDR focusing on the completion of the West section of Hornsea One, the compa
Hurricane Energy has began the “start-up” phase of the Lancaster field, located west of Shetland. Hurricane said that hydrocarbons were introduced into the Aoka Mizu FPSO’s process system which represents the final stage of the FPSO’s commissioning and marks the start of the Lancaster Early Producti
Irish Sea Contractors launched its patented, subsea power cable repair solution named AERSUB. Irish Sea Contractor’s in-house designed AERSUB subsea power cable repair solution is specifically designed to enable the repair of faulty power cables in-situ subsea on the seabed. According to the company
An explosion occurred on Wednesday, May 8 on the Saipem-operated pipe-laying vessel Israfil Huseynov injuring fourteen people. The vessel was operating in the Caspian Sea in the framework of the Shah Deniz II project. The fourteen people involved in the accident, all employees of the Saipem, were tr
Bombora Wave Power Europe has contracted MJR Power & Automation for the design and delivery of a control system for its mWave Wave Energy Converter Demonstrator project. The control system will include: SCADA for submerged equipment installed on the seabed; Structural Health Monitoring of all major
Minesto has developed a 500kW tidal power plant in form of a flying kite tethered to the sea bottom. The 100kW subsea kite (Power generator) will be connected to the Faro Island Grid at 0,4kV (Point of connection). The Swedish marine energy developer has invited tenders to apply for the delivery of
Trelleborg’s offshore operation was recently awarded three contracts for drilling riser buoyancy and associated riser protection that will be manufactured across two of its facilities in the UK and Brazil. Antony Croston, Business Group Director at Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston, s
