C-Kore Systems has deployed subsea testing tools on Total’s Greater Laggan Area, West of Shetland to perform electrical testing on the field’s umbilicals. With the data provided by C-Kore’s dubsea TDR, discontinuities were quickly located, saving time and money compared to traditional subsea testing
Denmark-based offshore wind O&M service provider ZITON completed three maintenance projects at UK offshore wind farms this month. The company’s team on board its jack-up vessel Wind Enterprise has exchanged gearboxes on two out of the 30 Senvion (REpower) 5 MW wind turbines at the Ormonde offshore w
SubseaPartner is getting ready to start work under the three-year frame agreement awarded by Var Energi for planned or unplanned inspection, maintenance, modification, construction, repair, and installation work using manned underwater operations as intervention method. In June, Var Energi issued a
As the operational situation in the Port of Beirut is now back to normal again, French shipping major CMA CGM has resumed calls to this port.
Royal Navy, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have renewed and expanded their Memorandum of Understanding for the underwater survey work. The agreement will see the organisations continue to collaborate in trials and testing of marine autonom
The container terminal in Beirut sustained only minor damages and has restarted its operations, German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd said in an update.
Orbital Marine Power, working with Thompsons of Prudhoe and Port of Blyth, has decommissioned its 2MW SR2000 floating tidal turbine. Heavy lifter Mammoet managed the tandem lift of the 516-tonne structure out of the water and onto the Blyth quayside. It was also the port’s largest heavy lift to date
Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the C
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.
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for three vessels for operations in Australia.
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
Brazilian state-owned oil firm Petrobras has approved the hibernation of the Merluza platform located in the shallow-water Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
TechnipFMC ROV Services has recently deployed two new Gemini ROV systems for Shell, operating on contracted deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gemini ROV is the latest innovation from TechnipFMC’s ROV Services group and leverages precision robotics to improve productivity and reduce rig days
