SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a sustainable energy generation company, has said that its tidal energy project MeyGen has exported 12GWh of power to the grid. According to the company’s social media update, this represent a new record of exported tidal energy to the grid, surpassing SeaGen tidal stream gene
The construction of Nexans’ new DP3 cable laying vessel CS Aurora is progressing with the cutting of the first steel. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, while the engineering, outfitting and system integration, equipment preparations, testing, sea trials and finalising will be carried out at
Marlinks has secured a contract from Northwester 2 and Nexans to monitor the burial depth of six infield cables and one export cable of the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. Both the export and infield cables will be equipped with Marlinks’ distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measuremen
Wood has received a contract from Equinor, worth $13 million, to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services to the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project. Wood will provide topside modifications to enable the tie-in of subsea equipment to o
Reach Subsea has reduced its quarterly deficit for the period ended December 31, 2018, as revenues hiked some 70 percent on increased activity against the same quarter last year. For the fourth quarter 2018, the Norwegian contractor booked loss of NOK 6.3 million on revenues of NOK 191 million, vers
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has welcomed Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables to its tidal test site at the Fall of Warness in Orkney, Scotland. The installation of Magallanes’ second generation 2MW tidal platform ‘ATIR’ took place on 16th February and marks a major mile
Norwegian offshore vessels provider GC Rieber Shipping has reported profit of NOK 269 million for the forth quarter of 2018, compared with a loss of NOK 81 million in the prior-year comparable period. This comes down to profit per snare on NOK 3.13, versus NOK 1.86 loss in the corresponding period i
Neptune Energy Netherlands has awarded Sea Mar Shipping a three-year contract for its IRM vessel Sea Mar Splendid. In addition, the contract has two one-year options. The vessel and crew will support Neptune Energy with its IRM campaigns on the Dutch Continental Shelf from March 2019 until 2021. The
Subcon has completed multiple pipeline supports using its engineered solution. Support for the 32-inch TurkStream pipeline was required where the seabed transitioned from the continental shelf to deep water. Multiple grouted supports were installed at this location to reduce pipeline stresses during
The 15-month OPEC (Offshore Platform for Energy Competitiveness) feasibility project has produced a number of conclusions and recommendations which may be taken forward if further funding can be sourced. OPEC, explored the technical and economic feasibility of using large offshore floating platforms
Vår Energi has entered into a partnership with the Norwegian Carbon Capture & Storage Research Centre (NCCS) to enable fast track CCS technology development and deployment. The agreement has a total value of NOK 30 million over a six-year period. “This partnership complements Vår Energi’s research a
ACE Winches Norge has strengthened its Scandinavian presence by relocating to the centre of Stavanger and with the appointment of a new sales and business development manager. Håvard Sæverud has over 20 years experience in applications engineering within the lifting, pulling and deploying sector and
Saab Seaeye said it has shown that underwater e-robotic vehicles can deepwater dock at remote sub-resident docking stations for data transfer, assignment instructions and battery charging. The company announced that its Sabertooth AUV/ROV vehicle can now dock in a safe and controlled manner at diffe
ECA Group has demonstrated the capability of performing a subsea inspection using its USV (unmanned surface vehicle) Inspector deploying a H300V type ROV (remotely operated vehicle) within a research and development program led by Total and TechnipFMC. During offshore operations ROVs are deployed fr
