MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 20 – 26, 2018.
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Science Foundation Ireland-backed marine research organization – Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI) – has opened a vacancy for two researchers that will work to advance the verifiable design life of tidal turbine rotor blades through a suite of tests and verification studies.
One week after securing the European patent for the system forming an essential part of its tidal energy technology – GKinetic Energy has reflected on the grant support received from the Irish government over the years which helped the company bring its tidal prototype closer to the market.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for the Oseberg H facility to start production in September. Oseberg H is a new unmanned wellhead platform that is part of the Oseberg vestflanken 2 development project in the North Sea. The consent has been given to the licensees in the Oseber
Petrofac has signed an agreement to sell Petrofac GSA Holdings Limited to Ithaca for a total consideration of up to USD 292 million. Petrofac GSA Holdings Limited owns Petrofac’s 20% interest in the Greater Stella Area development and its 24.8% interest in the FPF1 floating production facility. Petr
MMT said it has secured 10 new subsea survey and inspection projects within the offshore wind, renewable energy and oil and gas industry. The contracts, won in the past two months, are for old and new clients such as Siccar Point Energy, Equinor, Perenco, SSE, Örsted, Vattenfall, GreenLink Interconn
Rana Diving has been subcontracted by Saipem for air diving activities during the FPSO Firenze disconnection. According to Rana, the activities are scheduled to take place early September 2018. The FPSO Firenze (owned by Floaters, Eni Group) is moored in the Aquila field in the Southern Adriatic Sea
Aberdeenshire-based ROV and engineering firm, Aleron Subsea, has won the first contract for its new hybrid TRACKROV technology which will see it supporting UXO clearance work on an offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The TRACKROV vehicle has been built to operate on the seabed for extended per
Equinor has awarded Alcatel Submarine Networks, part of Nokia, a contract for permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM), which in turn has signed a letter of intent with Nexans Norway for delivery of subsea cable. “PRM is a central element of the digital strategy for Johan Castberg and will be an importa
Pipetech, the independent process system integrity specialist, has won a project with operator Nexen to deliver active caisson management on its Scott platform. Pipetech has completed the first stage to remove internal scale build up from a 42 inch produced water caisson on the platform, located 188
Global Marine, a part of the Global Marine Group, has completed two fibre optic cable installations, bringing connectivity to two UK North Sea and two Norwegian sector oil and gas platforms. The projects, awarded to Global Marine by Tampnet, are designed to further enhance inter oil-field communicat
Ocean Yield has entered into a contract for extension of the charter for the vessel “Connector” for a firm period up to and including September 30, 2018. The charter has further extension option for a period up to and including November 19, 2018. The vessel will continue to carry out cable lay opera
iSURVEY has completed a pioneering project for A/S Norske Shell, which took place as part of the company’s Scarabeo 8 drilling campaign. As a part of the campaign, the company utilized iSURVEY’s survey support remotely from its Oslo headquarter. This marks the first time remote positioning has been
