Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has taken a step forward in its efforts to bring an offshore wind farm to the East of Scotland after embarking on a three-month site investigation utilising local ports. The geophysical and geotechnical surveys will be undertaken by up to four vessels on the 150km2
Viper Innovation has marked the first field installation of its V-LIFE insulation resistance recovery system in Norway. The set up took place as a result of recent tests which were carried out on an electrical distribution system, which was recovered during a repair campaign. Talks are also said to
HBC has completed the Ørsted subsea inspection campaign on Race Bank offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farm, Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm and Gode Wind 2 offshore wnd farm. According to the company, the campaign was carried out in a safe manner without any accidents, while maintai
Cavitas Energy, enhanced oil recovery specialist, has added bespoke reservoir modelling to its current portfolio of services. Working in partnership with Rock Flow Dynamics (RFD), the developers of subsurface analysis technology tNavigator, Cavitas said it will spearhead small and large scale reserv
American company Resolute Marine Energy has made it to the shortlist of 25 sustainability start-ups running for the prize of €500,000 as part of the annual competition organized by the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
Coretrax, the independent wellbore clean up and abandonment specialist, is gearing up for further growth after a successful half-year trading with more than £5 million of turnover recorded so far. The Aberdeen headquartered business has taken on 30 people in the last year and said it plans to recrui
Attollo Offshore has mobilized the jack-up accommodation vessel Atlantic Amsterdam for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
The build phase of the EU-backed Tidal Turbine Power Take-off Accelerator (TiPA) project has been completed, with the integral bit of the scheme – power take off (PTO) subsystem – now under tests at RWTH Aachen University.
Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord said it has completed the cable installation work for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 project in the German North Sea. Van Oord was hired by Ørsted in 2016 to transport, install and bury the infield cables for the offshore wind farm. Cable-laying vessel Nexus was deployed t
Jifmar Offshore Services has called back its DP2 Eurocarrier Roxane Z after 3 years operating offshore West Africa to serve the renewable sector. The vessel has recently sailed from Pointe Noire (Congo) to reach its first assignment in South East UK. Roxane Z, together with Jifmar’s JIF Challenger a
RockRose Energy has signed a deal to acquire a 20.43% interest in blocks, 23/11a, 23/16b and 23/16c, which contain the Arran field in the UK Central North Sea, from Dana Petroleum. RockRose will fund its share of the planned development of the Arran field through the Group’s existing cash flow. Rock
Ørsted reported DKK 1.8 billion (EUR 241.5 million) profit from offshore wind farms in the second quarter of 2018, an 8% jump compared to the same period last year.
Cefas and Liquid Robotics have recently deployed, tested and recovered a remotely-piloted Wave Glider, which was adapted to allow scientists to collect broadband fisheries acoustics data. As part of a multi-vehicle mission under the UK NERC/Defra funded AlterEco project, the Wave Glider called Lyra
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has provided a series of metocean data sets to be used in a new Scottish open innovation competition for the marine environment’s and wider benefits.
