Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has went trough a major overhaul for the foundation installation project on the Norther offshore wind farm. The installation of the first of a total of 45 foundations marks the start of the Norther offshore wind farm project. The wind farm will be locat
Nexen Petroleum UK has announced that the Buzzard Phase II (BPII) project has received full sanction from partners and the ‘Field Development Plan’ has been approved by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. The define stage, which included the front-end engineering design of the development, was completed i
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 44 out of 56 turbines at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.
A tender for resource assessment in the Milford Haven Waterway has been published on Welsh government’s procurement portal to support the development of Marine Energy Test Area (META) off the Pemborekshire coast.
The European Union has opened a €40 million funding call to support research and innovation activities meant to advance renewable energy technologies and operations.
Heerema Fabrication Group has conducted roll-up operations of the jacket foundation for the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, part of Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project.
A £3.5 million project to pilot new low-carbon technologies and energy-storage products has been announced by the Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford.
Sparrows Group has appointed John Grover to a director-level role responsible for expanding its business globally. Based at Sparrows’ headquarters in Aberdeen, Grover will spearhead the delivery of the company’s long-term growth plan worldwide as it looks to build on its performance history in the o
Menter Môn has launched two tenders to support the development of a tidal energy demonstration area proposed off Anglesey known as the Morlais Demonstration Zone.
ASM Industries has secured a contract to manufacture and supply two complete foundations for the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project in Portugal.
Crondall Energy and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, have joined forces with international oil and gas firms to explore whether a new reusable production buoy concept could help extend North Sea production by unlocking smaller oil and gas reservoirs. The study will explore the feasibility of a float
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from July 30 – August 5, 2018.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 30 – August 05). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/27/naval-energies-shelves-tidal-energy-plans-with-openhydro-in-liquidation/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/30/inpex-begins-gas-production
Marine consultancy, ABPmer, has welcomed Robin Stephens, Dr Ian Wade and Dr Sarah Taws to its Metocean Team. The appointment of these metocean specialists is said to reflect the company’s focus on broadening its metocean consultancy service. Robin Stephens, Head of Metocean Consulting, joins ABPmer
