Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract by Nexen as part of the Buzzard Phase 2 Project, located approximately 55 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland. According to the company, the contract is worth between $50 million and $150 million. Subsea 7’s contract scope includes project man
High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV Group (EDS), now part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed installation, termination and testing work at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm (BOD). The BOD project has enabled owner and developer, EDF Renewables UK, to trial new technology and it
Sea Puffin 1, the world’s first daughter craft based on surface-effect-ship (SES) technology, has kicked off two months of sea trials at Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 1 and Ørsted’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.
Hurricane Energy has informed that the turret mooring system, including the newly-constructed buoy for the Aoka Mizu FPSO, has been installed at the Lancaster field in UK. The installation, part of the LancaOster Early Production System (EPS) development, is a subject to final classification society
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $49 million for the quarter ended June, 2018, against net loss of $170 million same time last year. For the second quarter 2018, the company generated $314 million in revenue and operating income of $26 million, against revenue of $350 million
TGS has began the acquisition of the new Erlend Wild West multi-client 3D seismic data West of Shetlands. This survey will cover a minimum of 1,000 km2 in the UK West of Shetland region and ties into TGS’ existing EW12 3D data. TGS will harness its acquisition and broadband processing expertise in t
Swedish company CorPower Ocean is looking to hire a Technical Project Manager as it prepares to enter the next-stage in the development of its full-scale wave energy device.
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro has posted net loss of €40 million for the first half of 2018, against net loss of €96 million in 1H 2017. The company’s revenue on currency comparable basis increased close to 17 per cent from €774 million in 1H 2017 to €797 million in 1H 2018. Fugro’s marin
McDermott International has awarded Royal IHC a modification contract to convert its pipelay and construction vessel Amazon to an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel. The Amazon will be capable of installing hex-joints up to 60 centimeters in diameter on a worldwide basis. IHC will be responsible for the o
Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has signed an agreement with Enel Green Power (EGP) which will see the Italian party invest €1 million in the research, development and deployment of the CETO wave energy technology.
The 55 meters high jacket for TenneT’s first offshore platform in the Borssele wind farm zone has been completed. The load-out of the jacket at the HSM Offshore shipyard in Schiedam is the first milestone for TenneT in the realization of the Borssele Offshore Wind Farm Zone project. During the load-
All planned maintenance works on the Nord Stream twin gas pipelines have been concluded within the scheduled time frame. Gas transmission resumed today and the full capacity of both pipelines is now available again, Nord Stream AG informed. Nord Stream AG’s maintenance director, Olivier Escola, said
Kvaerner has delivered the third jacket for Johan Sverdrup Phase 1 development in the North Sea. Through the frame agreement entered into in 2014, and in international competition, Kvaerner was awarded the three largest substructures out of four for the first phase of the project. The first delivery
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from July 23 – 29, 2018.
