James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has completed a second inspection, repair and maintenance campaign for Premier Oil in the UK Central North Sea. JFMS provided a nitrox diving spread utilising gravity-based launch and recovery systems (LARS) installed on the Balmoral floating production vessel (FP
Global Wind Service (GWS) is carrying out the inspection of the MHI Vestas turbines at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Danish company said it is inspecting and certifying ladders, davit cranes, nacelle cranes, hooking on points, lifts, fall arrests, first aid kits and stretchers a
Global Wind Service (GWS) is carrying out the inspection of the MHI Vestas turbines at the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The Danish company said it is inspecting and certifying ladders, davit cranes, nacelle cranes, hooking on points, lifts, fall arrests, first aid kits and stretchers a
SIMEC Atlantis Energy recently decommissioned its SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland. The 1.2MW SeaGen is the first commercial scale tidal turbine development to be fully decommissioned. Keynvor MorLift was appointed as the principal contractor to carry out the decommission
DOF has been awarded two AHTS contracts to support drilling operations in New Zealand. Skandi Emerald and Skandi Atlantic, built in 2011 and 2012 respectively, have been contracted by OMV NZ for 2 wells firm, plus 2 x 1 well options, to support drilling rig COSL Prospector. Both vessels are currentl
Trendsetter said it has completed another hydraulic intervention project utilizing its 15,000-psi subsea tree injection manifold (STIM) system. A major operator approached Trendsetter to deliver an intervention solution suitable for use in the abandonment of an ‘unconventional’ subsea well. The well
Magseis Fairfield has signed a contract for operating a low frequency source on a previously announced deepwater node survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is scheduled to last 30-40 days, starting in August 2019. The test source is specially designed to enable more efficient low frequency data
Petrofac, in a joint venture with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), has secured an engineering and technical services contract to support Total and SOCAR’s exploration & production activities in Azerbaijan. The 12-month contract, with option to extend, will support activit
ALE and Giant Taiwan have undertaken a joint venture to provide the onshore handling, transportation and storage of wind turbine foundations for phase 2 of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 wind farm project. This phase is seeing 20 additional turbines installed 6km off Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait. ALE – Gi
JFD has formed a strategic partnership with Y-40, owner and operator of the world’s deepest pool to facilitate submarine escape training as required by navies worldwide. The development further strengthens JFD’s presence in the Italian market, and going forward the company will expand the use of the
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved Equinor and Shell’s transaction, whereby Equinor exercised its preferential right to acquire 22.45% interest in the Caesar Tonga oil field from Shell. The deal is for a total consideration of USD 965 million in cash and it raises Equinor’s interest
Swire Seabed has completed a second offshore pipeline campaign for Equinor in the North Sea. The campaign, undertaken in July 2019, is the first fully unmanned offshore pipeline inspection ‘over the horizon’ ever completed, surveying up to 100 kilometers from the shore. The recent inspections by Swi
Swedish marine survey specialist MMT has been assigned by the Danish transmission system operator Energinet to carry out seabed surveys for a new 800MW offshore wind farm project. MMT will execute a geophysical survey in the Danish North Sea covering approximately 440 square kilometer area west of c
Intecsea Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Worley, has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Reliance for the MJ Field deep-water gas and condensate project. Under the contract, INTECSEA Inc will provide PMC services for the development of Reliance’s subsea gas and condensa
