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M.C. Construction (Cleveland) has completed the fabrication and mobilisation of steelwork for MPI Adventure ahead of the vessel’s upcoming works on the removal, upgrade and re-installation of turbine blades at the London Array offshore wind farm.
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has been named as ‘Rising Star’ at the European Business Awards for the Environment held earlier in the month.
Dril-Quip’s European subsidiary, based in Aberdeen, has entered into a letter of intent with Premier Oil to provide subsea production systems for the Sea Lion Phase 1 development located offshore the Falkland Islands. The scope of work includes plans for 23 subsea production systems, including wellh
The Danish Energy Agency has launched an updated levelized cost of energy (LCoE) calculator which shows that costs to build and operate an offshore wind farm in Denmark have declined by more than 30 per cent compared to previous projections.
Australian wave developer with offices in Wales – Bombora Wave Power – is seeking a supplier of an air turbine that forms a part of its mWave wave energy converter.
Baltic Connector Oy is set to start the excavation work for the Balticconnector offshore pipeline in Inkoo, Finland, as a part of the preparatory work for the installation of the pipeline. The first excavation work will be carried out in front of Fjusö in Inkoo with the dredging of the seabed and th
Bremerhaven-based engineering specialist b.offshore has carried out Door Fan Tests on TenneT’s HelWin beta offshore converter platform in the German North Sea.
Equinor has awarded Kvaerner an additional scope at Njord A to enable the platform to receive oil from the Fenja field. The additional scope has an estimated value of approximately NOK 500 million. In March 2017, Kvaerner signed a contract with Equinor for the complete upgrading of the Njord A float
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded loss of NOK 251 million ($31 million) for the second-quarter 2018 compared to loss of NOK 321 million ($40 million) same time in 2017. Akastor generated profit of NOK 121 million from continuing operations. However, the result for the second quar
Bristol-based engineering company Blackfish has completed the installation of a lifting platform for the University of Southampton’s Boldrewood marine energy test facility.
A small-scale tidal current turbine demonstrator, being developed by Spanish Seasplace and UK’s Magnomatics, has achieved one third more efficiency during testing than had been previously predicted.
Denmark-based marine contractor Peter Madsen Rederi A/S (PMR) has completed the construction of a new set of stone beds in the Port of Esbjerg for the load-out of turbines destined for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm.
The Underwater Centre, has become the world’s only commercial diving school to offer a closed bell saturation diving system with a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat (SPHL), following a major refurbishment. Thanks to investment and support from the global oil and gas sector, The Underwater Centre re