German company NEMOS has announced the delivery of the main components of the 2019 wave energy converter (WEC) prototype. The NEMOS team is commissioning the device in the Port of Ostend. The 2019 WEC prototype features a 8 x 2 m floater and a 16 m long substructure. The prototype is deployed in Ost
Heerema Marine Contractor’s newest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir is set to begin its maiden voyage this week. Sleipnir, the world’s largest and strongest SSCV named after Odin’s eight-legged stallion, was built by Jurong Shipyard, the fully owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine in Sing
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on matters of operational safety, training standards, and the mutual recognition of diver qualifications. The two trade asso
McDermott has been awarded a contract in excess of $1.5 billion for Package 4 of Saudi Aramco’s Marjan Increment Development Project to provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of offshore gas facilities and pipelines. Marjan Package 4 represents the second largest EPCI
McDermott has been awarded a contract in excess of $3 billion for Package 1 of Saudi Aramco’s Marjan Increment Development Mega-Project to provide EPCI of the Gas-Oil Separation Plant (GOSP), in a consortium with China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC). McDermott will lead the consortium with
The commissioning inspection of the buildings at the Balticconnector project’s Inkoo compressor station has established that the buildings were ready for use. The buildings were inspected by Inkoo municipality’s building inspector and Länsi-Uusimaa Rescue Department’s inspector. “The completion of t
JFD has completed mating trials of its latest portable hyperbaric reception facility (PHRF) for TechnipFMC. The completion of the trials, conducted with two of TechnipFMC’s vessels, provides divers with the assurance that every possible measure has been put into place to ensure their safety should t
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved Lundin Norway for sample extraction from the Rolvsnes discovery at the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea. The Rolvsnes oil discovery is located on the southern side of the Edvard Grieg field and is a fractured and weathered granite baseme
SIMEC Atlantis said that its flagship MeyGen project has now exported 17.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to the national grid, exceeding the previous record of approximately 11GWh. According to the company, MeyGen has exported over 7GWh of renewable energy to the grid in 2019, equivalent to th
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has completed confined space and structural inspection works at the Gunfleet Sands Windfarm Offshore Substation. The inspection was carried out on behalf of Transmission Investment and TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Ltd. SMC Operations Director, Dean Coates, said: “We wer
JDR Cables, part of the TFKable Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwanese electric wire and land cable manufacturer Taya Group. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate on localisation opportunities on future renewable energy projects in the area, with a spe
Nord Stream said it will temporarily shut down both lines of its gas pipeline system for routine maintenance works. The maintenance shutdown, scheduled from 16 July to 30 July 2019, is part of the pipeline’s annual inspection cycle and will take place for the seventh time. The annual maintenance wor
Dutch and Danish national transmission system operators (TSOs) Tennet and Energinet are testing the COBRAcable, a high-voltage direct current submarine cable that will interconnect the electricity grids of the two countries. The testing is planned to take place between 03 July 2019 and 06 September
Mainstay Marine Solutions has launched the hull of AMOG Consulting’s wave energy converter (WEC) technology demonstrator device. The hull and keel were launched on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 from Mainstay Marine Solutions’ slipway at Pembrokeshire, Wales UK. The milestone follows the construction contrac
