Operations & Maintenance
JFMS, NHV Team Up to Integrate Offshore and Helicoper Services
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the helicopter services provider NHV to develop and commercialise integrated packages for the offshore wind sector.
LifeDemoWave buoy set for March installation
The consortium behind the LifeDemoWave project is finalizing the assembly works on the wave energy buoy prototype ahead of deployment which is reportedly planned for March off the coast of Galicia in Spain.
Magnetic gear wave energy project bags £2.5 million
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has awarded £2.5 million to a project that is developing the power take-off (PTO) system to suit a variety of wave energy converters.
Bibby Offshore Delivers North Sea IMR Project for BP
Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has completed a contract worth more than £2 million for BP in the North Sea. The project utilized Bibby Offshore’s diving support vessel Bibby Topaz to carry out inspection, repair and maintenance operations in the Rhum gas fiel
Eidesvik Cuts Losses; Ends 2017 in Black
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has posted quarterly loss of NOK 221 million (approximately $28 million) or NOK 6.85 per share, against loss of NOK 514 million (approximately $65 million) or NOK 16.18 per share for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2016. Result for the twelve months of
Prysmian Cable Layer Utilizes MakaiLay Software
Makai Ocean Engineering’s MakaiLay software has been commissioned on the cable-laying vessel Giulio Verne by the Prysmian Group. It is expected that MakaiLay with its power-cable-specific module will be used by the Giulio Verne when it starts working on the North Sea Link installation. North Sea Lin
Add Energy and Trendsetter Win Well Control Contract
Add Energy and Trendsetter Engineering Inc (TEI) have been contracted by an oil and gas operator to provide well control expertise and access to their patented Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS) to a well which is planned to be drilled in the Barents Sea during Q2 2018. The contract will provide the
Dynamic cabling R&D for floating marine renewables starts in France
The partners in the collaborative research and development initiative aimed at metaphysical characterization of dynamic umbilicals for floating marine renewable energy devices, known as the OMDYN2 project, have held a kick-off meeting last month in France.
EEW OSB Marks Milestone with Hornsea One Transition Piece
EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd has produced its 100th transition piece, which is due to set sail to Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.
EEW OSB Marks Milestone with Hornsea One Transition Piece
EEW Offshore Structures (Britain) Ltd has produced its 100th transition piece, which is due to set sail to Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.
Streamlining of CETO 6 wave unit well underway
Australian clean energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has made further progress with the design of its CETO 6 wave energy technology which is now ready for wave tank testing activities at the University of Plymouth in South West England.
Aker Solutions’ Subsea Equipment for Wintershall’s Nova Field
Aker Solutions has won an order from Wintershall Norge to provide a subsea production system, umbilicals and services for the Nova oil and gas field offshore Norway. The system will consist of two templates with manifolds, seven subsea trees including one spare, umbilicals and associated tie-in and
Subsea 7 Scoops Up Nova Tieback Prize from Wintershall
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract between USD 50 million and USD 150 million by Wintershall for the Nova (formerly known as Skarfjell) oil and gas field development. Nova is located in the north-eastern part of the North Sea, 16 kilometers from the Gjøa field, in a water depth of approximately 36
Polarcus Reduces Quarterly Deficit
Polarcus has narrowed its quarterly loss when compared to fourth-quarter 2016, despite lower revenues and impairment charges. The Oslo-listed company reported net loss for the quarter of $91.7 million or 60 cents per share, versus loss of $97 million in Q4 2016. Sequentially, the net loss widened fr