Operations & Maintenance
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 10 – December 17). Aker BP has submitted the plans for development and operations (PDOs) for the Valhall Flank West, Ærfugl (formerly Snadd) and Skogul (formerly Storklakken) fields to the No
Schottel Hydro scales down Bay of Fundy tidal ambitions
Schottel Hydro has decided to use smaller floating tidal energy platforms for the planned Bay of Fundy project in Canada.
Scottish budget earmarks £60M for low carbon innovation
The government of Scotland has reaffirmed its commitment to renewable energy by allocating multi-million funding amount for the low carbon innovation fund in a draft budget for the next year.
Scottish wave body sourcing for technical advisors
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is looking for qualified individuals to provide technical assessment of the applications in the structural materials and manufacturing processes program.
Oceaneering Wins Maryland Offshore Wind Survey Contract
Oceaneering has secured a contract by US Wind, Inc., a subsidiary of the Toto Holding Group, to conduct marine geophysical survey services starting in the second half of 2018 in support of US Wind’s new Maryland offshore wind project. Roderick A. Larson, president and chief executive officer of Ocea
Subsea 7 Scores Hat-Trick with Aker BP
Subsea 7 has been awarded two new contracts from alliance partner Aker BP in the Norwegian North Sea. The contracts are for the Skogul project and the Valhall Flank West project, valued between $50 million and $150 million. Earlier this week, Subsea 7 also announced a contract from Aker BP between $
Wave device at Bimep marks power export anniversary
Marmok-A5 wave energy device is marking its first full year of deployment and grid-connection at the Bimep testing site, located off northern Spain.
Aker BP Presents Plans for Three Fields on Norwegian Continental Shelf
Aker BP has submitted the plans for development and operations (PDOs) for the Valhall Flank West, Ærfugl (formerly Snadd) and Skogul (formerly Storklakken) fields to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik handed over the PDOs to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy,
Port of Rotterdam Thinks Big with Offshore Center Rotterdam (Expertise Hub VIDEO)
Land reclamation works on the site of the Offshore Center Rotterdam were started without any client commitment because the port believes the center will be in demand with the offshore wind industry, Joost Eenhuizen, Business Manager, Maritime & Offshore Industry at the Port of Rotterdam, said.
Port of Rotterdam Thinks Big with Offshore Center Rotterdam (Expertise Hub VIDEO)
Land reclamation works on the site of the Offshore Center Rotterdam were started without any client commitment because the port believes the center will be in demand with the offshore wind industry, Joost Eenhuizen, Business Manager, Maritime & Offshore Industry at the Port of Rotterdam, said.
Helix’s Q4000 Sets Deployment Record for 10K Riser System
Helix Energy Solutions has informed that its well intervention vessel Q4000 set a new deepest deployment record for the Helix 10K Intervention Riser System (IRS) on a deepwater well. The Q4000 performed a flow back on an unnamed well at a water depth of 2,851 meters. The Q4000 completed the flow bac
Video: PLAT-I platform harnessing Scottish tides
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has released a video of the recently completed installation operation of its PLAT-I floating tidal energy platform.
Study: ADDs Effective on Minke Whales at OW Construction Sites
The Offshore Renewables Joint industry Programme (ORJIP), with funding from innogy, Ørsted, and Statoil has concluded a study to examine the effectiveness of using Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs), as a protection method for minke whales during offshore wind farm construction. The research project,
Vattenfall Picks Kriegers Flak O&M Base
Vattenfall has chosen Klintholm Harbour in Denmark as its base for the servicing and maintenance of the 605MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm.