French company Sabella has completed the reinstallation of its D10 tidal turbine in Fromveur Passage, near Ushant island, where the onshore battery storage system has also been set up to increase the grid stability.
The EUR 17 million SWARMs European project is developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) which are expected to reduce the risks associated with the construction and repair of offshore platforms, offshore wind turbines, and other underwater structures, Acciona, one of the participants in the pr
Lundin Norway and its licence partners in PL338 are awarding Stavanger-based Rosenberg WorleyParsons contract for modification work on the Edvard Grieg platform in the North Sea. The contract should provide work for 150 people. The objective of the modification is to prepare the platform to receive
Crondall Energy, the floating production and subsea specialist, has secured a frame agreement contract with Siccar Point Energy to provide support on the Cambo field, West of Shetland. Support will initially cover the identification and evaluation of FPSO options for the development and pre-FEED tec
Subsea engineering services firm Irish Sea Contractors has launched a new, patented, in-house developed subsea power cable repair solution and in-house subsea jointer training programme. This innovative technology addresses the challenges of lifting subsea cables to the deck of the cable ship for re
The SWARMs European project, of which ACCIONA is a member, is developing vehicles capable of performing complex tasks in underwater environments autonomously, i.e. without the need for human intervention, using Artificial Intelligence. The use of this type of underwater autonomous vehicles will redu
Following Alpha Offshore’s recent announcement on achieving a 56% increase in blade inspection operations this year, the company said the rise was mostly due to it now doing business under the umbrella of Sparrows Group, along with offshore wind sector’s progress and Alpha Offshore’s experience and
McDermott International has held a first steel-cutting ceremony at its fabrication yard in Batam, Indonesia, to mark the start of fabrication for the Tyra Redevelopment project. “As the project continues to progress with the completion of engineering, we are moving ahead with fabrication in full com
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched a comprehensive company-wide rebranding to Orbital Marine Power, together with public debentures offer to support the buildout of its Orbital O2 tidal energy turbine.
WavEC Offshore Renewables has organized a seminar that will present major projects on offshore renewable energies and aquaculture, reinforced by discussions on challenges and opportunities that lie in both sectors.
Coretrax said it has saved a North Sea operator more than £500,000 during a well abandonment campaign in the UKCS. The independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist was selected to support the decommissioning of 11 wells and has already saved 28 hours rig time on one well alone. The proje
ECE Offshore’s OASYS cable monitoring system has monitored its 100th cable during the installation the Hornsea One export cable installation campaign by the cable-laying vessel Lewek Connector. This milestone was achieved together with DEME’s subsidiary Tideway Offshore Solutions. Reinier Nagtegaal,
GeoSea, a part of DEME, has received a contract from Ørsted for the transportation and installation of 94 foundations and turbines for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Borssele 1 & 2 is located 23 km from the Dutch coast and will have a total capacity of 752 MW. GeoSea will
TGS and Spectrum have joined forces and expanded the Santos 3D program to 15,000 square kilometers over the prospective southern Santos Basin offshore Brazil. TGS and Spectrum will be equal partners with data processing and imaging to be performed by TGS. The survey covers an area south of the high-
