Operations & Maintenance
Space@Sea to prove multi-use potential of floating islands
The Space@Sea project has officially started with the aim of developing a standardized and cost-efficient multi-use modular island capable of producing and storing energy from offshore renewable sources.
HMS Enterprise Surveys HMS Coventry Wreck
HMS Enterprise has surveyed the wreck of HMS Coventry, one of three Falklands wrecks, lying with its port side buried in the seabed. Enterprise has also scanned the separated remains of HMS Antelope, which lie at a 45-degree angle on the bottom of San Carlos Water, and its sister vessel HMS Ardent,
UK public remains highly supportive of tidal & wave
The new government statistics on energy and climate change has shown that 79% of UK public supports the use of tidal and wave energy technologies.
Irish engineers trial hydrofoil to cut tidal energy costs
Engineers from Trinity College Dublin have tested a next-gen hydrofoil-based anchoring device to check whether it might offer a reliable means of fixing an energy-generating tidal array to the sea floor.
BOW Terminal Receives First East Anglia ONE Piles
The first piles for the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm have arrived at the BOW Terminal in the port of Vlissingen, North Sea.
PSA Inspects Plugging and Abandonment of Ekofisk Wells
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of how ConocoPhillips planned and executed permanent plugging and abandonment of wells at Ekofisk 2/4 A. The Ekofisk 2/4 A facility was the first permanent platform on the Ekofisk field, and oil production here began in 1974. The facil
Xodus and Subcon Form Decommissioning Alliance
Xodus has entered into collaboration with stabilisation and artificial reef specialist Subcon to deliver Integrated Rigs to Reefs (IR2R) decommissioning solutions. The IR2R solution is meant to resolve challenges owners face by augmenting and integrating the retiring assets into purpose built reefs.
Trelleborg delivers rubber membrane for WETFEET waves
Trelleborg has supplied a bespoke flexible rubber membrane for use with wave energy devices to WETFEET research and development project.
Minesto hires marine operators
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has awarded a framework agreement to Holyhead Towing, and Leask Marine covering various marine operational needs as part of Deep Green tidal project.
Premature emphasis on commercialization hinders UK wave growth
The UK wave energy sector’s failure to reach market can in part be attributed to premature emphasis on commercialization and lack of knowledge exchange, the new report by University of Strathclyde and Imperial College London has found.
Magseis Delivers Best Quarter Ever
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has bounced back in black in the third quarter of 2017 as revenue jumped close to 120 percent when compared to the prior-year quarter. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue at USD 28.6 million, up from USD 13.1 million same time last year. Reve
Bluestream Inspects TenneT’s HVDC Platforms in Germany
Dutch offshore inspection services provider, Bluestream Offshore, has carried out extensive inspection work on three TenneT’s HVDC platforms in the German sector of the North Sea: BorWin Alpha, DolWin Alpha and DolWin Beta.
EMGS Narrows Q3 Loss on Revenue Boost
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS posted loss for the third-quarter 2017 of $1.6 million, improving from $11.1 million loss in the same period last year. The Oslo-listed company generated revenues of $10 million in the quarter ended September 2017, up 122 percent from $4.5 million in the c
Deep Green tidal base halfway done
Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has informed that the gravity base structure for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy project is halfway done.