Operations & Maintenance
Adwen Charters SafeWay-Equipped Olympic Intervention IV for O&M
Adwen has chartered Olympic Subsea’s vessel Olympic Intervention IV for operations & maintenance at three offshore wind farms in the German part of the North Sea. The DP2 vessel has been fitted with a SafeWay gangway, marking the first commercial operation for this motion compensated offshore access
Exceed Scoops Up Cheviot Gig
Aberdeen-based Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has been awarded a contract by Alpha Petroleum for its Cheviot field development campaign. The Cheviot field is 100 per cent owned by Alpha Petroleum and its core development will consist of drilling and completion of a
GKinetic concludes second round of tidal testing
Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy has completed a new round of testing on its optimized 1:10 scale tidal device at the Limerick Docks testing facility in Ireland.
Port of Brest steps up for marine renewables
The French port of Brest has begun upgrading its quay areas to better serve the needs of the marine renewable energy industry.
Well-SENSE Gets New CEO
Aberdeen-based downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE, has appointed Craig Feherty as its new chief executive officer. Feherty joins Well-SENSE from GE Oil and Gas, where he was Product Line Director for Wireline Products. He managed a portfolio of technologies designed to measure downhole well
Petrofac and Danos to Team Up
Petrofac and Danos, a US-based oilfield services provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The MoU is structured to progress discussions towards the formation a joint venture (JV) Agreement for the pursuit of opportunities to deliver services across the oil and gas asset life cycle,
Wave Hub goes on a recruiting spree
Wave Hub is looking to expand its team with new job openings for Research and Business Development Manager, and Electrical Development Engineer.
MORE redeploys Evopod tidal device
The Marine Offshore Renewable Energy (MORE) team from the University of Algarve has redeployed the Evopod E1 tidal energy device off Portugal.
Green Light for Snefrid Nord
Norway has given the go-ahead for the Statoil-operated Snefrid Nord gas development as a satellite linked to the Aasta Hansteen field, the ministry of petroleum and energy said on Tuesday. Plan for development and operation (PDO) was submitted earlier this year by Statoil (51%) and its partners Wint
Bardot appoints financial engineering head
Bardot Group has appointed Xavier de Lastic to the position of Head of Financial Engineering for large projects.
Magseis Selects Sonardyne Tech for OBS Node Positioning
Subsea technology manufacturer, Sonardyne UK has won a contract from Norwegian seismic services company, Magseis for seabed node acoustic positioning technology. The equipment ordered includes Sonardyne’s newly-developed SST 6 (Small Seismic Transponder 6), and associated vessel-based acoustic posit
Leonardo to Deliver Two AW169 Helicopters for Hornsea Project One Ops
Leonardo has signed a contract with Danish company Uni-Fly for two AgustaWestland AW169 light intermediate twin engine helicopters, which will perform offshore wind farm support operations for DONG Energy at Hornsea Project One in the UK.
Archer Introduces Next-Gen Downhole Imaging and Measurement Services
Archer said it has launched a new generation of its SPACE ultrasound imaging and measurement services, which apply ultrasonic techniques – such as phased-array beam-forming – to enable true spatial understanding of the downhole environment. The launch introduces SPACE Vernier, a service designed to
IMCA Updates Guidance on Subsea Metrology
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said it has released a revised version of its ‘Guidance on Subsea Metrology’. The objective of subsea metrology is to determine accurately the relative horizontal and vertical distance between subsea assets, as well as their relative heading and at