JFSE has completed its latest cable and pipeline trenching project in the Middle East. The project included 70 kilometers of cable trenching and survey of 33mm fibre optic cables associated with the development of one of the world’s largest offshore producing fields. JFSE Utilised its SP6000 tool wi
DesignPro Renewables has published an animation, created in cooperation with Norwegian company Rendering.no, that shows DesignPro’s hydrokinetic turbine technology and its transport, deployment and maintenance capabilities.
Vocus confirmed that its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) has been put into early service following a major service disruption on the SEA-ME-WE 3 (SMW-3) submarine cable between Perth and Singapore. In order to minimize customer impacts due to the SMW-3 outage, Vocus has implemented an emergency cuto
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has secured more work for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Germany, with the crew transfer vessel (CTV) Windea Four obtaining a charter extension and the recently-christened Windea Six beginning its first deployment.
The European Commission has given its approval to the Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT) tidal energy project to proceed to the next stage that will see an extension of the Bluemull Sound array to six turbines.
GlobeNet and Facebook have begun construction of the new submarine cable system GlobeNet announced in May. GlobeNet and Facebook will co-own the system and it will be operated by GlobeNet. Named ‘Malbec’ after the renowned Argentinian wine, the new 2,500 km submarine cable will link the Brazilian ci
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase. The JIP’s participants include Anadarko, Chevron,
The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm was officially opened on Thursday, 6 September, at a ceremony in Barrow in the north-west of England.
The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm was officially opened on Thursday, 6 September, at a ceremony in Barrow in the north-west of England.
Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey. Since joining Acteon in 2011, Smith has undertaken a variety of commercial and operational roles. He was instrumental in the merger of UTEC with NCS Survey in 2015 and was, most recently, responsible for the day-to-day management
Spectrum’s geoscientists have completed an extensive hydrocarbon prospectivity review offshore North Gabon using 5,500 km2 of modern 3D seismic data, recently acquired to image the deep syn-rift units and to provide a regional framework for the traditional post-rift hydrocarbon plays. Two major petr
The Allseas offshore pipelay vessel Solitaire has started the pipelay for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. Before the start of pipelay, the vessel was equipped and tested to meet the project’s requirements. Solitaire is a 300 metres long and 41 metres wide vessel that w
Saudi Aramco has awarded the first large scope integrated services contract for its Marjan oil field to Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE). The field is the first of three major offshore expansions in Saudi Arabia, and the company’s largest upstream development project this year. Under the contract’s
The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.
