Transmission system operator TenneT has begun laying its NordLink subsea cable section in the German North Sea. During the next weeks TenneT will wind out 99 kilometres into the seabed between the cable landfall at the Büsum dike (Schleswig-Holstein) and southwest of the Island of Sylt through the t
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger has been awarded a frame agreement by Equinor for the provision of light intervention, inspection and monitoring services. Stinger believe that a low carbon footprint is a competitive advantage, providing attractive business opportunities in a transition t
Swan Hunter has completed the loadout of Norther offshore wind farm export cable onto Van Oord’s Nexus cable lay vessel. Approximately 29 kilometers of HVAC export cable, totaling 3150Te, was spooled onto the Nexus vessel from the DOC-Swan Hunter cable storage and spooling yard, Vlissingen, The Neth
Oceana has launched a 20-day expedition to survey important areas of marine life in the Quark (also known as Kvarken or Merenkurkku), between Finland and Sweden. The organisation’s second research project in the Quark is generously funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery and will build on Oceana’S in
EM&I, the international asset integrity specialists, has appointed Simon James as its new director of operations. James has over 20 years experience in operations and asset integrity for offshore oil, gas, and renewables. He has held senior and executive positions in Total, CNR, Subsea 7, Fugro and
A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton demonstrated how the use of autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence at sea can accelerate the exploration and study of hard to reach deep sea ecosystems, like intermittently active methane seeps. Thanks to rapid high throughput data analysis at s
Jifmar Offshore Services has acquired the Scottish company North West Marine (NWM) based in Oban. After the acquisition of VDC Offshore in 2017, this investment illustrates Jifmar’s strategy to rely on locally established players to boost its development in France and internationally. The JIFMAR gro
ODE Asset Management (ODEAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the international engineering and operations support services contractor ODE, has been awarded a contract to be the installation and pipeline operator (Duty Holder) for the Humber Gathering System which will initially serve the Tolmount fiel
Together with the North Sea Foundation and the Natuur & Milieu organisation, Van Oord and Eneco are starting a project to restore natural underwater features around wind farms: “the Rich North Sea”. A pilot project at Eneco’s Luchterduinen wind farm will investigate how nature conservation and susta
A consortium comprising Boskalis Subsea Cables and Flexibles (previously VBMS) and NKT has signed a firm contract for delivery and installation of export and array cable systems to the offshore wind farm project Triton Knoll. Innogy, the project owner, has made the final investment decision for the
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 27 – September 2, 2018.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent to Equinor for start-up of the Aasta Hansteen facility in the Norwegian Sea, during the course of autumn 2018. Aasta Hansteen is located approximately 320 kilometers west of Bodø in a water depth of 1270 meters. The field is developed with a SP
UK-based survey specialist Bibby HydroMap has completed testing of ‘DriX’, the 8-meter Autonomous Unmanned Survey Vessel (AUSV) developed by iXblue. DriX has the ability to accommodate a hydrographic and geophysical survey payload and to aid positioning of underwater vehicles, facilitating data coll
Prysmian Group has secured three projects to provide new cable connections for offshore wind farms in France. Eolien Maritime France, a joint venture between the EDF Energies Nouvelles and Enbridge, awarded Prysmian with the design, supply and installation contract of inter array cables for the two
