Operations & Maintenance
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 04 – September 10). Subsea 7 has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC in the Netherlands for the construction of a new reel-lay vessel and associated pipe lay equipment. The cost, exclud
Nortek bags Seacams 2 wave and tidal kit supply contract
The leader of the Seacams 2 project, Bangor University, has hired Nortek for the supply of three bottom mount acoustic instrument packages for use around the coast of North Wales.
LOC to Support Greater Dunlin Area Decommissioning
LOC (Aberdeen) Ltd, part of LOC Group, has been appointed by Fairfield Betula (Fairfield Energy) to provide marine assurance and marine warranty services for the decommissioning of the Greater Dunlin Area in the North Sea UKCS. The Greater Dunlin Area comprises the Dunlin Alpha Platform and two subs
Minesto bolsters Welsh team with new hires
Minesto has added four new electrical and mechanical engineers to its Holyhead office over the summer to support its tidal energy operations.
Babcock Bags Rough Decom Deal from Centrica
Babcock is working with Centrica Storage to plan for decommissioning of the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure in the southern North Sea. The assets to be decommissioned comprises two bridge linked platforms currently shut in ahead of decommissioning. This initial decommissioning contract for
Ocean Energy Europe seeks new policy chief
Ocean Energy Europe is looking to appoint a new Policy Director who would be in charge of promoting the next generation of ocean renewable energy technologies.
DONG Energy Returns to CWind with TP Gate Contract
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to install new and retrofit existing gates on the transition pieces (TPs) at the Gode Wind and Borkum Riffgrund offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.
Royal presence to mark Waves4Power’s wave plant inauguration
His Majesty, King Harald V of Norway, will attend the inauguration of Waves4Power’s wave power system which has been supplying electricity to the Norwegian power grid for almost three months.
MMT to Survey North Sea Section of Baltic Pipe Route
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been awarded a contract by the Danish energy transmission system operator Energinet as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The assignment includes seabed survey for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish
Trans Adriatic Pipeline Passes Halfway Mark
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has achieved 50% completion mark, nearly 16 months after the start of the construction. This includes all engineering, procurement and construction scope, TAP informed. TAP’s contractors have cleared around 70% of the project route in Greece and Albania, approximate
Bourbon Names New CEO
Bourbon’s board of directors has confirmed Jacques de Chateauvieux as executive chairman, and entrusted Gaël Bodénès, as chief executive officer, with the responsibility of the company management. In addition the board also decided that Astrid de Bréon, as chief financial officer, would be an integr
DNV GL Opens First CHIL Test Facility for Renewable Energy Systems
DNV GL has opened the first control hardware in loop (CHIL) test facility for renewable energy generation plants.
AWI Retrieves Its Underwater Robot After Year-Long Mission
On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which had been taking measurements at a depth of 2435 metres for nearly 60 weeks – the first long-term mission involving a crawler u
DNV GL launches CHIL test bench for renewable energy plants
Renewables certification body DNV GL has opened the control hardware in loop (CHIL) test facility for renewable energy generation plants.