Operations & Maintenance
Bilfinger Secures Sheringham Shoal Coating Services Contract
Energy services provider Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a GBP 1 million contract for the coating repair services on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, operated by Statoil.
AW-Energy teams up with Queen’s Uni for new WaveRoller base
Finnish wave energy developer AW-Energy and Queen’s University Belfast are set to collaborate in developing a towable foundation for the WaveRoller device.
Tata Steel Commits £2M to Increase UK North Sea Product Range
Tata Steel has set up almost a £2 million programme of investments at its 20” high frequency induction (HFI) pipe mill in Hartlepool, UK, to offer a new generation of higher strength offshore construction grades to the North Sea and the global oil and gas industry. The company’s investment in Hartle
OPERA consortium scoops Yoshio Masuda prize
The EU-funded OPERA project has received the Yoshio Masuda prize for the contribution to EWTEC 2017 through reports about wave energy developments being progressed in Spain.
Subsea Construction Vessel Khankendi Ready for Shah Deniz 2 Ops
The Shah Deniz consortium has launched the Khankendi – a new flagship vessel for the Caspian. The new subsea construction vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the biggest subsea production system in the Caspian Sea as part of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project. The official inaugur
Interview: Global Marine Invests in Innovation and Its People
Global Marine is one of the leading providers of engineering and underwater services, responding to the subsea cable installation, maintenance and burial requirements of its customers around the world. The company, acquired by HC2 in September 2014, has a legacy of 165 years in deep and shallow wate
EC-OG goes commercial with Subsea Power Hub
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has commercially launched the hybrid device based the ocean current energy conversion system with integrated energy storage called the Subsea Power Hub.
PHOTO: Jan De Nul Wraps Up Race Bank Export Cable Installation
Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom. Jan De Nul installed two export cables of 70 km and linked the two offshore substations with an interconnector of 6 km. To execute the nearshore works
World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Disappears from Horizon (Video)
DONG Energy has completed the decommissioning of the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby built in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland in 1991.
Atir floating tidal platform nears blades fitting
Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has revealed it will install the blades for its Atir floating tidal platform at the end of this September.
Scottish Enterprise, The Nippon Foundation Ink Subsea MoU
Scottish Enterprise and The Nippon Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Offshore Europe on Tuesday, which will see both organisations work together to invest in research and development projects around subsea technology challenges. The projects will address challenges identif
Wood Group-Led JIP Shows Reliability of Flexible Pipes
Wood Group has led a global project to improve industry knowledge and understanding of flexible pipe integrity management. The findings of the Sureflex joint industry project (JIP) are published today by Oil & Gas UK (Tuesday 5 September) in a report, Flexible Pipe Integrity Management Guidance & Go
Lloyd’s Register Supports Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup Development
Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Risk Management Consulting team has signed a contract with Statoil to use LR’s expertise to conduct total risk analysis for the riser platform modification project at the Johan Sverdrup field which is forecast for production start-up in late 2019. Most of the front end engine
Angling trust smells something fishy in Swansea tidal report
Angling trust Fish Legal has slammed Tidal Lagoon Power’s fish impact assessment for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, calling the report ‘fundamentally flawed’.