Operations & Maintenance
Seacat Liberty Ready for Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
Isle of Wight-based Seacat Services has held an official naming ceremony for the 23-metre wind farm support vessel – Seacat Liberty.
Nord Stream Piepeline Maintenance Set for September
Nord Stream AG said it will be conducting long-planned annual maintenance works on its twin gas pipelines system between September 11 and 22, 2017. This routine maintenance work will require a temporary shutdown of both lines. “The Nord Stream AG twin pipeline is a state-of-the-art gas infrastructur
DeepOcean Gears for Nemo Link Cabling Work
DeepOcean’s Maersk Connector has completed loading of the first phase on the Nemo Link cables in the port of Blyth. Two 59 km long 400kv HVDC XPLE cables were simultaneously spooled from a freighter onto the 7,000 te. split capacity duel concentric carousel. The vessel is now on its way to the UK co
Weptos wave device hits water off Denmark
Local wave energy developer Weptos has deployed its wave energy device in the Little Belt strait, off the east coast of Denmark.
Oceanteam Sees Revenues Halved, Suspends interim CFO
Oslo-listed Oceanteam has booked net profit of some $23.3 million for the first six months of 2017. This result compares with $4.1 million loss for the period ended June 30, 2016. For the first six months of 2017, the Norwegian-Dutch offshore service provider generated $16.8 million in operating rev
OMPA to Provide Offshore Installation Managers to Vattenfall
Vattenfall has selected Offshore Marine People and Academy (OMPA) to provide a team of offshore installation managers to support their offshore wind operations.
Total Fires Up Edradour and Glenlivet Fields Off UK
Total has started-up production from the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields, located in about 300 to 435 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The Edradour and Glenlivet development will bring additional production capacity of up to 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d),
Planning set to begin for marine test site off Sweden
Ocean Energy Sweden has informed that the planning for the Skagerrak test site for marine and maritime innovation will begin during the meeting of the project group scheduled for this week.
Canada’s MRE industry heads to trade mission across Atlantic
Marine Renewables Canada is leading a trade mission to Ireland to explore investment, and research collaboration opportunities in wave, tidal, and river current energy.
AGR UK and Middle East Units Keeping Busy
Energy services and software provider AGR said it is enjoying a strong 2017 and a positive outlook for next year, having secured contracts worth over £6 million in the North Sea and internationally, and recruiting more than 20 engineers and operational experts. The company’s UK and Middle East busin
Minesto gets its wings (Gallery)
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has taken delivery of the most distinguished part of its Deep Green ocean energy concept – the wing.
Statoil Falls Short at Korpfjell
Statoil and partners have proven a small, non-commercial gas volume in the Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea southeast. Korpfjell is the first exploration well drilled in the Norwegian section of a formerly disputed area between Norway and Russia. “Korpfjell is a structure of a size seldom seen on t
Reach Subsea Swings to Loss
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has slipped into red in the quarter ended June 30, 2017 as it saw cost increased and start of some projects pushed to Q3 and Q4. The Oslo-listed company reported second-quarter EBITDA of NOK 4.4 million (NOK 12.6 million in Q2 2016). EBITDA for the first half of 201
JD-Contractor Gets Nissum Bredning Cabling
JD-Contractor has been awarded the contract for the cabling of the 28MW Nissum Bredning project in Denmark, where Siemens Gamesa will test a variety of its new offshore wind solutions. On behalf of I/S Nissum Bredning Vind, Siemens Gamesa is constructing four wind turbines and related equipment in N