Operations & Maintenance
VIDEO: First Johan Sverdrup Jacket Lands on Seabed
Jacket for the Johan Sverdrup riser platform was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf. The jacket is stretching 140 metres from the seabed, where it covers an area measuring 94 times 64 metres. It is attached to the seabed by 24 poles weighing more than 9000 tonnes in total.
EMGS Wins in Barents Sea
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has entered into a prefunding and late sales agreement related to 3D CSEM data surveys in the Barents Sea in Norway. The Oslo-listed company, which generated revenues of $10.6 million in the second quarter 2017, said that this new agreement represents reve
PanGeo Subsea Embarks on Its 20th UXO Hunt
PanGeo Subsea has recently been awarded its 20th unexploded ordnance UXO survey. The North Sea offshore wind farm project will consist of a UXO survey covering an area of some 18km2 for export cables, inter-array cables and offshore platforms. PanGeo’s sub bottom imager (SBI) will again be used as t
Rigmar Makes New Appointments
The Rigmar Group has been recruiting and re-organising to address the expanding range and complexity of projects being undertaken. Duncan Cuthill, who joined the Group in January 2016, has been promoted to the role of Interocean’s Marine general manager. Cuthill has been responsible for a number of
First Blyth Foundation in Place
The first gravity-based foundation (GBF) has been installed onto the sea bed for EDF Blyth wind farm project off the Northumberland coast, UK. Earlier this month, the gravity base left BAM’s dry dock in Newcastle and was floated down the River Tyne to Port of Tyne to have additional ballast added to
Oceanteam Confirms Cable Transport Gig
Oceanteam Solutions has recently signed a contract with a European cable manufacturer regarding the supply of a transport vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. As announced in the letter of intent in May this year, the project is plan
WATCH: The Largest Jacket on NCS
Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The steel jacket will carry the riser platform, which is one of four platforms being built in the field’s first development phase. It was built at Kværner’s shi
DeepOcean Increases Footprint in West Africa with Searov Acquisition
DeepOcean has acquired French company Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa. Searov, established in 2008, owns and operates ten remote operated vehicles (ROVs) from its operating bases in Pointe Noire, Congo and Port Gentil, Gabon. “This acquisition will allow DeepOcean to
Top news, July 24 – 30, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 24 – 30, 2017.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 24 – July 30). TechnipFMC has informed that is financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 should no longer be relied upon because of material errors in such financial statemen
ORE Catapult seeks lead blade research engineer
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) is looking for Lead Research Engineer for Blades to join its team in Blyth, UK.
WES selects Cruz Atcheson as wave projects advisor
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has appointed Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers as an independent advisor for its novel wave energy converter (NWEC) stage 2 projects.
DesignPro calls for hydrokinetic testing bids
DesignPro has launched a tender seeking a certified river or estuary test site to deploy and test a 25kW hydrokinetic river turbine as part of its Horizon 2020 project.
TC’s Energy agrees $2B financing plan for Ghana wave plant
TC’s Energy has executed a $2 billion prelisting financing term sheet with US-based equity firm Milost Global for the wave energy project in Ghana.