Operations & Maintenance
Subsea 7 Sets Up Maria Pipelines
Subsea 7’s installation vessel, Seven Oceans, has landed the last production pipeline on the seabed at the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea, the operator Wintershall informed through social media. The subsea umbilicals have also been recently installed, utilizing the capabilities of the Seven Arctic
Life DemoWave makes progress with WEC construction
Developers behind the Life DemoWave project have informed that the construction of wave energy converters (WECs), planned for deployment off Galicia, is well underway.
GKinetic scores funding for prototype testing
GKinetic Energy has received close to €100,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to carry out further optimization and testing of its tidal technology this summer.
Vattenfall Favours Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as Base for Norfolk Offshore Wind Farms
Vattenfall, the developer of two of the world’s largest offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast, is in talks with Peel Ports to invest in the port at Great Yarmouth.
Vattenfall Favours Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as Base for Norfolk Offshore Wind Farms
Vattenfall, the developer of two of the world’s largest offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast, is in talks with Peel Ports to invest in the port at Great Yarmouth.
MainOne Wraps Up Submarine Cable Repair
MainOne said it has repaired its submarine cable system that experienced a fault at a water depth of some 3400 meter in the international waters outside Senegal. The cable laying vessel, Pierre De Fermat, was commissioned to conduct the repair. The vessel traveled to Portland, UK, where it picked up
Bluestream Scores ONEgas Subsea Inspection Contract
Bluestream Offshore has secured a five year contract plus two-year extension with ONEgas, the combined business unit of Shell UK and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) for the gas production on the Southern North Sea. The contract is a so-called ‘ROV subsea structural inspection services co
CWind Springs into Action at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm
Colchester-based offshore services provider CWind has recently carried out urgent inspection and repair projects on the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm currently under construction off Norfolk, UK.
Changing tides could impact tidal renewable energy sites
The study of the impact of global sea-level rise on tides has found that tidal changes will have implications for existing and proposed tidal renewable energy sites.
EMGS Sees Q2 Utilization at 85 Pct
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has reported vessel utilization for the second quarter 2017 of 85% compared with 76% for the second quarter in 2016. In the second quarter of 2017, the company had one vessel in operation. This vessel was allocated 85% to multi-client projects and no time
JFSE Supports VBMS on Offshore Wind Cable Repair Projects
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, is providing equipment and personnel to VBMS for several concurrent offshore wind projects.
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Turns Four
The 630MW London Array, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm, has marked four years since its official opening on 4 July, 2013.
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Turns Four
The 630MW London Array, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm, has marked four years since its official opening on 4 July, 2013.
Fred. Olsen plans wave device redeployment off Hawaii
Fred. Olsen has informed that the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) will sponsor another deployment of BOLT Lifesaver device at the wave energy test site outside Marine Corps Base in Hawaii.