Operations & Maintenance
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 12 – June 18). Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP have said they are moving forward to develop already-discovered deepwater gas fields, bringing new gas production for India. RIL and BP ann
UK Grants Immigration Rules Concession to Offshore Wind Vessel Workers
The UK Home Secretary has introduced a concession to the Immigration Rules to allow the employment of non-European Economic Area nationals who are joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects in UK territorial waters.
Developers scale down Philippines tidal project
The multi-megawatt tidal energy project planned for San Bernardino Strait in the Philippines has been scaled down to 1.5MW to fit the local consumption.
VNG Compiles Fenja Impact Assessment Report
VNG Norge has prepared impact assessment report for development and operation of Fenja (formerly known as Pil & Bue) Fenja is located in production license PL586 within blocks 6406/11 and 12 in the Norwegian Sea with VNG Norge as operator with a license share of 30%. Partners are Point Resources (45
ROMEO Targets Offshore Wind O&M Cost Reduction
An Iberdrola-led industry based consortium has launched the ROMEO project aimed at reducing offshore wind O&M costs.
Rampion O&M Base Now Under Construction
Construction of the Rampion Operations and Maintenance base at Newhaven Port is now underway, E.ON reports.
ERSG Secures TenneT Contract
Energy recruitment agency ERSG has won an exclusive contract to supply platform and cable client representatives for TenneT’s projects for the Dutch offshore grid system.
NEO 2017: Renewables set for $7.4 trillion in new investment by 2040
Renewable energy sources are set to take almost three quarters of the $10.2 trillion the world will invest in new power generating technology over the years to 2040, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) revealed in its latest long-term energy forecast.
EMEC goes on a recruiting spree
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking to expand its team with several new job openings.
PSA Audits Johan Sverdrup Phase 2
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s follow-up of improvement processes in phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. In March and April 2017, PSA carried out an audit of how Statoil is ensuring that HSE risk is identified and accounted for in the work and de
Video: Tidetec puts bi-directional turbine to the test
Norwegian tidal energy developer Tidetec has completed the preparations for the forthcoming testing of its model scale turbine at the Technical University of Munich.
ABB Delivers DolWin2 Project
ABB has commissioned and handed over the DolWin2 offshore wind transmission link to the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT. DolWin2 is the third offshore wind connection project that ABB has executed for TenneT in Germany’s North Sea, following BorWin1 and DolWin1. The high voltage dir
CGG Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
French seismic contractor CGG said it has begun legal processes to implement a pre-arranged restructuring, with the opening of a Sauvegarde proceeding in France and Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 filings in the U.S. The announcement follows execution of legally binding agreements in support of the terms
DEME Looking Into Drones
DEME Group’s offshore wind division is looking into the possibility of using drones to inspect the foundations of the offshore wind turbines for corrosion.