Operations & Maintenance
Fugro Kicks Off Mareano Survey in Barents Sea
Fugro has begun a hydrographic survey encompassing an area of Norwegian waters of approximately 15000 square kilometres. The contract was awarded by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service and has a value of 34.5 million NOK (approximately €3.8 million). The survey is part of the Mareano programme, for w
Kymaner wraps up bi-radial turbine lab tests
Portuguese engineering company Kymaner has completed the laboratory testing of its bi-radial turbine built for the OPERA wave energy project.
Minesto seeks kite handling support
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto is recruiting for a general purpose marine operative who would join its team as it delivers the Deep Green tidal plant off Wales.
Oceanflow leases Evopod unit for SCORE project
Oceanflow Energy has been awarded a contract by the University of the Algarve (UAlg) to lease its scale Evopod E1 unit for trials off Portugal.
Aker Solutions Sees Earnings Fall
Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions has reported net income of NOK 62 million ($7.3 million), or NOK 0.23 in the first-quarter 2017, versus net income of NOK 169 million ($19.5 million), or 0.53 NOK in the prior-year comparable period. The company has seen its revenue decline to NOK 5.17 b
IKM On Track to Deliver Snorre B and Visund Project
IKM Subsea has delivered first equipment for Snorre B and Visund fields under the ROV services contract that the company secured last August. The contract is for the provision of testing and installation of an electrical, permanently seabed installed Residential – ROV (RROV), that will interface wit
InterMoor UK Boosts Decom Services
InterMoor has added rigless well abandonment capabilities to its UK-based services. Consolidating the capabilities of former sister company OIS Ltd, InterMoor UK can now help plan and execute turnkey suspended well decommissioning campaigns. This includes vessel charter and project management of all
Siemens looks at HydroAir for wave energy extraction
The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas, has developed a new turbine for wave power plants that operates on the oscillating wave column principle.
Bibby HydroMap Completes Burbo Bank Extension Export Cable Scans
Bibby HydroMap has completed site operations on the newly installed export cable of Burbo Bank Extension. Contracted by DONG Energy, the work involved two of the company’s vessels; Bibby Athena and Lia, mobilised with survey equipment to acquire multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar data, sub bottom
Bibby HydroMap Completes Export Cable Ops at Burbo Bank Extension
Bibby HydroMap has completed the depth of burial operations over the newly installed export cable of DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.
Bibby HydroMap Completes Export Cable Ops at Burbo Bank Extension
Bibby HydroMap has completed the depth of burial operations over the newly installed export cable of DONG Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay.
Bakker Sliedrecht teams up with Water2Energy for tidal tech
Electrical system integrator Bakker Sliedrecht has signed a technical development partnership with Water2Energy for the delivery of its vertical axis water turbine technology.
TurkStream Pipelaying Kicks Off
Gazprom informed that the construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline has started in the Black Sea near the Russian coast. Pipelaying is carried out by the Audacia vessel owned by Allseas, the construction contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline’s offshore section. The vessel will be also us
Fraunhofer IWES Releases First Offshore Wind Index for German Bight
Fraunhofer IWES has released an Offshore Wind Energy Index, the first wind index for offshore wind farms, or more specifically, for wind farms in the German Bight in the North Sea.