Operations & Maintenance
Ocean Infinity Expands AUV Fleet
Ocean Infinity said it has purchased two more autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) from Kongsberg Maritime. This will increase Ocean Infinity’s fleet of HUGIN 6000 AUVs from six to eight vehicles, which will be used worldwide to collect seabed data. The fleet of AUV’s will be operated simultaneously
4Subsea Wins Shell Integrity Monitoring Contract
4Subsea has been awarded a new contract for integrity management with Shell, using the digitalised web solution FlexTrack for integrity monitoring on Draugen, Knarr and Ormen Lange fields. The contract is a continuation and further development of cooperation between Shell Norway and 4Subsea, enablin
Highlights of April 2017
Tidal Energy Today has recapped the news from wave and tidal energy sectors that have marked the month of April 2017.
OGA Invests in UKCS Subsurface Data
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded £1.5 million of contracts to purchase subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in under explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The datasets purchased will underpin much of the OGA’s work across the explor
Van Wijngaarden Takes Delivery of Lingestroom
Dutch marine services provider Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has taken delivery of Lingestroom, a Damen Shoalbuster 3512, bringing the total number of Shoalbusters in its fleet to five.
Top news, April 24 – 30, 2017
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from April 24 – 30, 2017.
Highlights of the week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 24– April 30). TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of the subsea equipment for the proposed Liza deep-water project
Gemini Delivers Early
The 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea achieved full completion on Friday, April 28, ahead of schedule and under its total budget of EUR 2.8 billion, Northland Power, the wind farm’s majority owner, said.
UK MP calls for manifesto commitment on tidal lagoons
Neil Parish, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton, has supported the inclusion of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon in the Conservative manifesto for the upcoming general election in the UK.
Waves4Power gears up for WaveEL redeployment
Waves4Power is preparing to relaunch its WaveEL wave energy system following the conclusion of service and maintenance operations on the device.
Sandbank Starts Making an Impact on Vattenfall’s Numbers
Vattenfall’s Wind Business Area recorded an uptick in wind generation in the first quarter of 2017 on the back of more than 500MW of added capacity, including the recently commissioned 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm.
Gondan Launches Race Bank Service Operation Vessel
Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has launched the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) ordered by Østensjø Rederi and chartered by DONG Energy.
Gondan Launches Race Bank Service Operation Vessel
Spanish shipbuilder Gondan has launched the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) ordered by Østensjø Rederi and chartered by DONG Energy.
NPD Appoints AGR as Its Well and Drilling Specialist Advisor
AGR has been appointed as well and drilling specialist advisor to Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. AGR will deliver advice to support evaluation of drilling programmes, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandonment. The two-year scope of work has the option to be extended for an