Operations & Maintenance
Ooredoo: SEA-ME-WE 5 Set for Start Up
Ooredoo’s Southeast-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system will be activated this year. Installed at its base station in Qalhat in the Governorate of Ash Sharqiyah South, the 20,000 kilometre cable has been developed as a multi-regional data superhighway that should improv
Beatrice Export Cable Installation Project Starts Tomorrow
The phase 1 of the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s export cable campaign is scheduled to start on April 13 with the installation of horizontal cable pipes beneath Portgordon Beach. These pipes are installed using a micro-tunnelling machine pushed through the ground beneath the seabed. At the exit poin
Sandia Labs sets up wave energy webinars
Sandia National Laboratories has scheduled two webinars to be held this month with a focus on wave energy sector development.
Australian CSG to construct wave power plant in Turkey
Australia-based CSG Exploration & Production Services plans to build a 50kW pilot wave energy power plant in Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
FaBTest renews The Crown Estate lease
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners have renewed a lease with The Crown Estate to continue using an area of Falmouth Bay for testing of new marine renewable energy technology.
OPERA project members discuss progress in Bilbao
The OPERA project consortium has met in the Spanish city of Bilbao to assess progress achieved so far and plan the forthcoming activities.
Ocean Energy Systems releases 2016 annual report
The Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published its annual report with an assessment of the current state of the ocean energy industry.
Heerema and AF Decom to Scrap Four Ekofisk Platforms
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is said to intend to enter into a contract with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for the removal and disposal of platforms connected to the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. According to AF Gruppen, a subcontractor to HMC, the contract includes engineering, preparation, remo
NKT Takes Delivery of Cable-Laying Newbuilding
NKT Cables has taken delivery of the newbuilding cable-laying vessel which was part of the recently completed acquisition of ABB HV Cables.
Next Geosolutions Acquires RMS Submarine
Independent geoscience and engineering service provider, Next Geosolutions, has acquired the UK-based marine resource solutions company, RMS Submarine Ltd.
Next Geosolutions Acquires RMS Submarine
Independent geoscience and engineering service provider, Next Geosolutions, has acquired the UK-based marine resource solutions company, RMS Submarine Ltd.
Sandvik Lands Leviathan Umbilical Tubes Contract
Sandvik Materials Technology has secured a contract to be the sole provider of stainless steel umbilical tubes for the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel. The order was booked in the first quarter and the value is about 400 million SEK ($40 million) with deliveries schedul
Wood Group Scores Snorre Flowlines FEED
Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide front end engineering design (FEED) to the subsea flowline system of the Snorre expansion project in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract will be delivered by Wood Group’s Stavanger, Norway office and follows on from the completion of a
IOG Acquires Thames Gas Pipeline in North Sea
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has signed a sale and purchase agreement regarding the acquisition of the recently decommissioned Thames gas pipeline in the Southern North Sea for a nominal consideration from Perenco UK, Tullow Oil and Centrica. The pipeline will provide the proposed export route for