Operations & Maintenance
Aker Solutions Lands $118 Mln Njord A Deal
Aker Solutions will provide design engineering for the upgrading of the semi-submersible Njord A platform in Norway. The company will, as a subcontractor of Kvaerner, take part in upgrading the platform after operator Statoil exercised an option in an agreement awarded in April 2016. The option is f
Another Shah Deniz 2 Jacket Heads Offshore
The quarters and utilities platform jacket has sailed away to the Shah Deniz contract area in the Caspian Sea from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF). The QU platform jacket weighs approximately 12,084 tonnes and stands 105 metres high. It contains 31 J Tubes, 7 utility caissons
Energean Eyes Seismic Shoot Offshore Montenegro in 2018
Energean Oil & Gas and the State of Montenegro have signed an exploration and production concession contract covering offshore blocks 4219-26 and 4218-30 in the Adriatic Sea. The contract was signed by Dragica Sekulic, Montenegro’s minister of Economy, and Mathios Rigas, chairman and CEO of Energean
Atlantis plans to harness French tides
Atlantis Resources has made the first step to enter the French tidal market through the signing of a cooperation agreement with the French specialist marine engineering company Innosea.
WES awards £7.5M for three wave energy projects
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has selected three technologies to go forward to the third stage of its power take-off (PTO) development program.
Minesto hires tether connection supplier
Minesto has selected Norwegian solid composite solutions provider Stangeland Glassfiber Produkter as a supplier of a bottom joint tether connection for Deep Green tidal plant.
Over £770K set to propel Cornish marine forward
The Cornish marine industry is set to benefit from a new £771,682 project aimed at helping small and medium marine businesses become more competitive and address issues preventing their growth.
PSA Inspects Pipeline Fabrication for Maria Field
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Wintershall’s management of pipeline fabrication for the development of the Maria field. Subsea 7 has a contract with Wintershall for the engineering, purchasing, fabrication and installation of the pipelines. The audit also covered
SEAI seeks monitoring services for AMETS
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched a tender for the provision of environmental monitoring services at the proposed Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS).
Deepsea Bergen to Drill HPHT Well on NCS
Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed party for further employment for its semi-submersible, Deepsea Bergen, for one firm high pressure high temperature (HPHT) well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The LOI also includes options for two additional HPHT wells. T
DCNS Energies takes Open Ocean’s metocean offer
DCNS Energies has chosen Open Ocean’s Metocean Analytics for a worldwide analysis of metocean conditions.
World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History
DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland.
Work Starts on Beatrice O&M Base in Wick
Wick-based GMR Henderson has started the initial demolition and preparatory works ahead of the renovation of the two historic buildings in the Wick Harbour which will serve as the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm.
Work Starts on Beatrice O&M Base in Wick
Wick-based GMR Henderson has started the initial demolition and preparatory works ahead of the renovation of the two historic buildings in the Wick Harbour which will serve as the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) base for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm.