Operations & Maintenance
Helix Revamps MSV Seawell
The light well intervention/dive support vessel, MSV Seawell, has returned to service after a £60-million investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK). Launched 30 years ago at the Pallion yard in Sunderland by North East Shipbuilders, the 114-metre long vessel has undergone a refit
Statoil Begins Mariner Production Drilling
Statoil informed that the production drilling has started on the company’s operated Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The Mariner field is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of the Shetland Isles. Up to five wells will be drilled before the
Video: PLOCAN platform anchors off Canary Islands
A technological consortium, led by the Government of the Canary Islands and the Ministry of Economy, has anchored the PLOCAN offshore platform to the seabed off Canary Islands, Spain.
Image of the day: C2C concludes trials
Aberdeenshire-based tidal energy developer, Current2Current (C2C), has completed the testing of its tidal energy device.
EC presents clean energy package
The European Commission has unveiled a package of measures designed to keep the European Union competitive as the clean energy transition is changing the global energy markets.
DeepOcean Secures Hornsea Project One Cable Work
DeepOcean, based in Darlington, has won a contract to transport and install cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One wind farm. Located 120 km off the Yorkshire Coast, Hornsea Project One will have a capacity of over one gigawatt (GW), and will be capable of supplying electricity to over one mil
Aberdeen Harbour Inks 24-Year Deal with Vattenfall
Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as th
Centrica Submits Oda Field Development Plan
Partners in the Oda field, previously named Butch, located in the North Sea licence PL 405, have submitted its Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Oda field was discovered in 2011, in the Norwegian North Sea, in shallow water approximately
6 Alpha Deals with UXO Risk on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm
6 Alpha Associate is in the process of managing an unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited (BOWL), an 84- turbine project located in the Moray Firth. The 6 Alpha activity is geared towards issuing a final UXO safety clearance certificate. Upon completion, the work will
Maersk Supply Service Nets Leadon Decom Deal
Maersk Supply Service informed that it has secured a second contract with Maersk Oil UK for the Leadon subsea decommissioning in autumn 2017. The contract follows the Janice decommissioning project which the company secured in September. To date, Maersk Supply Service, has removed and delivered the
Green Marine to dismantle Andritz turbine
Green Marine UK has won a contract to fully decommission Andritz Hammerfest Hydro 1MW tidal turbine located at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
RES to Take Care of Walney 1 OFTO Assets
RES has been awarded a five year contract to provide O&M services to offshore transmission assets owned by Blue Transmission Walney 1 Ltd. In addition to providing the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the equipment, the contract will provide services related to asset and site management, log
The Carbon Trust Launches Survey on Subsea Inspection Methods
The Carbon Trust has invited responses to a survey on underwater inspection methods to support identified emerging technologies in both oil and gas and renewables as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme. The Carbon Trust has identified that offshore wind is increasingly reliant on a numbe
Seaway Gets Trianel Windpark Borkum II Foundations EPCI Project
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm on the German continental shelf. According to the company, the award is still subject to financial close of the