Operations & Maintenance
DONG Contracts EEW SPC for Hornsea One Monopiles Job
Rostock-based company EEW Special Pipe Constructions has been awarded an order from the Danish energy company DONG Energy to manufacture 116 monopiles for the 1.2 GW offshore wind park Hornsea Project 1. The contract signing took place in Rostock on November, 21. “Due to the scale of the project, Ho
GeoSea Picks CWind for Secondary Works at Galloper
Belgian offshore engineering specialist GeoSea has appointed the offshore wind services provider CWind to undertake required secondary works at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm for a period of approximately six months starting in December 2016. This involves a wide range of tasks including, pai
Lamprell Lands $225 Mln East Anglia One OWF Deal
Lamprell has received a new contract award from ScottishPower Renewables for the fabrication of multiple jackets and piles for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The East Anglia One project is located in the UK waters of the southern North Sea. It is a large-scale project which will utilise 102
Bardot Group, Doris to jointly develop OTEC solutions
French companies Bardot Group and Doris have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop their activities in the industry of marine thermic energies.
JFO Supports Technip IMR Campaign in UKCS
Technip subcontracted James Fisher Offshore (JFO) for inspection, repair and maintenance (IMR) work on its client’s offshore installations this summer. The JFO team provided back deck equipment for Technip’s 100 day IRM campaign (including jacket, clamp and weld inspections of offshore installations
Schottel tidal turbine powers remote Indonesian industrial site
Green Forest Product & Tech (GFPT), and its exclusive supplier PT Bintuni Utama Murni Wood Industries (PT BUMWI), have together with the group of international specialists installed SIT 250 tidal turbine at PT BUMWI’s wood chip factory located in West Papua, Indonesia.
Fugro Executes First Part of Rampion Cable Laying Campaign
Fugro said it has completed ‘phase one’ of cable laying operations on schedule at the Rampion offshore wind farm, as the programme takes a break over winter. The installation of 60 cables was completed at the end of October – three more than the 57 cables originally planned. Subsea construction vess
JFD Saturation Diving System for Shanghai Salvage
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has been awarded approximately £35-million ($43.7 million) contract by Shanghai Salvage (SS) to supply a 24-man saturation diving system rated for diving support to depths of 500 meters. The contract is for the design and build of two independent 12 man saturati
Vattenfall and Ziton Seal Offshore Wind O&M Deal
Vattenfall Wind Power AB and Denmark’s Ziton A/S have signed a three-year framework agreement through which Ziton will become the main provider of jack-up vessels for major component replacements at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms. Both companies agree that this is an important step in the right di
Farstad Secures More Work for Its Vessels
Norwegian shipowner Farstad Shipping informed it has been awarded several charter contracts with Petrobras, Shell and Saipem. Petrobras has extended the contract for the MPSV Far Swift with another year in direct continuation with present contract, until October 2017. The vessel will continue to del
URS Targets O&G Decom Market with New Mattress Recovery Tool
Utility ROV Services (URS) has launched a new mattress recovery tool (MRT) developed for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping. URS said it started developing the MRT i
Maersk Drilling, NOV Aim to Optimise Drilling Equipment Maintenance
Maersk Drilling and National Oilwell Varco have entered into a five-year partnership to improve maintenance predictability for drilling equipment. The shared vision behind the partnership is to implement a new maintenance mind-set which should minimise operational down time, while lowering maintenan
Burbo Bank Extension Starts Producing
Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With the initial MHI Vestas 8MW turbines recently installed in Liverpool Bay, power from the first turbin
Burbo Bank Extension Starts Producing
Electricity has been generated for the first time at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners PKA (25%) and KIRKBI A/S (25%). With the initial MHI Vestas 8MW turbines recently installed in Liverpool Bay, power from the first turbin