Operations & Maintenance
MPI Resolution Heads to Amrumbank West
MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, has been contracted by E.ON Climate & Renewables for the first gearbox exchange on the 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm located some 35 kilometers north of the Heligoland in the North Sea. The scope of work includes the e
Norfolk Swift Wraps Up Bathymetric Survey at Robin Rigg
Norfolk Marine’s survey vessel the Norfolk Swift has completed a full site bathymetric survey of E.ON’s 174MW Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth off Cumbria. The contract was awarded to Norfolk Marine by E.ON Climate & Renewables UK in early September 2016. The vessel was mobilised to
Lloyd’s Register Presents New Decommissioning Service
Lloyd’s Register said it has launched a new decommissioning service. Namely, the company said it is offering an integrated portfolio of late-life and decommissioning services to support operators, equity holders and regulators in key territories including the UKCS, Gulf of Mexico and across Asia in
Subsea UK’s Event Aims to Cut Operational Costs
Innovative UK companies will be pitching their subsea technologies to a panel of operators and Tier 1 contractors including Apache, Bibby Offshore, Chevron, Nexen and Technip tomorrow, November 17, at Subsea UK’s second Springboard event. In partnership with the National Subsea Research Initiative (
Norfolk Marine Wraps Up Robin Rigg OWF Site Survey
Norfolk Marine’s vessel the Norfolk Swift has completed a full site bathymetric survey of Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. The contract was awarded to Norfolk Marine by E.on Climate & Renewables UK in early September 2016. The vessel was mobilised to site from Norfolk Marine’s Lowestoft yard by road t
Researchers Looking Into Causes of Wind Turbine Fires
A group of international researchers led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have teamed up to investigate the causes of wind turbine fires and to determine how to improve fire safety. Fires in wind turbine, both on land and offshore, have huge human, financial and environmental consequence
Researchers Looking Into Causes of Wind Turbine Fires
A group of international researchers led by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have teamed up to investigate the causes of wind turbine fires and to determine how to improve fire safety. Fires in wind turbine, both on land and offshore, have huge human, financial and environmental consequence
DOF Subsea Back in Black
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF Group, reported profit for the third quarter 2016 (Q3 2016) of NOK 170 million ($20 million), compared with loss of NOK 312 million ($37 million) in the corresponding period in 2015. In the 3rd quarter 2016, the Bergen-based company had operating income of NOK 1.13 bi
ORPC Ireland launches TAOIDE project
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) Ireland has kick-started the Horizon 2020-backed hydrokinetic technology development project.
Altus Grabs Maersk Oil Well Intervention Gig
Altus Intervention has won a fixed term, five-year contract to provide well intervention services for Maersk Oil. The company was awarded the contract for the provision of slickline services, coiled tubing services, well surveillance, ballistic and wireline tractor services to support Maersk Oil’s C
SeaRenergy and SMC Stay with Veja Mate
SeaRenergy and Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) have been awarded with a contract for offshore support services on the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. The services started on 01 November with the preparation of the foundations and transition pieces for the
OGA Hands Out £1 for New UKCS Seismic Data Project
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded four new contracts worth approximately £1 million to Shearwater GeoServices, Geokinetics, DMT Petrologic and Quality Seismic to supply more than 10,000 kilometres of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of t
Offshore Wind to Meet Space, Defence and Oil & Gas at OrbisEnergy
Sharing technologies and solutions between the growing offshore wind industry and the space, defence and oil & gas sectors will be the theme of an event at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft. Lessons learned in the more mature industries to help the developing offshore wind business across the UK will be aired
Oil & Gas UK Predicts Progress in Decommissioning
A new report by Oil & Gas UK forecasts a gradual but steady rise in offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK and Norway over the next ten years, with activity growing from a market worth over £2 billion in 2015. The report is the first survey of both the UK and Norwegian decommissioning [&hell