Operations & Maintenance
Highlights of the Month: October 2016
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (I
Highlights of the Month: October 2016
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (I
GE Oil & Gas Joins Forces with Baker Hughes
GE and Baker Hughes have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business and Baker Hughes to create oilfield technology provider with mix of service and equipment capabilities. The transaction will be executed using a partnership structure, pursuant to which GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hug
Gallery: SEENEOH test site takes shape
The marine works at the SEENEOH tidal test site, located on the Garonne river in Bordeaux, France, have started last week.
Lukoil Starts V. Filanovsky Field Flows
Commercial production at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea was launched on Monday by the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The V. Filanovsky field, discovered by Lukoil in 2005, is Russia’s largest oil discovery for the past twenty-five years and the second field com
RenewableUK: Britain Can Cash In On Offshore Wind Know-How Abroad
British companies have already won 115 contracts to provide services for 50 offshore wind projects abroad and can stand to benefit further from 250 offshore wind farms in development around the world, according to a document released by RenewableUK. The document shows that British companies are winn
RenewableUK: Britain Can Cash In On Offshore Wind Know-How Abroad
British companies have already won 115 contracts to provide services for 50 offshore wind projects abroad and can stand to benefit further from 250 offshore wind farms in development around the world, according to a document released by RenewableUK. The document shows that British companies are winn
Palfinger Marine Unveils 3D-Compensation Module for Offshore Cranes
Palfinger Marine has launched a new 3D-compensation module designed for mounting on the company’s knuckle boom, telescopic boom or stiff boom cranes to transfer goods between the service operation vessels (SOVs) and wind turbines or other fixed offshore installations. The 3D-compensation enables pos
Armada Kraken FPSO Starts Offshore Commissioning
The floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Kraken development has completed its shore-based commissioning activities at the quayside in Singapore and has also completed the vessel’s inclination testing programme. The FPSO, named Armada Kraken, has left the yard and is now
Normand Maximus Begins Saipem Charter
Solstad Offshore has taken delivery of the offshore subsea construction vessel “Normand Maximus” through the 25/75 owned affiliate, Maximus Limited, with AGC Maritime Yield Fund I LP from Vard Brattvaag. At the same time, the vessel started its 8-year charter contract with Italian contractor Saipem.
Veja Mate Foundations Installation Complete
Foundations installation has been completed on the Veja Mate offshore wind farm on October 27, 2016, Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH informed. The foundation contractor Offshore Wind Force VM (OWF), part of Boskalis, installed all 67 foundations in the German North Sea by using Scylla jack-up vessel
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 17 – October 23). Saab Seaeye manufactures electric powered remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems for a wide range of professional applications. The range currently extends from the portable
All Veja Mate Foundations In Place
All 67 foundations are now standing in place at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea after Offshore Wind Force (OWF) VM installed the last transition piece at the site in the early morning hours of Thursday, 27 October. Construction began in April 2016 when OWF, part of Bos
Tern Sisters Lift Fred. Olsen’s Offshore Wind Unit
Fred. Olsen Ocean’s offshore wind segment reported NOK 428 million operating revenue in the third quarter of 2016, compared with NOK 254 million in the same period in 2015, mainly due to higher utilisation and rates from the jack-up installation vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern. The segment includes