Operations & Maintenance
Maersk Gallant Gets Leadon and James Decom Job
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant with Maersk Oil for the plugging and abandonment of the Leadon and James subsea fields in the UK sector of the North Sea. The duration of the contract is estimated to 230 days, with commencement in February 2017. The esti
Tekmar and Subsea Innovation Team Up
Tekmar Energy and Subsea Innovation have signed a strategic collaborations agreement to collaborate in sales, product development and strategic initiatives towards cost and risk reduction in both OWF cabling equipment and O&G SURF and pipeline ancillaries. Namely, the new deal should see the two com
UK Offshore Wind Farms Generate 10% More Power
Generation from the UK’s offshore wind farms rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from 4.7 TWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 5.1 TWh , with the impact of increases in capacity exceeding that of lower wind speeds, according to the data published by the UK government. Despite higher [&h
More Red Ink for Bourbon
Bourbon has seen its loss widened in the first half of 2016 as revenue fell on lower utilization and daily rates pressured by tough market conditions. French vessel owner and offshore services provider has recognized a €104.3 million ($117.5 million) net loss (group share) for the first six months o
Semco Maritime Bags 5-Year O&M Contract for Nordsee One OSS
Semco Maritime has entered into a 5-year contract for full service and maintenance of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm’s substation. “Together with Bladt Industries, Semco Maritime has built one fourth of the offshore stations on the wind market today, which makes us one of the market’s largest su
Gazprom Obtains First Permits for TurkStream Project
Gazprom has received the first permits for the TurkStream project from Turkish authorities following the decision to resume the project this year. Namely, at last week’s negotiations between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee, and Berat Albayrak, minister of energy and natur
Western Link Contruction Advances
Cable laying vessel Giulio Verne and support vessel Go Pegasus are continuing with installation and survey work in the Irish Sea along the Western HVDC Link cable route, AWJ Marine informs. The Western Link Project consists of installing two 600 kV DC submarine cables in the Irish Sea from Ardneil (
Aker Solutions Wins Utgard-Sleipner EPCIC Work
Aker Solutions said it will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) services to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Statoil-operated Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. The work, valued at about NOK 500 million ($61 million),
Video: Offshore ground modeling with AW-Energy and Lloyd’s Register
AW-Energy, a Finnish wave energy developer, has released a video showing the new method of generating a 3D ground model of an offshore site developed by Lloyd’s Register.
SEENEOH gearing up with floating platform for turbine testing
The construction of the floating platform that will be used to test in-river and ocean tidal devices at the SEENEOH test site has begun.
Siem Wraps Up Nordsee One Inter-Array Cable Project
Siem Offshore Contractors informed that all 70 kilometres of inter-array grid cables on the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German Bight of the North Sea have now been installed, terminated, trenched and tested. All 59 cables were installed using the “Siem Duo” consisting of the cable lay vess
Peterson Backs Gemini OWF with Aviation Fuel
Energy logistics provider Peterson has secured a contract with Siemens to supply Jet A1 aviation fuel in offshore transport fuel tanks, which will be transported from Peterson’s supply base in Den Helder, the Netherlands, to the Siemens service base facility in Eemshaven, and then shipped to the Gem
Peterson Backs Gemini OWF with Aviation Fuel
Energy logistics provider Peterson has secured a contract with Siemens to supply Jet A1 aviation fuel in offshore transport fuel tanks, which will be transported from Peterson’s supply base in Den Helder, the Netherlands, to the Siemens service base facility in Eemshaven, and then shipped to the Gem
James Fisher teams up with OMS for offshore renewables
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Oil Management and Services (OMS) to provide combined oil management services to the European offshore renewables industry.