Operations & Maintenance
ExxonMobil Gets Nod for Light Well Intervention at Sigyn
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given ExxonMobil a consent to use Island Frontier and Island Wellserver for light well intervention (LWI) at Sigyn. The Sigyn field is located west of Stavanger in production licence 072, where ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS (ExxonMobil) is the o
Atlantis hires tidal turbine blades supplier
Atlantis Resources has selected AC Marine & Composites to supply the turbine blades for MeyGen tidal turbine.
Detecter Becomes First Danish-Flagged CTV Certified to Carry 24 OW Technicians
Northern Offshore Services’ 27-metre crew transfer vessel (CTV) Detecter has become the first Danish-flagged vessel of its kind to be certified by the Danish Maritime Authority to carry up to 24 offshore wind technicians. The certification marks the initiation of a new practice in Denmark, which giv
IJmuiden Port Adds More CTV Berthing Space
Dutch port of IJmuiden has installed two floating jetties at the recently renovated Trawlerkade quay, thus adding 46 metres of extra berthing space for crew transfer vessels used for offshore wind farm operations and maintenance, Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Port (AYOP) reports. The floating jetties
STATS Group Supports Murchison Decom Work
STATS Group in collaboration with Paradigm Flow Services and Halliburton isolated, de-oiled, plugged and abandoned two 3.5” subsea flowlines as part of the Murchison decommissioning project. After nearly 30 years of operation in the Northern North Sea, the CNR International operated Murchison field
Statoil Presents Utgard Plans
Statoil and its partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) and the field development plan (FDP) for the Utgard gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea to Norwegian and UK authorities. Recoverable reserves are estimated at 56.4 million barrels of oil equivalent, wherea
DONG Energy Bins AMEP Offshore Wind Hub Project
DONG Energy has decided not to invest in a GBP 450 million offshore wind hub at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) in the Humber after a recent report showed that UK east coast ports have the capability to support the pipeline of offshore wind projects which will be built out in the North Sea in [&h
Next Geosolutions Surveys Port of Naples Archaeological Sites
Next Geosolutions has secured EUR 1.25 million (GBP 1 million) mapping and survey contract with Naples Port Authority for the Archaeological Sites Mapping Project, based in the Port of Naples. The project, which started in July and is due for completion by December 2016, will see Next Geosolutions c
Faulty bit on OpenHydro turbine further delays Fundy project
Cape Sharp Tidal project in the Bay of Fundy has faced another setback with the identification of a malfunctioning part on OpenHydro’s tidal turbines.
Premier Hits Oil in Bagpuss Off UK
Premier Oil, the operator of the Bagpuss prospect informed that the 13/25-1 well, which was targeting the Bagpuss prospect, has encoutered 41 feet of hydrocarbon-bearing sands within a 68 feet hydrocarbon column. The 13/25-1 well, located on the Halibut Horst in the Outer Moray Firth, has reached a
Gallery: Basque officials eye Oceantec WEC
High-level officials of the Basque government have visited the assembly facility where the Oceantec WEC is being built ahead of September deployment off Spain.
Applied Acoustics DTS-500 Assists SOCIB in Mediterranean Sea
Applied Acoustics recently deployed its deep-tow sparker, the DTS-500, in the Mediterranean Sea to work on a project with SOCIB, the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting body. The DTS-500 was deployed off the continental slope of Majorca in a water depth of up to 500 meters to assist S
PSA Inspects Johan Sverdrup’s Riser Facility
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s design engineering of the Johan Sverdrup riser facility. Statoil is the operator of Johan Sverdrup oil field, located in the North Sea around 155 kilometers west of Karmøy in Rogaland county. The PSA has carried out an audit
TÜV Rheinland and HPC Win Bard Offshore 1 Inspection Contract
Independent inspection services provider TÜV Rheinland and offshore installation project certification specialist Hanseatic Power Cert (HPC) have been awarded a contract for the role of the appointed inspectors at Ocean Breeze Energy’s 400MW Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. TÜV Rheinland and HPC will carr