Operations & Maintenance
Seatricity tackles wave testing challenges
Seatricity has repaired the damage on the moorings on the Oceanus 2 system, and is continuing with the device trials at Wave Hub.
MMT Bags COBRA Cable Route Survey
Marine survey specialist MMT has been awarded a cable route survey contract for the COBRA subsea cable, connecting Denmark with the Netherlands. The survey contract, awarded by Prysmian, includes inshore and offshore parts, consisting of geophysical, geotechnical and visual surveys including cable t
Tideway Scoops Hornsea One Cable-Laying Job
Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has been awarded a design and build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. For this project, Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 subsea cable-layin
Eidesvik Finds Work for Viking Poseidon in Wind Sector
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik has secured another contract from Siemens Wind Power for the offshore construction vessel Viking Poseidon to support its operations in the German offshore wind sector. The contract, scheduled to start in June this year, is the second contract the company has been awar
UK Subsea Sector Needs Government Support, Industry Body Says
Subsea UK, is leading a delegation of subsea companies across the country’s supply chain to Westminster on June 15th to outline what is required of Government to help the industry in the lower, for longer oil price environment. Subsea UK believes that out of 120,000 job losses in the oil & gas indus
Video: Substation construction for SEENEOH tidal site
The video shows the construction of the power substation for the SEENEOH tidal testing site on the Garonne river, Bordeaux, France.
Statoil Ahead of Schedule and Below Budget with Gullfaks Template
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the licensees in Gullfaks (production licence 050) consent to start-up the facilities on the Rutil deposit on Gullfaks South, and to start producing. Rutil is a gas-filled structure on Statoil-operated Gullfaks South, located in the Tampen area i
EMAS CHIYODA Subsea Gets New Major Shareholder
Ezra Holdings, Chiyoda Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have entered into a binding agreement for NYK to invest in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (ECS), which is currently a 50:50 joint venture company owned by Ezra and Chiyoda. Through the acquisition of shares from Ezra and Chiyoda, NYK wi
CWind to Inspect and Repair at Humber Gateway
CWind has won a contract from E.ON to carry out the annual inspection and repair as required at Humber Gateway offshore wind farm, including latchways, mechanical services, as well as paint works. Lee Andrews, Managing Director CWind commented: “This is fantastic news. I am very proud of this contra
IHC Designs New Inter-Array Cable Layer
IHC has introduced a new inter-array cable-laying vessel designed to facilitate more efficient offshore wind farm installations. The vessel is approximately 106 meters long with breath of 22 meters. According to IHC, the new design should reduce costs for inter-array cable-laying operations by 20 to
Polarcus Bags XArray Project in Barents Sea
Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for an XArray project in the Norwegian Barents Sea for an undisclosed client. The survey is due to start in August 2016, after required authorization has been obtained. It will run for approximately four weeks, the company informed. This extends
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 06 – June 12). Det norske has awarded a subsea contract for christmas trees to Aker Solutions for Alvheim field, Det norske’s core area of production. In addition, Subsea 7 has been awarded a con
NDE Offshore Inspecting HVDC Platform Helidecks in North Sea
NDE Offshore AB has recently been awarded a contract by Siemens to conduct periodic inspections of the helidecks on three offshore HVDC platforms in the North Sea. The grid connections are owned by German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT. Already completed is the Helwin1 platform, where inspe
Dragados 4 Jackets for Hornsea Project One Substations
Dragados Offshore has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for delivery of four substation jackets for its Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The 1.2 gigawatt project consists of 174 wind turbines connected to three offshore collector substations and a reactive compensation substation, the la