Operations & Maintenance
Video: Oceanus 2 deployment at Wave Hub
Seatricity, a Falmouth-based wave energy developer, has released a video showing the recent installation of its wave energy device Oceanus 2 at Wave Hub.
Report: Oil Price Slump Hits 120,000 UK Jobs
Jobs supported by the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry will have fallen by the end of 2016 by an estimated 120,000 since their peak in 2014, according to new data published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK. The analysis, carried out by marketing services company Experian, forecasts that in 2016
Det norske and BP Norge to Merge as Aker BP
Det norske has entered into an agreement to merge with BP Norge through a share purchase transaction, to create a new offshore E&P company. The announcement comes just a few days after Det norske revealed subsea contract awards in excess of NOK 2.3 billion to Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 for its Alvh
DECC Invites Tenders for Noise Risk Analysis of Seismic Ops
Marine environmental consultancy, Hartley Anderson, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, is currently welcoming applications to tender for a study to model underwater sound propagation during geophysical surveys and predict received sound levels for marine mammals. Several seism
Veja Mate Monopiles Setup at One-Third
A one-third of 1300T monopiles for the Veja Mate Offshore Project have been successfully installed. The construction phase began in April 2016 and Veja Mate contractor Offshore Wind Force (OWF) has managed to install 24 monopiles, in the German North Sea using the Jack-up vessel, Scylla. Rasmus Mill
Tocardo, OpenHydro score multi-million funding from Horizon 2020
European Commission’s Horizon 2020 has granted multi-million funding for tidal energy projects run by Tocardo, and OpenHydro, with their partners.
Jan De Nul Delivers Nobelwind Scour Protection
Offshore contractor Jan De Nul has completed the setup of scour protection (first phase) around the 51 foundations of the Nobelwind project. The scour protection is part of the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract the company signed with the offshore wind project N
Subsea Sector in UK Suffers on Major Revenue Plunge
A research by industry body, Subsea UK, has found that, 90% of surveyed companies in the UK’s subsea industry have in the last 18 months seen sales drop by 30-50% or more. Of those, 28% have lost half their revenues with sales decreasing by 50% or more, while close to 6% reported no impact on sales
WATCH: Maria Subsea Templates Installation
The video above shows Wintershall’s flagship development in Norway achieving a new milestone as the subsea templates for the Maria field were installed last week some 210 kilometres offshore Kristiansund, Norway. Two subsea templates arrived in Kristiansund in May onboard the heavy load carrier Meri
Saipem to Mobilize Drillship Off Portugal
Saipem has been awarded a contract by Eni Portugal for the utilization of the Saipem 12000, which will operate offshore Portugal. Built in 2010 by Samsung Heavy Industries, Saipem 12000 is a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drilling ship capable of operating in water depths of up to approximately 36
Gallery: Scotrenewables’ SR2000 reaches Orkney
Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 floating tidal turbine has arrived in Orkney.
HeliosAltas picks Italy for PowerWheel rollout
HeliosAltas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Italy-based Rampinelli to explore manufacturing and development projects for Helios PowerWheel in Italy and Europe.
PGS’s Ramform Tethys Sets New Towing Record
PGS’s Ramform Tethys, currently working on its maiden project, a multi-client survey over the Aasta Hansteen area in the Norwegian Sea, has achieved a new world towing record, the company informed. The Ramform Tethys is towing a configuration of 16 streamers, each 8.1 km long, with streamer separati
Statoil Makes ‘Minor’ Gas Discovery in North Sea
Statoil, operator of production licence 272, has encountered gas and condensate after the completion of the drilling of wildcat well 30/11-13. The well was drilled eight kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S (Krafla) discovery, and about 27 kilometres south of the Oseberg South facility in the North