Operations & Maintenance
Subsea 7 Goes Offshore Wind
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the Beatrice wind farm turbine foundations and array cables, offshore Scotland, UK. The contract award was first announced on Friday, May 20, 2
Seaway Heavy Lifting Gets Beatrice Installation Job
Offshore contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting will carry out offshore installation activities as part of the $1.3-billion EPCI contract Subsea 7 won from Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). Subsea 7, which holds 50 per cent stake in Seaway Heavy Lifting, said on Monday that the Beatrice offshore w
JOIDES Resolution to Carry On for TAMRF
Overseas Drilling and Texas A&M Research Foundation (“TAMRF”) have agreed the extension of TAMRF’s charter of the scientific research vessel ‘JOIDES Resolution’ until 30 September 2019. According to Overseas Drilling’s parent company Siem Offshore, TAMRF has further options to extend the charter unt
Caley Dive Bell Handling System for JFD
Caley Ocean Systems, part of the Seanamic Group, is supplying a portable saturation dive bell handling system to submarine rescue and specialist subsea operations company, JFD. Caley has designed the dive bell handling system for over-the-side and moon pool deployment of the bell. According to the c
Fugro Delivers Welsh Coast Survey
Fugro carried out a series of surveys at 26 locations around the Welsh coast, together with various other field surveys and water quality sampling. Dŵr Cyrmu Welsh Water (DCWW) is investing over £8 million in this project, with the aim of establishing a better understanding of Wales’ coastal waters
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 16 – May 22). Technip and FMC Technologies, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combine and create a global leader in oil and gas services called TechnipFMC. The combined comp
VIDEO: SR2000 tidal turbine launch
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has released a video showcasing the launch of its SR2000 floating tidal turbine.
Iberdrola Breaks Ground for Wikinger O&M Hub
The construction of the operations building for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm started with a ground-breaking ceremony at the port of Sassnitz-Mukran on Wednesday, 18 May 2016. The Rostock branch of construction company Goldbeck will erect the operations building, which has two storeys, as we
Technip and FMC Technologies Merge into TechnipFMC
Two industry giants, Technip and FMC Technologies, have informed that the companies will combine to create a global leader in oil and gas called TechnipFMC. The combined company would have an equity value of $13 billion based on pre-announcement share prices. Technip and FMC Technologies have entere
Surveys for Subsea Section of Nord Stream 2 Completed
Gazprom informed that, as of today, geophysical surveys have been completed for the subsea section of Nord Stream 2 and geotechnical investigations are underway. Reportedly, detailed surveying is planned to be conducted along the pipeline route in the near future. The design of the subsea section an
Shah Deniz 2 Subsea Construction Vessel Launched in Azerbaijan
The Shah Deniz consortium informed that the subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Khankendi” re-floated into the Caspian Sea at the Baku Shipyard quay. The vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the subsea structures of the giant Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas development project. This follo
PHOTO: Touchdown for Culzean Wellhead Platform Jacket
A 114 meters long Culzean wellhead platform jacket has reached its destination and it’s now fixed to the seabed by 12 skirt piles driven 45 meters deep, Maersk Oil informed on Wednesday. The jacket left the Heerema’s Vlissingen yard mid-April set for the Central North Sea some 250 kilometres east of
MG3 Expands Fleet
MG3, a geoscience survey specialist, has acquired the DP2 vessel MV Ocean Spirit complete with geotechnical site investigation equipment spread. MG3 took delivery of the multirole DP2 vessel Ocean Spirit (formerly MV Highland Spirit) which will be the latest addition to the DP fleet offered by MG3 t
Seatricity deploys Oceanus 2
Seatricity has installed its wave energy converter Oceanus 2 at the Wave Hub test site off Cornwall.