Operations & Maintenance
Dolphin Secures Seismic Job Off Romania
A 3D seismic vessel Polar Marquis has kicked off a survey in the Black Sea, Dolphin Geophysical informed through its social media on Monday. The 119 meters long vessel, capable of deploying 16 streamers, is owned and managed by a Norwegian company GC Rieber. In addition to Polar Marquis, Dolphin had
DONG Hires Clinton for Hornsea Project Three Survey
Sweden-based Clinton Marine Survey will conduct geophysical scope of work for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project Three wind farm. The area, is approximately 760 km² and is up to 150km offshore. Clinton Marine Survey’s CEO, Martin Wikmar, said: “This is the right step in our long term plan and also a high
EU Offers EUR 10 Million for New Offshore Wind O&M Solutions
The European Commission has issued a call for project proposals for new solutions in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines/farms, and has set aside EUR 10 million to fund the winner(s). The call was launched on 11 May, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, with the period for subm
TAP Construction Kicks Off
Construction works of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) start today at the official launching ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted by Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras. TAP will be an 870 km long gas pipeline running from Komotini in Greece to Puglia in Italy, via Albania. It will be used to t
N-Sea, DOF Subsea Team Up on SAT Diving Services
N-Sea and DOF Subsea have entered into a two-year cooperation agreement to provide an integrated saturation (SAT) dive service. Through the agreement DOF Subsea will provide the dive support vessel Skandi Achiever, whilst N-Sea will provide saturation diving resources. Project management, engineerin
Total Inaugurates Laggan-Tormore Project
Total has held official inauguration ceremony of the Laggan-Tormore fields on Monday in UK. The inauguration was held at the Shetland Gas Plant in the presence of government and industry partners including Amber Rudd MP, the UK Government secretary of state for energy and climate change and Patrick
Interview: Specialized Vessels Give Chevalier Floatels a Competitive Edge in Offshore RE Industry
Oil and gas offshore service vessel operators are becoming increasingly interested in the offshore renewables industry as their main market deteriorates; however, vessel operators that specialize in the renewables sector such as Chevalier Floatels have an edge over the new competitors in that their
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 09 – May 15). Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has terminated the charter party for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish, due to non-performance of the charterer’s obliga
Subsea 7 Violates the Law, Industri Energi Says
Norway’s offshore union, Industri Energi (IE), believes that oil services company Subsea 7 operates with diver contracts that violate the Norwegian Working Environment Act. Namely, in January this year, Industri Energi carried out an inspection on Subsea 7’s diving vessel Seven Falcon in Haugesund,
Farstad Books Forex Boost, Unsure in Fixed Market Upturn
Weakening of US dollar has helped the Norwegian shipowner Farstad to bounce back to profit during the first quarter of 2016. Farstad’s profit after taxes (PAT) was NOK 94.2 million, versus the loss of NOK 304.2 million a year earlier. To remind, Farstad also recorded net loss of NOK 1.32 billion for
First Tower Sections for Burbo Bank Extension Reach Belfast
The first tower components for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project have begun arriving at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly site in the Belfast Harbour. The middle tower sections which arrived this week will support the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank wind farm located in Liverpo
Revenues Slide, But DOF Subsea Ups Quarterly Profit
DOF Subsea reported profit for the first quarter 2016 of NOK 316 million compared with NOK 139 million profit for the corresponding period in 2015. For the Q1 2016 period, the company had net financial income of NOK 192 million, versus net financial loss of NOK 320 million same time last year. NOK 3
Gallery: World’s largest tidal turbine launched in Belfast
Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2 MW SR2000, the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine.
EASME Calls Contractors for Seabed Mapping Gig
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels, Belgium has invited tenders for the provision of high resolution seabed mapping. EASME has been established by the European Commission to manage several EU programmes that turn EU policies into actions in the field of e