Operations & Maintenance
DONG Energy’s O&M Base in Wirral Gets Green Light
Wirral Council has approved plans for a new marine operations and maintenance facility to be built by DONG Energy at Kings Wharf in Seacombe. The has welcomed the fact that more than 40 skilled jobs will be created at the new facility, which will provide day-to-day monitoring, servicing, maintenance
Amplus, Technip Join Forces to Develop UKCS Marginal Fields
Amplus Energy Services, an Aberdeen-based floating production solutions firm, has agreed a new venture with Technip in the UK to develop marginal fields in the North Sea. With much of the remaining reserves inaccessible using existing infrastructure, the two firms have joined forces using their indi
CWind Opens Its New Headquarters
The new Colchester head office of offshore wind services provider CWind Ltd was officially opened by Harwich and North Essex MP Bernard Jenkin last week. CWind moved to its new offices in the APEX 12 Business Park north of Colchester after outgrowing its previous premises in Westside, now occupying
SeaRoc Group Names Senior HSE Advisor
SeaRoc Group has appointed that Rupert Guthrie as Senior HSE Advisor at the company’s head office in Chichester, West Sussex. As Senior HSEQ Advisor, Rupert will be responsible for HSE management, implementation and monitoring of HSE management systems across all elements of offshore wind farm proje
Fugro Positioning for PGS Seismic Fleet
Fugro has been awarded a three-year contract by Norwegian seismic player PGS for the provision of precise satellite positioning systems for its entire seismic vessel fleet. According to the company, Fugro will supply PGS vessels with a number of completely independent Global Navigation Satellite Sys
Atlantis connects with JDR
Atlantis Resources has entered into collaboration agreement with JDR Cable Systems to develop subsea cabling solutions for tidal energy sector.
SPT Offshore Clinches Ophir WHP Deal
SPT Offshore has received the Letter of Intent (LOI) for the detailed design of the suction pile foundation, design supervision of the jacket and full transportation and installation (T&I) of the Ophir wellhead platform (WHP) from Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd. MEB Ophir Muhibbah is the EPCIC contrac
Subsea 7 Bags Rose and Stamford Decom Gig
Subsea 7 will provide decommissioning services for the second phase of Centrica’s Rose and Stamford gas field decommissioning programmes, located in the southern North Sea. This project is the latest call-off contract under a partnership frame agreement signed in 2005. Subsea 7 has partnership frame
Jan De Nul Relies on Mermaid
Jan De Nul Group is now licenced for the use of Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid®, which will help the offshore construction company to better assess weather risk for offshore operations. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations be
Jan De Nul Relies on Mermaid
Jan De Nul Group is now licenced for the use of Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid®, which will help the offshore construction company to better assess weather risk for offshore operations. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations be
Mojo’s Mermaid guides Jan de Nul
Jan de Nul Group, a Belgian dredging and marine construction company, has received a licence to use Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid software. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations before going offshore, according to Mojo Mariti
Thor Frigg Rescues Cargo Vessel in English Channel
Seismic support vessel Thor Frigg rescued a sinking cargo ship in the English Channel this weekend. Namely, a 89.9 meters long cargo vessel, EMS Majestic, on its way from Rotterdam to Saint Malo, started taking in water in the Dover Strait and was unable to use its engine. Reportedly, the mayday cal
Marathon Oil Awards Brae Engineering Contract to Ingen
Ingen Ideas, an Amec Foster Wheeler company, has landed a five-year multi-discipline engineering contract, worth approximately £8 million ($12 million) with Marathon Oil. The contract started in October 2015. It covers Marathon Oil’s Brae Complex in the North Sea and it has potential for two further
WaveRoller aces test
AW-Energy’s WaveRoller power take-off (PTO) system has been tested at full scale at the WaveRoller Research Center in Järvenpää, Finland. According to AW-Energy, the grid-connected 350 kW PTO met electricity generation expectations throughout the power matrix. The Järvenpää Research Centre’s wave ma