Operations & Maintenance
Subsea Processing: Single Phase vs Multiphase and Pipeline Surveys
One of many interesting technical sessions today at OEEC 2015 was Subsea Processing. The session discussed the latest developments in subsea processing solutions including water removal and re-injection or disposal, boosting, gas separation and gas compression. Experts on the topic presented the via
VOS Sympathy Supports Oil Recovery Ops of MV Flinterstar
Vroon Offshore Services have contracted their VOS Sympathy, DP2 Subsea Support Vessel, to Dutch Salvors Multraship Salvage B.V. and Smit Salvage B.V. to support the oil recovery operations of MV Flinterstar, which partially sunk off the Belgian coast following a collision on October 06, 2015. A Dutc
DONG Energy Removes WWII UXO from Race Bank OWF Site
Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. During a large scale offshore inspection campaign on the Race Bank site, 41 UXO
OMM handles cables for Wave Hub
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has begun the delivery of a long term scope for cable management consultancy services to Wave Hub Ltd, based in Hayle, Cornwall. Under the contract OMM is expected to deliver cable consultancy services throughout the project lifecycle, from survey and reporting throu
Cornis Hired for Major Blade Inspection Job
French blade inspection specialist Cornis is about to complete a large blade inspection campaign for DONG Energy. Together with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, DONG Energy has contributed to Cornis’ offshore success story, the company told Offshore WIND. Cornis’ system is composed of a high-powered camera
TenneT Starts Survey of Borssele Export Cable Route
TenneT has started soil testing on the planned export cable route for the Borssele wind farm zone off the coast of Walcheren. The aim of the testing is to identify the condition of the soil and possible obstacles such as existing munitions or wrecks. The consortium consisting of Grontmij, Deep Hydro
BlueTEC platform to float with double power
The BlueTEC Texel Tidal partnership is planning the installation of a second, larger turbine on the BlueTEC floating platform that has been successfully operating during its first months of deployment. “The electricity production conforms to expectations, the mooring loads are lower than expected an
GeoSea completes jack-up vessel trials
DEME Group’s GeoSea has concluded the trials of a jack-up vessel at Raz Blanchard, off France. According to DEME, the demonstrated utilisation of GeoSea’s jack-up platform under the extreme tidal conditions are the direct result and the practical implementation of a two year in-house study analysing
Fugro Inspects Blue Stream Pipeline System
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Blue Stream Pipeline Company to perform the 2015 external pipeline inspection of the Blue Stream Pipeline System. The contract is for the provision of survey support vessels and associated survey services to perform the inspection for the offshore, shore approach
Falcon eyes North Ireland tidal site
Marine Ecological Surveys has conducted an impact assessment study of a proposed tidal array installation off Torr Head, Northern Ireland, using Saab Seaeye Falcon. The study was performed for Tidal Ventures, a partnership between Brookfield Renewable and OpenHydro, for a proposed 100 MW tidal array
Statoil Starts World’s First Subsea Wet Gas Compression
Statoil with partners Petoro and OMV have started the world’s first wet gas compression on the seabed of the North Sea Gullfaks field. The unique technology will increase recovery by 22 million barrels of oil equivalent (oe) and extend plateau production by around two years from the Gullfaks South
Falcon ROV Conducts Torr Head Tidal Energy Study
Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV spent three days gathering vital benthic data for an impact assessment of a proposed tidal array installation at Torr Head on Northern Ireland’s coast. Undertaking the assessment project was Marine Ecological Surveys Limited for their client, Tidal Ventures Ltd, who intend dev
PSA Probes Gjøa Flexible Risers
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway PSA has carried out an audit of the integrity management of flexible risers and associated safety-related equipment at Gjøa. GDF SUEZ is the operator on the Gjøa field, which is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, around 45 km north-west of the Sognefjord. Gj
BoA Sheds PGS Stake
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has sold its stake in Petroleum Geo-Services worth in excess of $50 million, the Oslo-listed seismic player said today. The transaction happened yesterday, October 7, 2015 while PGS stock was trading between NOK37 and NOK38.8. According to PGS, at the day of transaction