Operations & Maintenance
Island Navigator Contract Gets Green Light
Island Offshore has today lifted the remaining subjects in the shipbuilding contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for delivery of the Island Navigator. The vessel is a combined well intervention and tophole drilling vessel with equipment and capacity to perform a series of subsea and well operatio
Statoil Presents Gullfaks Area PDO
Statoil and its partners have today submitted an amendment to the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO) for the Gullfaks licence to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for phase 1 of the Shetland/Lista development. Phase 1 of the development is expected to add 18 million barrels of oil equivale
Boskalis Wins Veja Mate OWF Foundations Deal
Boskalis in partnership with VolkerWessels has been awarded a contract by Veja Mate Offshore Project for the Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm foundations in the German section of the North Sea. Under the contract, Boskalis will execute the design, procurement, fabrication, supply, transportation, instal
Susie S Sails to Meerwind Ost/Sud Substation
Susie S has mobilised to Cuxhaven to start a new role providing 24hr support for Alstom. The vessel will be supporting a team of Alstom engineers who are working on the Meerwind Ost/Sud Substation. The offshore wind farms Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost are a 288 MW project located in the German Bight
Ceona Next to Axe Jobs
SURF contractor, Ceona, has confirmed company’s plans to adjust its workforce as it tries to adjust to tough subsea market caused by the fall in oil prices. According to the company’s spokesperson, Ceona is currently reviewing all areas of its business operations and not just Aberdeen. The news abou
Kentish Flats Extension Export Cable Setup Underway
The foreshore cabling works are being carried out for the Kentish Flats Extension project. The work started on Sunday June 28 and will be performed today as well. As a result of this work, the foreshore area immediately to the East of Hampton Pier will be restricted to the general public for a perio
Johan Sverdrup Construction Kicks Off
Production of the first elements on the Johan Sverdrup project has begun at Kværner in Verdal. On Monday June 29, Kværner metal worker Stian Myrvold Green started up the machine that will cut the steel for the riser platform jacket on the Johan Sverdrup field, Statoil wrote in a press release. “This
Polarcus and TGS Ink Data Deal
Polarcus has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with TGS for the sale of its multi-client projects in Northwest Europe and West Africa in return for a cash consideration of USD 27.5 million and future revenue share on library late sales. Polarcus’ 22,130 sq. km. Capreolus 3D survey offshore Australia d
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 22 – June 28). Technip UK has been fined £160,000 by Aberdeen Sheriff Court after admitting a breach of regulations covering health and safety of workers. Namely, in March 2009, David Stephenson
VIDEO: Wave Hub test site
Wave Hub, a test site off Cornwall, provides shared offshore infrastructure for the demonstration and proving of offshore renewable energy technologies. Wave Hub test site is located 16 km off the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. The site offers four berths for testing offshore renewab
Norway Backs “MarMine” Seabed Minerals Research
The Research Council of Norway has granted up to NOK 25 million to “MarMine”, a research project on marine mineral resources. The project is coordinated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and has a strong industrial basis and participation. Nordic Mining’s subsidiary Nordic
Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine hits water
Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed its D10 tidal turbine at Fromveur Passage, off Ushant Island. Sabella has completed the turbine installation yesterday, June 25, at 6.30 pm. Tidal Energy Today spoke to Sabella who confirmed that the company will continue with the operation of c
Damen Completes Global 1200 Upgrade
Deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel ‘Global 1200’ has left Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, after a major upgrade. The vessel arrived at the yard in January 2015 and underwent special periodical survey works, upgrades and operational modifications, Damen informed through social media. The up
WATCH: Bourbon in SABELLA’s D10 Subsea Cable Project
The following video shows how the French vessel owner and offshore services provider, Bourbon, delivered the installation of subsea electrical cable for SABELLA’s D10 tidal energy project off the island of Ushant, France. After 2 weeks of preparation, the laying of the electrical cable was conducted