Operations & Maintenance
Royal IHC to Axe 1600 Staff
Dutch shipbuilder and maritime equipment supplier, Royal IHC, has decided to speed up the process of the company’s planned downsizing, called ‘IHC 2020 strategy’, due to rapidly deteriorating market. The company presented this strategy in 2014, with aim to reduce IHC’s dependence on the volatile shi
HR Wallingford to optimize Swansea tidal lagoon design
HR Wallingford has been appointed by China Harbour Engineering Company to support the development of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. China Harbour Engineering Company, the company that was recently selected by Tidal Lagoon Power, the developer behind Swansea tidal lagoon, as a preferred bidder for £300 ml
Aker Solutions Cuts Up to 200 Jobs in Subsea Division
Aker Solutions has notified employees at its subsea services facility in Ågotnes, Norway, that it has become necessary to adjust the plant’s workforce capacity because of a decline in activity in the Norwegian market. Between 150 and 200 positions in Ågotnes may be affected. Adjustments will be made
FMC Technologies Slashes More Norway Jobs
Houston-based subsea specialist, FMC Technologies, has reportedly started a next stage of workforce reduction in Norway as it marks a drop in offshore activity and feels the cost control sting from the oil companies. According to Norwegian media reports, FMC Technologies’ board has decided that the
Intertek Consults on NSN Link
Intertek has supported National Grid and Statnett in the development of an infrastructure project linking the UK and Norwegian electricity networks (NSN Link) which, when constructed, will be the world’s longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) undersea interconnector. For the past four years, Int
ITW Delivers Amrumbank OWF Grouting
ITW teams have successfully completed the last grouting operation at Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. The connections between transition piece and monopile have been grouted with the cementitious-based material Ducorit. According to the company, for the Amrumbank project (80 connections
Technip Lands Chevron GoM Job
Technip has won a contract by Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. According to French engineering and construction contractor, the award is for the decommissioning of the brownfield development and installation of new subsea equipment supporting a f
Badger Explorer Gets Statoil Boost
Badger Explorer (BXPL) has signed an agreement with Statoil, whereby the oil company will sponsor the first phase of the Badger Explorer Development Program. The objective of the Development Program is to further develop, design and qualify technologies and solutions for a commercial Badger Explorer
TAP Calls for Bids for Offshore Pipeline EPCI
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) for the offshore section of the project. TAP’s 36-inch offshore part across the Adriatic Sea, between the coastlines of Albania and southern Italy, will be app
Chile gets marine R&D center MERIC
The government of Chile, through the Ministry of Energy and Corfo, has signed an agreement with French-based DCNS to create a marine energy research and development center in Chile. The agreement was signed by Maximo Pacheco, Minister of Energy for Chile, Hervé Guillou, CEO of DCNS, and Eduardo Bitr
Perpetuus Tidal gets planning consent for onshore facilities
Local Planning Authority has granted an outline planning consent for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) on the Isle of Wight, southern England. A planning application was submitted to the Isle of Wight Council in November last year for a substation and associated infras
NorSea UK Wins Renee and Rubie Decom Gig
NorSea Group (UK) has won North-east Scotland’s first major “small piece” decommissioning contract. Work has already begun on the six-month project which is being carried out at NorSea Group’s Peterhead facility on behalf of Endeavour Energy and involves safe disposal of subsea manifolds and associa
PHOTO: Ivar Aasen Steel Jacket in Place
The steel jacket of the Ivar Aasen platform was lifted in place early this morning (June 10, 2015), and is now ready to be completed with the platform deck, which is under production on the SMOE yard in Singapore. The SSCV Thialf lifted the steel jacket slowly down to the seabed at 112 meters depth.
Providence Discovers New Fan Prospect in Porcupine Basin
Providence has recently completed an initial assessment of the Paleocene section within Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 in the southern Porcupine Basin, using the newly acquired Polarcus MC3D seismic reflection data. This interpretation has confirmed the presence of a large c. 400 km2 Paleoc