Operations & Maintenance
Foundations Work Starts at Kentish Flats Extension
Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has started construction on Kentish Flats Extension, expected to cost more than £150mn to build and the only wind farm to be built offshore in UK waters in 2015. Construction started late on Saturday May 2, with the piling of foundations for the 15-turbine sch
OpenHydro to deliver two grid-connected tidal arrays in 2015
OpenHydro aims to deploy two tidal arrays before the end of 2015 in France and Canada. OpenHydro, a subsidiary of DCNS, celebrates a decade in business while preparing for the realization of two major tidal energy projects. Irish-based company is working with Emera, through its jointly funded ventur
Nautronix Bags Ocean Installer Extension
Nautronix has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract extension to continue to provide survey services to Ocean Installer for the next 3 years. Nautronix has provided their services to projects world-wide on all Ocean Installer vessels. According to the Nautronix, with the growth of company’s sur
Lankhorst Starts Aasta Hansteen Mooring Rope Production
Lankhorst Ropes has started production for the Aasta Hansteen deepwater mooring rope contract at its rope manufacturing facility in Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The Gama 98 ropes will be used to moor Statoil’s Spar platform located in the Norwegian sector of the Norwegian Sea, in a contract awarded
UK: IKM Subsea Gets New Manager, Moves to New Office
IKM has marked its expansion of ROV subsea services division with a relocation to a new office in Aberdeen, and with the appointment of Gary Thomson. Thomson joins as Managing Director and the appointment comes after a period of sustained interest and growth in the service, particularly from the sub
Clinton, FTA in BBROK Hydrographic Survey (Finland)
Clinton and Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) sign a contract for Bay of Bothnia Raahe – Oulu – Kemi Hydrographic Survey. The vessels MV Northern Wind and MV Lode will be used during the mapping survey. The survey will be conducted with the multibeam system Kongsberg EM 2040D and motion sensor Kongsber
StormGeo Presents OceanWatch and SpillWatch
StormGeo, a provider of decision support services and products to support weather sensitive operations, has announced OceanWatch and SpillWatch. According to StormGeo, the new services enable oil and gas companies and renewable energy companies to make informed assessments of operational and environ
Ezra CEO Resigns from EMAS Offshore and Triyards
CEO and managing director of the Singapore-listed offshore O&G contractor Ezra Holdings, Lionel Lee, has stepped down from his positions on the board, of EMAS Offshore and Triyards Holdings. According to EMAS Offshore, Lee’s resignation as a director and the vice-chairman of the company is with effe
Atlantis could resume Anglesey Skerries tidal project
Anglesey Skerries tidal project could be restarted after the recent acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, the initial developer of the tidal array project, by Atlantis Resources. The location of the proposed Anglesey Skerries tidal array project is in the Sound between the group of rocks and islan
Expro Bags Statoil Deal Off Canada
An oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a $45 million 4-year contract offshore Canada with Statoil in the Flemish Pass Basin, with options for two 1-year extensions. According to the company, the contract will include the provision of surface well testing and subsea safety systems, drill st
SENER Designs New Subsea Support Vessel
Spain’s SENER is developing a new Multipurpose Subsea Support Vessel specially designed for subsea ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) light construction duties. According to the developer, the ship will have a length overall of more than 112 m, a length between perpendiculars longer than 100 m and a br
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 27 – May 03). Aberdeen-based subsea dredging and excavation specialist, X-Subsea UK Holding and its subsidiaries, have entered into Administration on April 27, 2015 following the collapse of wid
Huisman Installs Pipelay Tower Onboard Seven Rio
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, has completed the setup of 550mt Pipelay Tower onboard the Subsea 7’s Seven Rio at its facility in Schiedam. In November last year, IHC successfully launched the 550t pipelaying vessel at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The
Helix, OneSubsea to Build New Intervention Riser System
Subsea Services Alliance, the collaboration between OneSubsea and Helix, has announced the first joint technology project between the two companies to engineer and manufacture a 15,000-psi intervention riser system. According the Subsea Services Alliance, the IRS system is being engineered and built