Operations & Maintenance
VOS Sympathy Wraps Up Cable Job for LD TravOcean
VOS Sympathy, a subsea-support vessel operated by Vroon Offshore Services Den Helder, has spent the last few weeks laying a power cable between Quiberon and Belle-Ile in Brittany for its client LD TravOcean. The power cable, from the French mainland to the island Belle-Ile, will be connected to the
Viper Subsea Meets Mexican Delegation
The Town House in Aberdeen was the setting for a private reception where senior representatives of the UK oil and gas industry met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and key members of his government earlier in March. As well as the delegation from Mexico, guests included; UK Secretary of Sta
Statoil Makes Snefrid Nord Discovery
Operator Statoil has together with PL218 partners made a gas discovery in the Snefrid Nord prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery is an important contribution to the Aasta Hansteen field development project and Polarled pipeline utilisation. “The Snefrid Nord discovery increases the resource b
Boskalis Loses Case Over Fugro’s Protective Measures
The Dutch court in summary proceedings on Tuesday ruled against marine engineer Boskalis to have a shareholders’ vote at Fugro’s annual shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 30, 2015 on termination of a defense mechanism used by Fugro. This was set into action, last week, when Fugro received a w
Oil Flows from Knarr Field Off Norway
BG Group announced that the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel had started production from the Knarr oil field in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The FPSO has been leased from Teekay Corporation and is moored approximately 120 kilometres off the Norwegian coast
SURF Market at $7.7 Bln in 2015, Report Says
With oil & gas production from mature fields declining, prospects offshore and in deeper waters are attracting more attention as a source to meet increasing oil & gas consumption. Such projects require Subsea Umbilicals, Risers & Flowlines (SURF) to be developed. According to visiongain’s analysis t
Interoute Sets Up New Fibre Route in Southern Italy
Interoute has added a third route to access its pan European fibre network, from two of its submarine cable landing stations in Southern Italy. The new 1,300 km stretch of fibre is part of Interoute’s 7,000 km Italian network, which helps make up its 67,000km pan European platform. The new route wil
Innovate UK Boosts Marine Autonomous Systems Growth
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), along with nine UK partners from across industry and academia, has won funding from Innovate UK to enable £2.9 million worth of collaborative research & development for Marine Autonomous Systems. Starting later this year the projects will see NOC working close
Archer Conducts PP&A Ops on Heimdal Platform
Archer, a global supplier of drilling and well services, has started operations to permanently plug and abandon (PP&A) 12 gas wells on Statoil’s Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea. John Lechner, President North Sea and Executive Vice President, Archer, said: “I am very pleased with the exce
EMEC: Cable strumming poses the greatest risk for subsea cables
EMEC and the Crown Estate have issued a report on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. Sub-sea Cable Lifecycle Study aims to improve industry’s understanding of the best ways for managing subsea cables for
Aker Solutions Optimistic in Longer Term
Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, has presented five strategic objectives after splitting in two in September last year. “The split allows us to reduce complexity, build on synergies and bring down costs, which makes us much better equipped to respond to the needs of customers in the 2
Searcher, MAGE in Echidna Seismic Survey
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with MAGE, announced the start of acquisition of the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey. Comprising of approximately 9,000 km of high quality, long-offset broadband 2D seismic data, the Echidna survey will be the first comprehensive well-tie survey covering
Westermeerwind OWF Monopile Installation Begins
The construction of the offshore wind farm Westermeerwind has started with the installation of the first monopile foundation at the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. The monopiles were transported from Vlissingen to the project site located between 500 and 1200 meters from the coast of Noordermeer Dijk.
Image of the day: SR2000 tidal turbine assembly
SR2000 tidal turbine assembly well underway at Harland & Wolff’s facility, UK. Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine will have a rated capacity of 2 MW at 3 m/s flow. It builds upon the SR250 tidal turbine prototype, with design and capacity improvements. It consists of a 64 m floating h