Operations & Maintenance
Albany wave farm project moves step closer to reality
Albany wave energy project has moved closer to fruition after the WA Labor, the party who made the Au$19.5 million pledge for the project, won the election.
Subsea 7 Adds Seaway Heavy Lifting
Seaway Heavy Lifting and its subsidiaries became wholly-owned by Subsea 7. Subsea 7 has acquired the remaining 50% shareholding from K&S Baltic Offshore (Cyprus) Limited. Prior to the acquisition, Seaway Heavy Lifting was a 50:50 joint venture company. The Oslo-listed SURF specialist said it paid ca
TGS Bags Carlsen 3D Seismic Shoot in Barents Sea
TGS has secured a new multi-client acquisition project, Carlsen 3D in the Barents Sea, Norway. Carlsen 3D is a 5,490 km2 multi-client survey in open acreage located in the Southwest Barents Sea between the Tromsø and Sørvestnaget Basins. Multi-level targets exist within pre-cretaceous, cretaceous an
Seatools Solutions for SHL’s Pile Installation Frame
Subsea technology company Seatools completed the development, manufacturing, and installation of a piling instrumentation and control system for Seaway Heavy Lifting’s pile installation frame which will be used for the construction of offshore wind farm. For this project, Seatools’ scope of supply c
Top News of the Week, 6 – 12 March 2017
Artificial North Sea Island Plan Moves Ahead TenneT Netherlands, Energinet.dk and TenneT Germany will sign a trilateral agreement on developing the North Sea Wind Power Hub project during the North Seas Energy Forum in Brussels on 23 March, in the presence of Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner fo
Top News of the Week, 6 – 12 March 2017
Artificial North Sea Island Plan Moves Ahead TenneT Netherlands, Energinet.dk and TenneT Germany will sign a trilateral agreement on developing the North Sea Wind Power Hub project during the North Seas Energy Forum in Brussels on 23 March, in the presence of Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner fo
SubseaPartner Boosts Diving Capacity
Norwegian diving specialist SubseaPartner has expanded its fleet with a newly-built light diving craft (LDC). According to the company, the vessel represents a culmination of lessons learned from 10 years of offshore LDC operations. The LDC, delivered by Hukkeberg, should set a new industry standard
Paradigm Flow Services Marks Good Start in 2017
Paradigm Flow Services has secured work worth in excess of £5 million since the beginning of this year, and is said to be seeking to grow its team as the upward trend looks set to continue. The Aberdeenshire-based oil and gas services provider has, since the start of 2017, seen the award of contract
Certex Opens Hull Office
Certex UK is to expand its renewables and lifting operations in the Humber region with the opening of a new office and workshop in Hull, and plans for long-term investment in the local community. The new facility is described as fundamental to the company’s support plans for the burgeoning offshore
FairfieldNodal to Acquire Seismic Data in North Sea
Ocean bottom seismic specialist FairfieldNodal informed it will start back-to-back surveys in the North Sea in April this year. The company will be employing its Z700 seismic data acquisition system, designed specifically for ecologically sensitive environments and shallow waters crowded with infras
DOF Subsea Scores FPSO Mooring Gig in North Sea
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF Group, has been awarded a contract in the Atlantic region for the mooring installation of an FPSO on the UKCS (North Sea). The Norwegian provider of subsea services said it will deploy the anchor handling/construction support vessel Skandi Skansen, along with a number
Maryland Companies Come out in Numbers to Meet Offshore Wind Contenders
Maryland Offshore Wind Industry Breakfast attracted more than 150 local companies who met with representatives form Deepwater Wind and US Wind to discuss their potential involvement in the two projects currently in contention for the state’s Offshore Renewable Energy Credit (OREC), the Business Netw
Fugro Inspects Viking Link Route
Fugro has completed a seabed survey for the Viking Link, one of the longest DC electricity interconnectors that will link the UK and Danish electricity supplies. The Viking Link, a joint venture between the UK’s National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet, is a proposed 1,400-megawatt high voltage direct
Motive Offshore Sets Up Quayside Facility in Dundee
Motive Offshore has launched Motive Fabrication in Dundee after negotiating with the port to take over the site, which boasts a deep water quay side facility, alongside a 12,000 sq ft workshop and 2,000 sq ft office block. The base allows Motive Fabrication to reinstate the fabrication service at th