Operations & Maintenance
Eni Fires Up East Hub Development Off Angola
Eni has started production from the East Hub Development Project, in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, ahead of schedule. Production is taking place through the Armada Olombendo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which can generate up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day and compress u
Giant wave device sails across Atlantic for Wave Hub trials
US-based wave energy developer GWave has unveiled plans to deploy a 9MW wave energy device at the Wave Hub testing center in UK.
Salt Ship Enters Offshore Wind Market with DONG’s New SOV
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) based on a design from Salt Ship Design. The new vessel will be built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and will be operating for DONG Energy after it is delivered in Q4 2018.
Seatricity ponders decommissioning options at EMEC
Seatricity Scotland has conducted an analysis of the works required to decommission its legacy infrastructure at the EMEC site if a new project does not materialize due to lack of investment or other factors.
Halliburton Develops Large Bore Subsea Safety System
Halliburton has released the ‘Dash Large Bore Subsea Safety System’, which provides full electrohydraulic control of well safety and intervention functions. The system is said it brings new benefits to deepwater operators for completion and intervention work that improve critical well control of the
DOF Boosts Fleet with Two Olympic Vessels
An undisclosed Norwegian limited company has signed an agreement with Olympic Shipping for the purchase of two vessels, Olympic Commander and Olympic Hera. Further to the purchase, the new owner company has entered into an agreement with DOF for management and operation of the two vessels, whereby D
Impairments Plunge Maersk Supply Service into Red
Offshore marine contractor Maersk Supply Service has recorded a loss (continuing operations) of USD 1.2 billion in 2016 against profit of USD 147 million in 2015. The underlying loss was USD 44 million, versus profit of USD 117 million for the year 2015. The result was impacted by an impairment of U
Polarcus Gets South American Campaign Extension
Polarcus, Oslo-listed seismic contractor, has secured an extension of a 3D marine seismic project in South America. The company received the project award in December 2015, and completed the first phase in August 2016. The second phase is scheduled to start in March 2017 and will be acquired over th
DeepOcean Delivers 3D Laser Survey of Tullow’s Subsea Assets Off Ghana
ADUS DeepOcean and DeepOcean Ghana have recently completed a deepwater subsea 3D laser survey off the West Coast of Africa for Tullow Oil. According to DeepOcean, it is the first extensive commercial survey of its kind, heralding a new era of high resolution, cost effective data acquisition subsea.
Fleet Cleaner Set to Launch Its Hull Cleaning ROV
Dutch provider of hull cleaning and inspection equipment, Fleet Cleaner, has completed its first hull cleaning trial by cleaning the HNLMS Karel Doorman, the largest vessel of the Royal Netherlands Navy. In the Dutch port of Den Helder, the company has removed the fouling of the vessel by using its
Wavepower on the lookout for Correlation Engineer
Wavepower is looking for a Correlation Engineer with previous experience on both physical and numerical test work to drive forward the development of wave energy technology.
UK Researchers Developing Human-Robotics O&M System
Researchers from five UK universities have received a GBP 4 million grant to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms. The consortium, the Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms or HOME-Offshore, brings together
Interview: Laminaria gears up to take wave sector by storm
In the light of the upcoming deployment of a full-scale Laminaria wave energy device in the Scottish waters at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), we have talked with the CEO of the Belgian wave energy company behind the device, Steven Nauwelaerts.
Fair Head Tidal submits 100MW tidal scheme plans
Fair Head Tidal has lodged the planning application for permission to install tidal turbines and associated infrastructure on the seabed off County Antrim, Northern Ireland.