Operations & Maintenance
PHOTO: Heerema Presses on with Culzean Jacket Work
Heerema Fabrication Group is pressing on with its operations on two jackets meant for the Culzean field development at its Vlissingen facility in the Netherlands. The company reported through its social media channels on Tuesday, January 31 that the last row of the Culzean’s utility & living quarter
Highlights of the Month: January 2017
Ex-Statkraft Engineer Develops New Foundation Installation Solution Arild Bolsø, an engineer who worked for Statkraft in Norway and Forewind in the UK, has developed a new technical concept for offshore wind foundation installation. According to Bolsø, the concept would reduce installation time by 3
Seatools Introduces New Subsea Storage Technology
In January of this year, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools completed an R&D program on a subsea liquid storage technology. During the program, a continuation of an earlier engineering study performed on behalf of Statoil, the storage technology successfully passed a full product qualification
PSA Probe Spots Deficiencies in Gullfaks B Ops Management
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has detected several non-conformities and improvement points in an audit of Statoil’s management of operations and barriers at Gullfaks B. Statoil is the operator of the Gullfaks field in the North Sea west of Sognefjord. The field has been developed using
Smulders Nets EOWDC Foundations Job
A contract for assembling pioneering suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has helped safeguard around 35 jobs and create up to another 105 positions in Newcastle upon Tyne after being awarded to Smulders Projects. The company will carry out the
Damen Gets Aquaculture Utility Vessel Deal in Norway
Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Norway-based VOLT Service AS for a Utility Vessel (UV) 4312 to be delivered in Q1 2018. The vessel, to be named VOLT Processor, will undertake delousing operations and other services at Norwegian salmon farms. Remøy Management AS has been involved in the
MRECo targets March for BTTS construction
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) is looking at March 2017 to begin with the construction of the Bourne Tidal Test Center (BTTS) in Massachusetts, USA.
JBA Consulting and Met Office Sign ForeCoast Marine Reseller Deal
JBA Consulting has signed a reseller agreement with the Met Office which will now offer JBA’s metocean risk management software – ForeCoast Marine – to its marine and offshore clients. ForeCoast Marine is a planning, visualisation and decision support tool which utilises Met Office forecast data to
Wood Group Wins Hess Malaysia Work
Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract with Hess Exploration & Production Malaysia. The operations and maintenance contract is to support Hess’ new-build fixed and floating offshore facilities in the North Malay Basin development area located approximately 150km north east of the Peninsula
SgurrEnergy grabs MeyGen contract
SgurrEnergy has been awarded the asset management contract for Phase 1A of the MeyGen tidal energy project.
Lloyd’s Register Approval for Roxtec Services
Roxtec Services AB has received an official approval for inspection and maintenance services of cable and pipe transits from the classification society Lloyd’s Register. This approval sets new standards for long-term safety at sea, Roxtec said. Roxtec Services AB offers onsite inspections, supervisi
Neptune Appoints EMA Survey Operations Manager
Neptune has appointed Paul Rennie as survey operations manager for its European, Mediterranean and African operations (EMA). This appointment is part of the company’s strategic ‘One Neptune’ growth plan to invest and develop its operations in its key regions of operation. Rennie joins Neptune with 2
ABS Presents Guidance on Subsea Hybrid Risers
ABS, the provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, said it has published the first set of recommended practices for hybrid riser systems in the offshore industry, titled “ABS Guidance Notes on Subsea Hybrid Riser Systems”. “The introduction of new approaches like th
SMD to Build Subsea Telecom Cable Plough for SBSS
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have signed a contract with S.B. Submarine Systems (SBSS) for the design, manufacture and delivery of the next generation MD3XT submarine telecom cable plough. The complete plough system will come equipped with an optical umbilical and SMD purpose-designed and manufacture