Operations & Maintenance
London Array’s High Voltage Team Moves into New Office
DONG Energy and National Grid have both joined the growing tenant community at Discovery Park in Kent, Europe’s largest science and technology park. The site had just five tenants when it was taken over by Discovery Park Ltd, a private consortium, two years ago. Since then, it has attracted a host o
New Industry Hub at Former Swan Hunter Shipyard
Work is about to start on a brand new hub for small businesses at a prime location on the banks of the Tyne. The £1.9 million project at Swans, the former Swan Hunter shipyard site in Wallsend, will transform part of an existing office block to create new and flexible business accommodation, includi
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 10 – November 16). AGR’s well construction planning software, P1, has been selected by Xcite Energy to support development of the Bentley Field, one of the largest fields in the UKCS. P
Bibby Offshore Scores Total Gig (UK)
Bibby Offshore, a provider of subsea installation and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has today announced a multi-million pound contract award by Total E&P UK Limited for services in the UKCS. The project, including associated project managemen
Birdwatcher Changes Turbine Inspection Methods
Nuon employee Teus van Verseveld found out that a telescope works perfectly fine in inspection of wind turbines, saving the company both time and money. Operations & Maintenance manager at Nuon Teus van Verseveld is an active birdwatcher who usually keeps his telescope in the back of the car. “I fou
Van Oord Lands World Record in Subsea Rock Installation
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has set a world record. During a period of four weeks, Stornes placed rock in water depths of up to 1,277 metres. The Subsea Rock installation works were executed in relation to the development of the Aasta Hansteen gas field and Polarled pipeline in the N
South Stream’s Offshore Section Ready for Construction
The Gazprom Management Committee addressed the progress of the South Stream gas pipeline construction project. It was stressed that South Stream Transport was ready for constructing the most complicated part of the project – the first and the second strings of the offshore gas pipeline. FEED activit
Wagenborg Supports German Energy Transition with Transformer Transport
Due to German “Energiewende”, TenneT is preparing its transmission system to handle energy from offshore wind farms. As one of the major components, Wagenborg transported a transformer weighing 260 tonnes from Nürnberg to the substation in Diele last weekend. On November 3, the transformer was trans
Wagenborg Supports German Energy Transition with Transformer Transport
Due to German “Energiewende”, TenneT is preparing its transmission system to handle energy from offshore wind farms. As one of the major components, Wagenborg transported a transformer weighing 260 tonnes from Nürnberg to the substation in Diele last weekend. On November 3, the transformer was trans
VBMS Installs Umbilical for Wintershall Noordzee
VBMS has successfully completed a remote platform tie-back project – platform L8-P4 to L6-B – for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work for VBMS consisted of the engineering, installation and burial of a 19.5 kilometre umbilical, at a water depth of 29 meters. The J-tube pull-ins were performe
Technip Strengthens Flexible Pipe Production
Technip has announced an investment over four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. Further boosting Technip’s expertise and industrial capabilities at the site will reinforce its global position in the production of flexible pipes, for the deve
Vallourec Tubes for Total’s Kaombo
Vallourec, has been awarded a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola. As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 tons of OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) for wells drilled within 1,400 to 2,000 m
Boskalis Lifts Outlook
Boskalis is raising its full-year net profit outlook to EUR 450 million. At the publication of the first-half results, the full-year net profit was expected to amount to at least EUR 366 million. Due to the substantial close-out results realized on old dredging projects Boskalis has decided to raise
DOF Subsea Profit Slips
In the 3rd quarter of 2014 DOF Subsea had a pre-tax profit of NOK 115 million (NOK 210 million in Q3 2013) and the profit after tax was NOK 91 million, versus NOK 171 million same time last year. The total operating income In the 3rd quarter of 2014 was NOK 1 815 million (vs. NOK 1 […]