Operations & Maintenance
Subsea 7 Bags Oda SURF Job
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract between USD 50 million and USD 150 million by Centrica for the Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. The Oda oil field (previously called Butch) was discovered in 2011 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea, approximately 14 kilometres east of th
Van Oord’s Rock Installation Newbuild Launched in China
Van Oord’s E169 fall-pipe subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ was launched at Sinopacific’s Zhejiang Shipyard in China. In September 2014, Sinopacific Shipbuilding and Van Oord announced the construction contract of the SRI vessel, expected to be delivered in 2016. The ‘Bravenes’ is des
Nexans Wins Hornsea One Cabling
DONG Energy Wind Power has contracted Nexans to supply and terminate a total of 139 km of three-phase subsea cable for the first of three construction phases of the Hornsea Project One wind farm, located off the Yorkshire coast. The 34 kV cables of latest generation will be used for inter-linking a
Excelerate Advances Moheshkhali Floating LNG Project
Excelerate Energy has completed the required geotechnical and geophysical studies for the implementation of the Moheshkhali Floating LNG terminal. Moheshkhali Floating LNG is a joint effort between Excelerate and the International Finance Corporation (IFC, and a member of the World Bank Group) under
TenneT Links Veja Mate OWF to BorWin2 Grid Connection
Transmission system operator TenneT has connected the offshore wind farm Veja Mate to grid connection system BorWin2. The connection between BorWin beta and Veja Mate’s substation is realized by two 11,4 km AC cables with a voltage of 155 kV. BorWin2 consists of the converter station BorWin beta, wh
JFD Boosts UK Hyperbaric Rescue Portfolio
JFD has recently accepted the delivery of a portable 18-man hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) to expand its offer to offshore operators in the UK. JFD’s National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) houses the only land-based saturation diving complex in the UK, and the addition of the portable HRF means JFD can
Shell Starts Production from Deep-Water Project Offshore Malaysia
Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100 kilometers off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Located in waters up to 500 meters deep, Malikai is Shell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia, following the start-up of the Gumusut-Kakap platform
NRW may withhold marine license for Swansea tidal lagoon
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) could deny the marine license for the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon on the basis that it would have an adverse effect on the fish in the area.
Carnegie’s EMC to tackle Australian energy storage market
Energy Made Clean (EMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with TNG, and Sumimoto Electric Industries, to assess the potential applications of Vanadium Redox Flow (VRF) batteries in Australia
JDR 66 kV Cables for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre
JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offsho
Companies Present New Subsea Mapping Solution in Fort William
DOF Subsea together with subsea technology companies Sonardyne, 2G Robotics, and Seatronics demonstrated a new underwater surveying technique that could reportedly have an impact on the time needed to map underwater structures and offshore sites. The capabilities of the so-called ‘Dynamic Mobile Map
Boskalis Sells More Interest in Fugro
Royal Boskalis Westminster said it has reduced its holding in Fugro to 9.38 percent. This is the second reduction of interest in Fugro this month by the Dutch dredging and marine specialist. The new reduction was accomplished through a successful accelerated bookbuild via which 12,685,878 (15%) cert
Intertek Studies Impacts of Rock Dump from Decommissioning on Mobile Sandbanks
Intertek Energy & Water has been appointed by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to undertake a study of potential impacts on mobile sandbanks associated with rock dumping during the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure. The study will focus on the North Sea’s North Norfolk
Cape Sharp Tidal’s monitoring up for third-party analysis
The preliminary third-party analysis of the data collected from the monitoring equipment on OpenHydro tidal turbine, installed in the Bay of Fundy, has begun.