Operations & Maintenance
Fugro – Shelf Subsea Deal Falls Through
Fugro said it has decided to no longer pursue the divestment of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea. Namely, in August this year, Fugro signed a deal with Shelf Subsea to sell its subsea services business in Asia Pacific, however, Furgo informed that the parties were unable
Trelleborg Boosts Houston Offshore Engineering Team
Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston has invested in a new ‘Global Riser Analysis’ team to incorporate in-house mathematical simulation capabilities into its current engineering group. The Global Riser Analysis team consists of local and global finite element (FE) and computational fluid
CWind Wraps Up Amrumbank West OWF Work for E.ON
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has completed inspections of the monopiles, scour protection and cables at Amrumbank West offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany for E.ON. The V8 ocean modules inspection class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was deployed from one of
Searcher Hosts DPE Delegate to Assist with PNG Seismic Data
Searcher Seismic, an independent provider of seismic data acquisition, has welcomed Department of Petroleum & Energy (DPE) representative, William Keket, to the Perth office. Keket is visiting Perth as part of a training initiative between Searcher Seismic and the DPE and will be assisting Searcher’
Helix Revamps MSV Seawell
The light well intervention/dive support vessel, MSV Seawell, has returned to service after a £60-million investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK). Launched 30 years ago at the Pallion yard in Sunderland by North East Shipbuilders, the 114-metre long vessel has undergone a refit
Statoil Begins Mariner Production Drilling
Statoil informed that the production drilling has started on the company’s operated Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The Mariner field is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of the Shetland Isles. Up to five wells will be drilled before the
Subsea 7 Nets Woodside Contract Offshore Australia
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Woodside Energy for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 Project, offshore Australia. The Greater Western Flank is located on the North West Shelf of Australia, 60 km southwest of the Goodwyn Alpha (GWA) platform. The contract scope comprises the subsea
Video: PLOCAN platform anchors off Canary Islands
A technological consortium, led by the Government of the Canary Islands and the Ministry of Economy, has anchored the PLOCAN offshore platform to the seabed off Canary Islands, Spain.
ROV Examines Man-Made Objects Found During MH370 Search
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), who is leading the search for the missing MH370 flight, has released sonar images of the man-made objects that are being examined by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). “The underwater search continues with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) searchin
Image of the day: C2C concludes trials
Aberdeenshire-based tidal energy developer, Current2Current (C2C), has completed the testing of its tidal energy device.
EC presents clean energy package
The European Commission has unveiled a package of measures designed to keep the European Union competitive as the clean energy transition is changing the global energy markets.
DeepOcean Secures Hornsea Project One Cable Work
DeepOcean, based in Darlington, has won a contract to transport and install cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One wind farm. Located 120 km off the Yorkshire Coast, Hornsea Project One will have a capacity of over one gigawatt (GW), and will be capable of supplying electricity to over one mil
INS Darshak Wraps Up Hydrographic Survey in Tanzania
INS Darshak, a hydrographic survey ship of Indian Eastern Naval Command has completed the hydrographic survey of Tanga Port, Tanzania. This survey was undertaken for the Government of Tanzania, under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed for foreign cooperation in the field of hydrography bet
Aberdeen Harbour Inks 24-Year Deal with Vattenfall
Vattenfall has signed leases totalling 24 years with Aberdeen Harbour Board, as the company will use the location to support the construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance (O&M), and eventual decommissioning phases of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as th