Operations & Maintenance
Centrica Submits Oda Field Development Plan
Partners in the Oda field, previously named Butch, located in the North Sea licence PL 405, have submitted its Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Oda field was discovered in 2011, in the Norwegian North Sea, in shallow water approximately
6 Alpha Deals with UXO Risk on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm
6 Alpha Associate is in the process of managing an unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited (BOWL), an 84- turbine project located in the Moray Firth. The 6 Alpha activity is geared towards issuing a final UXO safety clearance certificate. Upon completion, the work will
Maersk Supply Service Nets Leadon Decom Deal
Maersk Supply Service informed that it has secured a second contract with Maersk Oil UK for the Leadon subsea decommissioning in autumn 2017. The contract follows the Janice decommissioning project which the company secured in September. To date, Maersk Supply Service, has removed and delivered the
Green Marine to dismantle Andritz turbine
Green Marine UK has won a contract to fully decommission Andritz Hammerfest Hydro 1MW tidal turbine located at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
RES to Take Care of Walney 1 OFTO Assets
RES has been awarded a five year contract to provide O&M services to offshore transmission assets owned by Blue Transmission Walney 1 Ltd. In addition to providing the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the equipment, the contract will provide services related to asset and site management, log
Hawaiki Landing Station Construction Begins in New Zealand
New Zealand’s prime minister John Key and minister of communications Amy Adams broke the soil for the Hawaiki submarine cable landing station at Bream Tail, Mangawhai Heads, Northland, on Wednesday. The 14,000 km Hawaiki submarine cable will link New Zealand to Australia, Hawaii and mainland United
L&T Sets Up Spool Base Facility to Execute ONGC Contract
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a lump sum turn key (LSTK) contract that has been secured from ONGC for a subsea
SS Nujoma Mining Vessel Starts Sea Trials
Debmarine Namibia’s new diamond exploration and sampling vessel, the mv SS Nujoma, has left the Port of Cape Town to start two week sea trials. The NAD 2.3 billion (USD 139 million) ship arrived in Cape Town from the Kleven Verft AS shipyard in Ulsteinvik in Norway in August and has been fitted out
The Carbon Trust Launches Survey on Subsea Inspection Methods
The Carbon Trust has invited responses to a survey on underwater inspection methods to support identified emerging technologies in both oil and gas and renewables as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme. The Carbon Trust has identified that offshore wind is increasingly reliant on a numbe
Seaway Gets Trianel Windpark Borkum II Foundations EPCI Project
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm on the German continental shelf. According to the company, the award is still subject to financial close of the
DONG Contracts EEW SPC for Hornsea One Monopiles Job
Rostock-based company EEW Special Pipe Constructions has been awarded an order from the Danish energy company DONG Energy to manufacture 116 monopiles for the 1.2 GW offshore wind park Hornsea Project 1. The contract signing took place in Rostock on November, 21. “Due to the scale of the project, Ho
GeoSea Picks CWind for Secondary Works at Galloper
Belgian offshore engineering specialist GeoSea has appointed the offshore wind services provider CWind to undertake required secondary works at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm for a period of approximately six months starting in December 2016. This involves a wide range of tasks including, pai
Lamprell Lands $225 Mln East Anglia One OWF Deal
Lamprell has received a new contract award from ScottishPower Renewables for the fabrication of multiple jackets and piles for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The East Anglia One project is located in the UK waters of the southern North Sea. It is a large-scale project which will utilise 102
MassCEC Seeks Potential Offshore Wind Hubs in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has kicked of a search for underdeveloped waterfront sites within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that could be acquired and potentially improved through private investment to become suitable facilities to support near-term and long-term offshore win