Operations & Maintenance
Bardot Group, Doris to jointly develop OTEC solutions
French companies Bardot Group and Doris have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop their activities in the industry of marine thermic energies.
BGP Begins Seismic Shoot Offshore Cuba
BGP Marine has started the acquisition of a 2D multi-client survey offshore Cuba, following the signing of a contract with Cuba-Petroleo Company (CUPET). The project comprises 25,000 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution, broadband seismic and gravity data. The survey specifically targets the Cuba E
Cape Sharp Tidal exports first power to Nova Scotia grid
Cape Sharp Tidal has connected North America’s most powerful tidal turbine, an OpenHydro 2MW, to Nova Scotia’s power grid.
Cape Sharp Tidal Connects OpenHydro Turbine to Nova Scotia Grid
Cape Sharp Tidal, a partnership between Emera and OpenHydro/DCNS, has connected its two-megawatt tidal turbine to Nova Scotia’s power grid. Cape Sharp Tidal deployed the OpenHydro turbine two weeks ago at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) test site near Parrsboro. The first, out of
JFO Supports Technip IMR Campaign in UKCS
Technip subcontracted James Fisher Offshore (JFO) for inspection, repair and maintenance (IMR) work on its client’s offshore installations this summer. The JFO team provided back deck equipment for Technip’s 100 day IRM campaign (including jacket, clamp and weld inspections of offshore installations
Schottel tidal turbine powers remote Indonesian industrial site
Green Forest Product & Tech (GFPT), and its exclusive supplier PT Bintuni Utama Murni Wood Industries (PT BUMWI), have together with the group of international specialists installed SIT 250 tidal turbine at PT BUMWI’s wood chip factory located in West Papua, Indonesia.
Fugro Executes First Part of Rampion Cable Laying Campaign
Fugro said it has completed ‘phase one’ of cable laying operations on schedule at the Rampion offshore wind farm, as the programme takes a break over winter. The installation of 60 cables was completed at the end of October – three more than the 57 cables originally planned. Subsea construction vess
JFD Saturation Diving System for Shanghai Salvage
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has been awarded approximately £35-million ($43.7 million) contract by Shanghai Salvage (SS) to supply a 24-man saturation diving system rated for diving support to depths of 500 meters. The contract is for the design and build of two independent 12 man saturati
Total, Socar Ink Absheron Development Deal
Total and Socar, the national oil company of Azerbaijan, have signed an agreement establishing the contractual and commercial terms for a first phase of production of the Absheron gas and condensate field, located in the Caspian Sea. “I’m delighted with this agreement, which we sign on the occasion
Vattenfall and Ziton Seal Offshore Wind O&M Deal
Vattenfall Wind Power AB and Denmark’s Ziton A/S have signed a three-year framework agreement through which Ziton will become the main provider of jack-up vessels for major component replacements at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms. Both companies agree that this is an important step in the right di
Farstad Secures More Work for Its Vessels
Norwegian shipowner Farstad Shipping informed it has been awarded several charter contracts with Petrobras, Shell and Saipem. Petrobras has extended the contract for the MPSV Far Swift with another year in direct continuation with present contract, until October 2017. The vessel will continue to del
URS Targets O&G Decom Market with New Mattress Recovery Tool
Utility ROV Services (URS) has launched a new mattress recovery tool (MRT) developed for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping. URS said it started developing the MRT i
Maersk Drilling, NOV Aim to Optimise Drilling Equipment Maintenance
Maersk Drilling and National Oilwell Varco have entered into a five-year partnership to improve maintenance predictability for drilling equipment. The shared vision behind the partnership is to implement a new maintenance mind-set which should minimise operational down time, while lowering maintenan
Neptune Subsea Launches in Houston
Neptune Marine Services (Neptune) has established an office in Houston, Texas as it is targets to expand its services within the Gulf of Mexico and the Americas. Operating under the name Neptune Subsea, the company will be led by John Allen, a Houston-based strategic business development advisor, fo