Solstad Offshore ASA, an offshore-shipping company based in Skudeneshavn, Norway has been awarded a pipe transportation contract by a major subsea contractor. The firm contract is for hire of 3 Platform Supply Vessels with duration of a total 730 vessel days plus mobilisation, demobilisation and opt
Subsea 7, contractors in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore industry, is back on track with Guará-Lula offshore project in Brazil. According to the statement given to Reuters by the Chief Executive Jean Cahuzac, Subsea 7 has managed to bring Guará-Lula problems
The PSA has given Gassco AS consent to use the Valemon rich gas pipeline between the Valemon and Heimdal fields in the North Sea. The consent applies to the use of the rich gas pipeline between the Valemon field and the riser facility at the Heimdal field. The Valemon rich gas pipeline has a total [
Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen, has signed a 398MW, 25-year seabed lease with The Crown Estate. The lease was secured after MeyGen satisfied the extensive development obligations contained within its five-year Agreement for Lease (“AfL”), which was
Cuxport has been supporting the Dutch company Ballast Nedam Offshore in the use of an alternative technique to transport and install monopiles at the “Amrumbank West” wind park on behalf of E.ON since the middle of August. The foundation piles are no longer just transported to the offshore site on b
When a segment of a major fault line goes quiet, it can mean one of two things: The “seismic gap” may simply be inactive, the result of two tectonic plates placidly gliding past each other, or the segment may be a source of potential earthquakes, quietly building tension over decades until an inevit
Time is money offshore. While developing a unique marine management review standard for the renewables sector, Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has been saving valuable minutes for its clients. The results are often a victory for both systems and common sense. Practical rather than purely academic Since
Time is money offshore. While developing a unique marine management review standard for the renewables sector, Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has been saving valuable minutes for its clients. The results are often a victory for both systems and common sense. Practical rather than purely academic Since
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 393 B, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7125/4-3. The well is dry. The well was drilled about four kilometres south of the 7125/4-1 oil and gas discovery and about 105 kilometres northeast of Hammerfest. The exploration target for the well w
The Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk have given their final approval for the development of COBRAcable. This new, over 300-km-long subsea direct-current electricity connection, will directly connect the Dutch and Danish power grids. Completio
Fugro has undertaken two key tasks at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, successfully completing the trenching and burial of inter-array cables for CT Offshore and providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey support. Once complete, RWE Innogy’s 160-turbine Gwynt y Môr, in the Irish Sea off the North
iSURVEY Offshore Ltd, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has completed a contract with Bibby Offshore’s ROV division worth more than £500,000. iSURVEY supported Bibby Offshore’s ROV and dredging operations onbo
After the successful substation foundation installation at Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, cable installation is planned to begin mid-September. As Subsea World News finds out, cables and connectors for the project have been delivered from Korean LS Cable & System and transferred to the Ndur
Xcite Energy has announced that its 100% owned subsidiary, Xcite Energy Resources plc (XER), has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Statoil (U.K.) Ltd. (Statoil) and EnQuest Heather Limited (EnQuest), in order to share field-specific technical and operational information to evaluate the pot
