Operations & Maintenance
Trendsetter, Add Energy Build Relief Well Injection Spool
Trendsetter Engineering and Add Energy have combined their expertise in well control engineering and equipment design to develop the relief well injection spool (RWIS). The RWIS is designed to enable pumping of up to 200 barrels per minute of kill mud through a single relief well utilizing multiple
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 26 – October 02). Technip Offshore Finland is reportedly sending home its entire workforce employed at construction yard in Pori. According to Finish media, layoffs for 288 yard workers shou
Det norske, BP Norge Close Aker BP Merger
Det norske has today completed the closing of the merger with BP Norge and the subsequent establishment of Aker BP. “We are proud to announce the closing of the merger and the creation of Aker BP, the largest Norwegian independent oil and gas producer. The integration process is on track, and Aker B
Take a 360° Aerial Tour of an Offshore Wind Farm with Siemens (Video)
Siemens has released a video showing a 360° flight to an offshore wind farm. The video explains how the company’s technology and O&M solutions keep the industry moving forward and help reduce costs. The technologies described include Siemens’ wind turbines with Direct Drive technology. The video als
Gallery: Full steam ahead for MeyGen installation
Atlantis Resources is making final preparations to install the first phase of the MeyGen tidal array project in the Pentland Firth, off Caithness.
Ofgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date
UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016. The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a g
SapuraKencana Clinches $215 Mln Worth of Contracts
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana) has been awarded new contracts with a combined value of approximately USD 215 million. The first contract awarded to a consortium of SapuraKencana TL Offshore and SapuraKencana HL by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is for the B127 cluster pipelin
Carnegie to harness Sri Lanka waves
Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lanka Energy Conservation for the development of wave and microgrid projects in Sri Lanka.
Gazprom Gets Go-Ahead for TurkStream Pipeline Survey
Gazprom has received a survey permit for two strings of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section in Turkey’s territorial waters. The TurkStream gas pipeline will run 660 kilometers along the old route of South Stream and cover 250 kilometers of a new route toward the European part of Turkey. “
Seaeye Leopard Arrives at ROVOP’s Houston Base
ROVOP has expanded its fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for the US region. Namely, the company said it has taken delivery of Seaeye Leopard electric work class ROV, the first of its kind for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and believed it could help operators reduce costs by 40 percent. The ROV
Report: Innovations Can Shave 33 Percent Off LCOE by 2030
A report by KIC InnoEnergy and BVG Associates has identified fifty offshore wind innovations which have the potential to make a substantial reduction in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) through changes to design, hardware, software or process. The report, ‘Future renewable energy costs: offshore
Maersk Oil Begins Culzean Drilling
Danish company Maersk Oil has started drilling of the first production well on the Culzean field off UK on Wednesday, September 29. The well is the first of six production wells to be drilled on the high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) field, with continuous drilling activity planned over the next
Oceantec WEC soon to raise Spanish waves
Spanish wave energy developer, Oceantec Energías Marinas, is finalizing the construction of its wave energy converter ahead of the deployment off Spain.
BREAKING: South Korea Becomes Offshore Wind Energy Producer
South Korea received first electricity generated by an offshore wind farm on Thursday, September 29, 2016, KBS World Radio reports. The first power was generated by three out of the ten 3MW turbines installed at the 30MW Tamra offshore wind farm off Geumdeung-ri in Jeju Island, located about 0.5 – 1