Operations & Maintenance
WaveEL buoy faces a setback
Waves4Power, a Swedish wave energy developer, has faced a setback when a damage on its WaveEL wave energy device was discovered during a routine inspection.
SR Marine Conference ends on a positive note for the sector
Optimism from Scotland’s wave and tidal energy sectors, fuelled by the Meygen’s launch on Monday, boosted delegates at Scottish Renewables’ Marine Conference in Inverness this week.
Helix Q4000 Delivers More Gulf of Mexico Projects
Helix Energy Solutions’ well intervention subsidiary, Helix Well Ops, has completed a four-month campaign in the Gulf of Mexico carrying out intervention to decommissioning work scopes. According to the company, a total of six jobs were executed, including a lump sum construction decommissioning wor
EnQuest – Delek Kraken Deal Fails
EnQuest and Delek have not been able to reach an agreement with regard to the potential sale of an interest in the Kraken development. In July this year, EnQuest entered into discussions with Delek for the sale of an interest in the Kraken development to one of Delek’s subsidiaries. The two companie
Subsea 7’s Culzean Job Under Way with Cutting of First Steel
Subsea 7 has cut first steel on subsea structures for Maersk Oil’s Culzean project at Nigg Energy Park fabrication yard. The work is part of a $150-million subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract the company announced in September last year. The contract scope includes project manageme
Nexans Wins Blyth OWF Subsea Cables Contract
Nexans cable technology has been selected by VBMS to deliver inter-array and export cables for Blyth offshore wind farm. As part of its own contract with EDF Energy Renewables, VBMS will use the Nexans 66 kV inter-array cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and
PLAT-O floats towards deployment
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will begin mooring works related to the deployment its PLAT-O tidal energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) site next week.
MTS explores Wave Hub cables
Marine and Towage Services (MTS), a UK-based marine services provider, has supported the recently completed works at Wave Hub site by providing its MTS Xplorer vessel for survey operations.
Construction Advances for Nautilus’ Seafloor Mining Vessel
Dubai-based Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) is moving forward with the construction of its 227 meters long production support vessel (PSV) at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China. The vessel is to be used by the Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company, Nautilus Minerals and its PNG partne
Nexans Extends Charter with GC Rieber
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has secured a charter extension with Nexans Skagerrak, a subsidiary of subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway, for the CSV Polar King. The first time charter agreement announced in March this year, was set for a fixed period of about 8.5 month
Wintershall Records Minor Oil Discovery near Vega Field
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 248 F, is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells in the North Sea. The wells are wildcat well 35/11-20 S, appraisal well 35/11-20 A and wildcat well 35/11-20 B. Due to technical issues, well 35/11-19 S had to be abandoned, and wel
OPT scores ONR contract
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract with US Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design a new mass-spring oscillating PowerBuoy for mission critical sensors.
Ecosse Wraps Up 2nd Seabed Clearance on Race Bank OWF
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed second seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on the Race Bank offshore wind farm. ESS cleared more than 3000 boulders at the wind farm site, located off the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coast. Race Bank will consist of 91 turbines of 6MW each and gen
BPS to replace faulty bioWAVE cable
BioPower Systems (BPS), an Australian wave energy developer, has identified a damage on the cable that links its bioWAVE wave energy device to the onshore grid.