Operations & Maintenance
James Fisher strikes deal with Atlantis for MeyGen services
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been granted preferred supplier status by Atlantis Resources for a 5-year period in connection with the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the MeyGen Phase 1A tidal turbines.
Subsea in August
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” was in the spotlight last month having executed its maiden heavy lift p
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 05 – September 11). A new subsea company has officially launched on Monday with the announcement of its first UK contract. An independent company focused on underwater integrity, remotely op
Huawei Marine Deploys SeaX-1 Subsea Cable
Huawei Marine has been selected by Super Sea Cable Networks to deploy 0, a subsea cable system connecting the Eastern seaboard of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Known as SEA Cable Exchange-1 (SeaX-1), the system comprises a 250 km, 24-fibre pair undersea fiber optic cable that will co
Quoceant rides a wave to Scottish Renewables Marine Conference
Quoceant, an Edinburgh-based engineering firm, will offer updates on a collaborative wave energy project, funded by Wave Energy Scotland, during the Scottish Renewables Marine Conference.
Esvagt Njord joins Dudgeon OWF team in Great Yarmouth (Video)
Today’s opening event for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre will also incorporate the naming of the wind farm’s purpose built 84-metre service operations vessel (SOV), Esvagt Njord. The vessel marks a new approach to operations and maintenance with accommodation for up to 40 wind turb
SMP Builds Air/Gas Diving Spread for GloMar Subsea
Preston-based Submarine Manufacturing & Products (SMP) informed it has manufactured and supplied a bespoke air/gas diving spread unit for GloMar Subsea. SMP was contracted to design, develop and manufacture a fully-certified 20ft containerised recompression support chamber, alongside a 20ft all-incl
Statkraft Setting Stage for Offshore Wind Brexit
Norway’s Statkraft is preparing a possible divestment of its shares in the operational Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, as well as the Dudgeon and the Dogger Bank projects. The revised strategy follows the announcement in December 2015 that Statkraft would make no new investments in offshore win
Odyssey: Judge Rules in Favor of RLP in ‘SS Central America’ Case
Recovery Limited Partnership (RLP) has been granted a salvage award of 100% of the fair market value of the items recovered from the SS Central America excavation, conducted by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2014. In 2014, RLP contracted with Odyssey Marine Exploration to conduct the archaeological e
Statoil Opens Dudgeon OWF Operations Centre
Statoil officially opened the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Operations Centre in Great Yarmouth today as part of the Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival. The former warehouse on the south bank of the river harbour has been completely redeveloped to accommodate offices and a dedicated 24/7 control room to
SeaBird and Lundin Team Up on Barents Sea Survey
SeaBird Exploration informed that it will acquire a long offset 2D multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. SeaBird and Lundin Norway have jointly designed the survey, to be acquired during September-October 2016. The survey objective is to acquire long-offset profiles that image large scale deep sea
Hurricane Completes Testing of Lancaster Pilot Well
Hurricane Energy has completed the testing and logging phase of the 205/21a-7 well, the ‘Pilot well’, and operations are now progressing to permanently abandon the well reservoir section prior to side-tracking the top-hole to form the the ‘Horizontal well’. Preliminary third party analysis from the
Maersk Gallant Gets Leadon and James Decom Job
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant with Maersk Oil for the plugging and abandonment of the Leadon and James subsea fields in the UK sector of the North Sea. The duration of the contract is estimated to 230 days, with commencement in February 2017. The esti
Mermaid Scoops Close to $7M in New Deals
Mermaid Maritime’s subsidiary, Seascape, has been awarded two additional subsea contracts in South East Asia with a total estimated potential value of USD 5.1 million. The first package of work involves the DP2 dive support vessel “Mermaid Nusantara” together with heavy duty work-class ROVs for a 30