Operations & Maintenance
Tekmar and Subsea Innovation Team Up
Tekmar Energy and Subsea Innovation have signed a strategic collaborations agreement to collaborate in sales, product development and strategic initiatives towards cost and risk reduction in both OWF cabling equipment and O&G SURF and pipeline ancillaries. Namely, the new deal should see the two com
UK Offshore Wind Farms Generate 10% More Power
Generation from the UK’s offshore wind farms rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from 4.7 TWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 5.1 TWh , with the impact of increases in capacity exceeding that of lower wind speeds, according to the data published by the UK government. Despite higher [&h
More Red Ink for Bourbon
Bourbon has seen its loss widened in the first half of 2016 as revenue fell on lower utilization and daily rates pressured by tough market conditions. French vessel owner and offshore services provider has recognized a €104.3 million ($117.5 million) net loss (group share) for the first six months o
Semco Maritime Bags 5-Year O&M Contract for Nordsee One OSS
Semco Maritime has entered into a 5-year contract for full service and maintenance of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm’s substation. “Together with Bladt Industries, Semco Maritime has built one fourth of the offshore stations on the wind market today, which makes us one of the market’s largest su
Hummer Jacket Set for Touchdown
Following a short weather-related delay, platform jacket for the Hummer development project in the Gulf of Mexico has arrived to its destination. The platform jacket is a 4 pile, 3 slot structure designed to be installed in water depth of 65.5 meters over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 Hummer discovery
Gazprom Obtains First Permits for TurkStream Project
Gazprom has received the first permits for the TurkStream project from Turkish authorities following the decision to resume the project this year. Namely, at last week’s negotiations between Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee, and Berat Albayrak, minister of energy and natur
NEC to Build Indonesia Global Gateway Submarine Cable
NEC Corporation has signed a contract with PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (Telkom) to develop the Indonesia Global Gateway cable system (IGG). The IGG is an optical submarine cable system that will connect the islands of Sumatra, Batam, Jawa, Bali, Kalimantan and Sulawesi with Singapore. The IGG
Western Link Contruction Advances
Cable laying vessel Giulio Verne and support vessel Go Pegasus are continuing with installation and survey work in the Irish Sea along the Western HVDC Link cable route, AWJ Marine informs. The Western Link Project consists of installing two 600 kV DC submarine cables in the Irish Sea from Ardneil (
Aker Solutions Wins Utgard-Sleipner EPCIC Work
Aker Solutions said it will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) services to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Statoil-operated Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. The work, valued at about NOK 500 million ($61 million),
Docomo Pacific Finalizes Marine Surveys for ATISA Cable
Docomo Pacific has completed marine surveys for the undersea path of ATISA submarine cable leading to the cable landing sites on Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian, which is the next step in the route selection process. “The selection process was a joint team effort by representatives from NEC Corporati
Video: Offshore ground modeling with AW-Energy and Lloyd’s Register
AW-Energy, a Finnish wave energy developer, has released a video showing the new method of generating a 3D ground model of an offshore site developed by Lloyd’s Register.
Wood Group and Technip Wrap Up Gorgon Work
Wood Group and Technip have completed 11 years of engineering and project management services on the Chevron Australia – operated Gorgon Project. In collaboration, Wood Group and Technip Oceania formed the Gorgon Upstream Joint Venture (GUJV) in 2005 to deliver front end engineering and design (FEED
Schlumberger, ION Team Up for Seismic Reimaging Off Mexico
Schlumberger WesternGeco and ION Geophysical announced a new 3D multi-client reimaging broadband program offshore Mexico, which uses Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) data library. The Campeche 3D reimaging program comprises three survey areas covering approximately 82,000 km2 in the B
SEENEOH gearing up with floating platform for turbine testing
The construction of the floating platform that will be used to test in-river and ocean tidal devices at the SEENEOH test site has begun.