Operations & Maintenance
Stranded Oceanlinx WEC removal begins
The works on removing the stranded Oceanlinx wave energy converter has started this week off the coast of Australia.
Shell Starts Up Deepest Offshore Oil and Gas Project
Shell has started production from the Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. Stones is expected to produce around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) when fully ramped up at the end of 2017. The host facility for the “world’s deepest offshore oil and gas project” is a floating produc
Siem Wraps Up Nordsee One Inter-Array Cable Project
Siem Offshore Contractors informed that all 70 kilometres of inter-array grid cables on the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German Bight of the North Sea have now been installed, terminated, trenched and tested. All 59 cables were installed using the “Siem Duo” consisting of the cable lay vess
Nautilus Names Acting CFO
Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company, Nautilus Minerals, has appointed Gavin Vandervegt as acting chief financial officer and corporate secretary of the company, effective September 2, 2016. For the 5 years prior to this appointment, Vandervegt held the position of group financial co
Sonardyne Acoustic Positioning Simulator to Help GE Train Its DPOs in Brazil
Sonardyne Brasil has supplied equipment that simulates acoustic positioning operations on dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships, to GE Power Conversion for their new training school in Macaé. The Sonardyne Marksman hardware and 6G Sim software will be used to provide student DP Officers (DPOs)
NHC to Deliver Training Courses at Fugro Academy in Abu Dhabi
JFD has signed a new agreement with Fugro to provide training courses delivered by the National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), part of JFD, at the Fugro Academy Training Centre in Abu Dhabi. The agreement with Fugro will see JFD approved local and UK trainers delivering courses including: Client Represent
Peterson Backs Gemini OWF with Aviation Fuel
Energy logistics provider Peterson has secured a contract with Siemens to supply Jet A1 aviation fuel in offshore transport fuel tanks, which will be transported from Peterson’s supply base in Den Helder, the Netherlands, to the Siemens service base facility in Eemshaven, and then shipped to the Gem
Peterson Backs Gemini OWF with Aviation Fuel
Energy logistics provider Peterson has secured a contract with Siemens to supply Jet A1 aviation fuel in offshore transport fuel tanks, which will be transported from Peterson’s supply base in Den Helder, the Netherlands, to the Siemens service base facility in Eemshaven, and then shipped to the Gem
James Fisher teams up with OMS for offshore renewables
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with Oil Management and Services (OMS) to provide combined oil management services to the European offshore renewables industry.
JFMS, OMS to Jointly Provide Offshore Wind Oil Management Services
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) and Oil Management and Services GmbH (OMS) have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to jointly deliver full oil lifecycle services, including gearbox and hydraulic oil change, to the European offshore renewables industry. Bruno Martinsen, owner of OMS, said:
Primo Marine Supports NorNed Interconnector Ops
Primo Marine, headquartered in Rotterdam, has supported the tender for lowering of the cable and remedial cable burial on the NorNed Interconnector in Eemshaven area, The Netherlands. The NorNed cable is a 580-kilometer high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector cable between Feda, Norway, an
OceanServer, YSI Launch New AUV for Collecting Water Quality Data
OceanServer Technology has partnered with YSI Integrated Systems & Services to combine the Iver3 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) land the YSI EXO water quality system to create the i3XO AUV. The i3XO EcoMapper AUV is based on the Iver3-580 AUV platform and utilizes the EXO water quality system t
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 29 – September 04). Divers have located around 40 pieces of debris around the site at Dalmore Bay, on the Isle of Lewis, where the Transocean Winner drilling rig originally grounded on August 8
Vroon and Rhenus Keeping German Offshore Substations Supplied
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has started cooperating with the German-based Rhenus Offshore Logistics on the provision of offshore supply services to wind farms on the German Continental Shelf. According to the agreement, Vroon is in charge of delivering bulk, containerised and project cargo to wind