Operations & Maintenance
GMC Wraps Up Seawater Caisson Installation in North Sea
GMC Limited has completed installation of a seawater caisson in the North Sea. This is the first installation that has been carried out by the company in the North Sea; with a further two fabricated caissons completed and ready to be installed later this year. The TSA coated 30” OD diameter caisson
Report: O&M Market to Grow as Wind Energy Becomes Cheaper
The global wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is estimated to increase from USD 10 billion in 2015 to USD 17 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate of 11.2%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest viewpoint states that technological developments have
ROVOP Lands Offshore Wind, O&G Work
Aberdeen-based ROV operator ROVOP has won several contracts across the offshore wind and oil and gas sectors with a combined value of USD 4 million (EUR 3.6 million). The contracts are with new clients and include construction support, cable lay and protection, survey, and inspection repair and main
Shahar Energy forms Yam Pro Energy for WERPO wave projects
The owners of Shahar Energy, an Israel-based renewable energy company, have established Yam Pro Energy to drive forward the technology and wave energy projects recently acquired from the wave energy developer WERPO.
Bibby HydroMap Wraps Up Western Isles Connection Survey Ops
Bibby HydroMap have completed geophysical, geotechnical, benthic and land survey operations along the route from mainland Scotland to the Isle of Lewis, on behalf of SHE Transmission. Three vessels were used during the survey, the DP1 Bibby Tethra for offshore geophysics, geotechnical sampling and b
ExxonMobil Gets Nod for Light Well Intervention at Sigyn
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given ExxonMobil a consent to use Island Frontier and Island Wellserver for light well intervention (LWI) at Sigyn. The Sigyn field is located west of Stavanger in production licence 072, where ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS (ExxonMobil) is the o
Mermaid Sees Profits Halved
Singapore listed Mermaid Maritime, a provider of subsea and drilling services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has seen its profit chopped by close to 50 percent for the three-month period ended June 30, 2016. The Singapore-listed company generated revenue of $49.6 million versus $107.5 million
GE and L&T Ink Subsea Equipment MoU
GE has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering to manufacture subsea manifolds destined for future deep water projects in the Krishna-Godavari basin on the east coast of India. L&T’s 600,000 sq.m. modular fabrication facility in Tamil Nadu was chosen as
Atlantis hires tidal turbine blades supplier
Atlantis Resources has selected AC Marine & Composites to supply the turbine blades for MeyGen tidal turbine.
Detecter Becomes First Danish-Flagged CTV Certified to Carry 24 OW Technicians
Northern Offshore Services’ 27-metre crew transfer vessel (CTV) Detecter has become the first Danish-flagged vessel of its kind to be certified by the Danish Maritime Authority to carry up to 24 offshore wind technicians. The certification marks the initiation of a new practice in Denmark, which giv
Voyage Data Recorder of Sunken El Faro Recovered
The voyage data recorder from El Faro, a US flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015, was recovered from the ocean floor on Monday. The recovery of the capsule caps a 10-month-long effort to retrieve the recorder, which was designed to record navigational data and commun
COSL Wraps Up North Pole Seismic Campaign
China Oilfield Services Limited’s (COSL) 12-streamer seismic vessel “HYSY 720” has completed an operation over two blocks in North Pole Barents Sea. The 100-day operation is the first attempt by China in performing 3D seismic data collection in ultra-high latitude and ultra-low-temperature waters. A
IJmuiden Port Adds More CTV Berthing Space
Dutch port of IJmuiden has installed two floating jetties at the recently renovated Trawlerkade quay, thus adding 46 metres of extra berthing space for crew transfer vessels used for offshore wind farm operations and maintenance, Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Port (AYOP) reports. The floating jetties
STATS Group Supports Murchison Decom Work
STATS Group in collaboration with Paradigm Flow Services and Halliburton isolated, de-oiled, plugged and abandoned two 3.5” subsea flowlines as part of the Murchison decommissioning project. After nearly 30 years of operation in the Northern North Sea, the CNR International operated Murchison field