Operations & Maintenance
PGS’s Ramform Tethys Sets New Towing Record
PGS’s Ramform Tethys, currently working on its maiden project, a multi-client survey over the Aasta Hansteen area in the Norwegian Sea, has achieved a new world towing record, the company informed. The Ramform Tethys is towing a configuration of 16 streamers, each 8.1 km long, with streamer separati
Statoil Makes ‘Minor’ Gas Discovery in North Sea
Statoil, operator of production licence 272, has encountered gas and condensate after the completion of the drilling of wildcat well 30/11-13. The well was drilled eight kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S (Krafla) discovery, and about 27 kilometres south of the Oseberg South facility in the North
Fred. Olsen Ocean Targets Farshore Wind Farms with Heliport Concept
Fred. Olsen Ocean has introduced a standalone offshore heliport concept expected to enable the offshore wind industry to integrate helicopter use into the operations and maintenance of its next generation of farshore wind farms. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s UK General Manager David Matthews has said th
Fred. Olsen Ocean Targets Farshore Wind Farms with Heliport Concept
Fred. Olsen Ocean has introduced a standalone offshore heliport concept expected to enable the offshore wind industry to integrate helicopter use into the operations and maintenance of its next generation of farshore wind farms. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s UK General Manager David Matthews has said th
Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 Land Alvheim Prize
During Aker companies investor day 2016 at Fornebu on Tuesday, Det norske CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik revealed that the oil company has awarded a subsea contract for christmas trees to Aker Solutions for Alvheim field, Det norske’s core area of production. In addition, Subsea 7 has been awarded a contra
InterMoor Completes FPSO Turritella Job
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the FPSO Turritella for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico. The FPSO Turritella will connect to subsea infrastructure located beneath approximate
Freddie S Supporting Siemens at Westermost Rough
Windwave Workboats has sent its 18-metre Wind Farm Support Vessel (WFSV) Freddie S to Grimsby to start a new role providing 24-hour jack-up support for Siemens Wind Power Service on the Westermost Rough wind farm. Freddie S will be supporting a team of Siemens’ heavy lift technicians who are working
Port of Blyth Chosen as Staging Area for EDF’s New OWF
EDF Energy Renewables will utilise the Port of Blyth as a mobilisation and operation & maintenance base for its new offshore wind farm to be installed off the coast of Northumberland. Port of Blyth Chief Executive Martin Lawlor said: “We’re delighted to be providing both an operational and mobilisat
Port of Blyth Chosen as Staging Area for EDF’s New OWF
EDF Energy Renewables will utilise the Port of Blyth as a mobilisation and operation & maintenance base for its new offshore wind farm to be installed off the coast of Northumberland. Port of Blyth Chief Executive Martin Lawlor said: “We’re delighted to be providing both an operational and mobilisat
Basslink Completes Subsea Cable Repair; Tests Underway
Basslink informed that the third and final joint of the cable repair has been completed and tested. The cable bight has also been laid and the entire length of the single piece of cable is currently on the seabed. The Basslink subsea cable, connecting George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria
Siem Begins Nordsee One Cable Laying
Siem Offshore Contractors has started laying the first inter-array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm. The fifty-four turbines will be connected to the offshore substation by ten strings of cables with an overall length of approximately 70 kilometres. Tim Kittelhake
Trident Subsea Cable in PoP Deal with Global Switch
Global Switch has informed that Trident Subsea Cable (Trident) is to locate Points of Presence (PoPs) within Global Switch’s data centres in Sydney and Singapore when it builds its cable network in the Asian region. Trident’s cable network, anticipated to be ‘ready for service’ in mid-2018, will con
Van Oord and Highland Group in Deutsche Bucht OWF Deal
Van Oord and Highland Group Holdings have signed a cooperation agreement for the development, financing and construction of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht in Germany. Van Oord will execute the engineering, procurement and construction of the foundations, inter array cables and the offshore su
MEDS Wraps Up Stage One of British Gas India IRM Gig
UAE-based Marine Engineering Diving Services (MEDS) has completed its first IRM campaign for British Gas India operated platforms in Panna and Mukta fields. A four-year inspection, repair and maintenance contract was awarded to the company earlier this year. The scope of work includes the provision