Operations & Maintenance
Protean wraps up initial WEC deployment phase
Protean Wave Energy has completed the initial phase of the stage one wave energy farm demonstration deployment off Bunbury, Western Australia.
PHOTO: Touchdown for Culzean Wellhead Platform Jacket
A 114 meters long Culzean wellhead platform jacket has reached its destination and it’s now fixed to the seabed by 12 skirt piles driven 45 meters deep, Maersk Oil informed on Wednesday. The jacket left the Heerema’s Vlissingen yard mid-April set for the Central North Sea some 250 kilometres east of
MG3 Expands Fleet
MG3, a geoscience survey specialist, has acquired the DP2 vessel MV Ocean Spirit complete with geotechnical site investigation equipment spread. MG3 took delivery of the multirole DP2 vessel Ocean Spirit (formerly MV Highland Spirit) which will be the latest addition to the DP fleet offered by MG3 t
Seatricity deploys Oceanus 2
Seatricity has installed its wave energy converter Oceanus 2 at the Wave Hub test site off Cornwall.
Dolphin Secures Seismic Job Off Romania
A 3D seismic vessel Polar Marquis has kicked off a survey in the Black Sea, Dolphin Geophysical informed through its social media on Monday. The 119 meters long vessel, capable of deploying 16 streamers, is owned and managed by a Norwegian company GC Rieber. In addition to Polar Marquis, Dolphin had
DONG Hires Clinton for Hornsea Project Three Survey
Sweden-based Clinton Marine Survey will conduct geophysical scope of work for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project Three wind farm. The area, is approximately 760 km² and is up to 150km offshore. Clinton Marine Survey’s CEO, Martin Wikmar, said: “This is the right step in our long term plan and also a high
WECCA completes scaled wave energy device
Wave Energy Conversion Corporation of America (WECCA) has finalized the construction of 1:20 scale wave energy device as part of the Wave Energy Prize challenge.
EU Offers EUR 10 Million for New Offshore Wind O&M Solutions
The European Commission has issued a call for project proposals for new solutions in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines/farms, and has set aside EUR 10 million to fund the winner(s). The call was launched on 11 May, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, with the period for subm
TAP Construction Kicks Off
Construction works of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) start today at the official launching ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted by Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras. TAP will be an 870 km long gas pipeline running from Komotini in Greece to Puglia in Italy, via Albania. It will be used to t
N-Sea, DOF Subsea Team Up on SAT Diving Services
N-Sea and DOF Subsea have entered into a two-year cooperation agreement to provide an integrated saturation (SAT) dive service. Through the agreement DOF Subsea will provide the dive support vessel Skandi Achiever, whilst N-Sea will provide saturation diving resources. Project management, engineerin
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Kenyan Oil Terminal Deal
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a project management consultancy contract by consultancy company NIRAS to support the next stages in the development of a Kenya Ports Authority project for the offshore relocation and expansion of the Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT) in Mombasa, Kenya. KOT will be reloc
BSEE Sets Up Investigation Panel for Shell Oil Spill In GoM
Shell and the USCG have recovered approximately 2,012 barrels (more than 84,000 gallons) of an oil-water mixture following the release of oil from its subsea infrastructure at Glider field in the Gulf of Mexico. The joint response mobilized more than 150 people, five on-water recovery vessels for sk
Total Inaugurates Laggan-Tormore Project
Total has held official inauguration ceremony of the Laggan-Tormore fields on Monday in UK. The inauguration was held at the Shetland Gas Plant in the presence of government and industry partners including Amber Rudd MP, the UK Government secretary of state for energy and climate change and Patrick
Tracerco Expands Houston Base
Tracerco has completed a $5-million upgrade of its facilities in Houston. The new facilities include an environmentally controlled subsea simulation tank used to prepare subsea diagnostic technologies prior to mobilisation offshore. In addition, the company has expanded and upgraded their reservoir