Operations & Maintenance
Premier Cuts Catcher Costs by 15%
The Premier-operated Catcher project is progressing under budget and is scheduled to deliver first oil in the second half of 2017, the company informed on Wednesday. Premier said that the forecast gross capex to first oil is now anticipated to be some 15 per cent below that original sanctioned due t
James Fisher Wins Rampion Pontoon Contract
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has won a contract for the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of temporary pontoons at the Newhaven Port which will be used during the construction phase of the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. JFMS has worked closely with its sister company Mojo M
Repsol Calls Polarcus for Morocco Shoot
Seismic player Polarcus has received a letter of intent (LOI) from Repsol for a broadband 3D survey offshore Morocco. According to the Oslo-listed company the survey is scheduled to start in Q3 2016. Polarcus did not reveal how long the project would run, nor the vessel which should be assigned for
Xtera to Build SRG-1 Subsea Cable in Gulf of Oman
Multinet Pakistan, Omantel and Xtera Communications have signed a supply agreement for the new subsea cable system Silk Route Gateway 1 (SRG-1). The new cable will directly link Muscat in Oman to Karachi in Pakistan, with a future extension to Gwadar in Pakistan. “The SRG-1 project is our ambition t
Maersk Connector Named in UK
DeepOcean, in corporation with Maersk Supply Service, held a naming ceremony for the Maersk Connector in Newcastle, UK. The vessel was named by a godmother Haydee Noemi Castillo Diaz de Boyde, the wife of DeepOcean’s commercial director Pierre Boyde. Pierre Boyde said: “We are extremely proud to hav
MDL and Magma Present New Well Intervention System
Maritime Developments (MDL) has delivered a new flexible pipe deployment and retrieval system for Magma Global, which is, reportedly, set to reduce the costs and risks of light well intervention for the offshore oil industry. The m-IDP (integrated deployment package) was unveiled at the company’s as
Hughes SSE Wraps Up Jersey – France Cable Decom Gig
Hughes SSE has completed a 6-week cable decommissioning campaign for Jersey Electricity of the OSS EDF1 power cable. The cable connected the Island of Jersey to France, and spanned 31 kilometers. The link will be replaced by so called Normandie 1 (N1) cable, scheduled for installation by VBMS’ vesse
Waveswing America starts WEC construction
Waveswing America, one of the finalists in the Wave Energy Prize challenge, has finalized the design and started construction of its 1:20 scale wave energy converter ahead of Carderock testing.
Offshore Wind Senvion’s Bright Spot
Hamburg-based wind turbine maker Senvion recorded EUR 29 million revenue generated by its offshore wind segment in the first quarter of 2016, a 3.6% increase compared to EUR 28 million offshore wind-related revenue reported for the same period a year earlier. Net firm orders for the quarter stood at
Bibby Offshore in Further Contract Wins
Bibby Offshore has won two contracts with a multi-million pound combined value. The first contract win is a DSV IRM campaign at two unnamed fields in the UKCS, Northern North Sea. The scope of work includes performing barrier testing, reconfiguring flexible pipelines, installing a new production spo
Osbit and Seatools Team Up
Northumberland-based Osbit and Dutch subsea technology company Seatools have entered into a collaborative agreement to develop new offshore systems including active motion compensated Walk to Work gangways. The collaboration has already delivered its first product innovation. Building on Osbit’s est
JDR, Tekmar Join Forces in Offshore Wind Cables Arena
Tekmar Energy and JDR Cables have signed a collaboration agreement for offshore wind subsea cables and accessory supply. The companies said they will work together collaboratively on technology and value engineering projects to support the industry drive for cost, risk and lead time reduction. Over
Fugro Starts Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project
Fugro has started a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea metocean and ice network project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors in the region known as “The Far North” – a frontier region for
Tennet Starts Nordergründe Cable Laying Ops
Electricity transmission system operator, Tennet, has begun subsea cable installation works of the grid connection project Nordergründe. Nordergründe is TenneT’s third offshore grid connection in the twelve sea mile zone in Lower Saxony. As it is only 30 km away from the coast the most efficient con