Scientists are studying damage caused to marine life from building offshore wind turbines off the East Yorkshire coast. The studies are undertaken on a marine habitat at Westermost Rough as Dong Energy plans to build 35 offshore wind turbines in the area in 2014. Scientists from the University of Hu
VSMC client London Array Limited has instructed the company to demobilize following completion of the last remaining part of the project, the shallow water trenching programme. VSMC started working at the wind farm site in 2009. For VSMC, the London Array project consisted of the installation and bu
Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, has applied for consent to install and operate a floating wind platform demonstrator. The application for both a Section 36 electricity consent and a Marine Licence has been submitted to the UK’s Marine Management Organisation and fo
Statoil is a partner in the OMV-operated Wisting Central oil discovery in the Hoop area. This represents a new oil play in the Norwegian Barents Sea. “Statoil is very pleased with the discovery in the Wisting Central well. This is the first well drilled in the frontier Hoop area. It gives us valuabl
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by TAQA’s UK business, to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction of modifications to the Tern oil production platform to accommodate a new subsea tie-back to the Cladhan field in the northern Nort
Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) announces that the Wisting Central exploration well (7324/8-1), offshore Norway, has made the first ever oil discovery in the Hoop-Maud Basin in the Barents Sea. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluids show that the well has encountered 50-60 metr
The Port of Rotterdam is expanding to meet the growing demand to accommodate large cargo vessels. The construction of Maasvlakte 2 (MV2) started in September 2008. One of the licensing conditions is the monitoring of the underwater sound produced during its construction, with an emphasis on the esta
BLG and EUROGATE have jointly with AREVA Wind developed a logistics concept for handling, storage and assembly of rotor stars for the Global Tech I offshore wind park approximately 110 km off Germany’s North Sea coast. Overall responsibility for this project lies with BLG, which today signed the con
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from Statoil for subsea equipment for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen project. The order has an estimated value of $90 million in revenue. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes subsea trees, wellheads, a manifold, control systems integrat
Ocean Installer has been awarded a SURF (Subsea structures, Umbilicals, Risers, Flowlines) contract for subsea lines modification work at several Statoil operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The total contract value (firm) is approx. USD 55 million and with an additional potential (op
MP Mark Lancaster says it’s vital to the future of the UK economy to encourage the growth of high calibre SMEs particularly those specialising in advanced technologies. He was speaking during the official opening of new offices for the Milton Keynes division of Fugro Subsea Services Limited (FSSL) w
GE Oil & Gas announced that E.ON Exploration & Production is the first offshore company to deploy its next-generation VetcoGray SVXT™ S-Series vertical production subsea tree for use in a shallow water project in the North Sea. The tree, manufactured in GE’s Broadfold Road plant in Aberdeen, Scotlan
TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it has signed a frame agreement with Centrica Storage Limited (CSL) to provide pipeline isolation services with its SmartPlug® tool. The tool makes it possible to safely isolate pressure in an active pipeline, and maintain production while necessary mainten
Coastline Surveys has been awarded a contract to undertake offshore geophysical surveys for East Anglia Offshore Wind Limited (EAOW) in support of the development of the Offshore Cable Corridor for East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR. This contract will provide up to thirteen full time jobs in th
