Operations & Maintenance
Bourbon Books $84 Mln Loss in 2015
Bourbon has ended the year 2015 in red as the lower utilization rate and an negative unrealized foreign exchange drove the company into a loss. French vessel owner and offshore services provider has taken a €76.6 million ($84 million) net loss (group share) in 2015, compared to €73.7 million net pro
Fugro Starts Surveying South Holland Offshore Wind Zone
Fugro has begun preliminary site investigations at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The site characterisation specialist will perform geophysical surveys from its 54-metre multi-purpose survey vessel, Fugro Pioneer and the 40-metre Victor Hensen. Accordi
ABB Converter Station for Kriegers Flak Combined Grid
ABB has received an order, worth around $140 million, from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The HVDC Light “back-to-back” converter station, the first of i
Polarcus Begins Brazil Shoot
Polarcus has kicked off production in the first of a series of three 3D seismic projects offshore Brazil. The project is being acquired using the Polarcus A-Class 3D seismic vessel, Polarcus Alima. The first project is being acquired for Chariot Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda and the duration of the com
Technip JV Bags Total Gig Offshore Angola
Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, a joint venture between Technip and Sonangol, has secured a three-year engineering services contract from Total E&P Angola. This contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units and
Subsea 7 and Technip to Dive for Det norske
Det norske has been given permission to carry out manned underwater operations in the period from January 1 to December 31, 2016. According to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, the consent covers operations at Bøyla, Boa, Volund, Øst Kameleon, Viper Kobra and Alvheim FPSO. Under framework agree
WATCH: Shetland Tidal Array Sees First Turbine Spin
The first power from the Shetland Tidal Array project has been exported to the grid, Nova Innovation and ELSA announced on Wednesday. The first Nova M100 turbine of the array delivered power to the Shetland grid following a winter of operations and testing. The Shetland Tidal Array is a joint enterp
DONG: Race Bank Array Cables Are UK All the Way
DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offsho
Boskalis Braces for Weaker Year
Boskalis has seen a profit drop of 10 per cent in the 2015 and said it expects a ‘substantially lower’ 2016 full-year result, compared to last year’s satisfactory bottom line, despite tough market conditions. The Dutch dredging and marine specialist generated net income of €440 million on revenue of
VIDEO: Tidal turbine produces first power off Shetland
The energy produced from the first tidal turbine from the Shetland Tidal Array project has been exported to the grid. The first Nova M100 turbine of the array delivered power to the Shetland grid following a winter of operations and testing, Nova Innovation informed. The Shetland Tidal Array is a jo
PPC-1 Cable Repair Almost Complete
TPG, an operator of PIPE Pacific Cable 1 (PPC-1) system stretching from Sydney to Guam, informed that the cable vessel started the repair work on the faulty cable. Since the vessel, which usually conducts the repairs in the region, Ile De Re, is working on the repair of the Basslink cable, the compa
Siemens’ Leeds Service Centre Working with Full Steam
Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
Siemens’ Leeds Service Centre Working with Full Steam
Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
Global Marine Extends North America Cable Maintenance Gig
Global Marine Systems has been awarded an extension of the North America Maintenance Zone (NAZ) submarine cable maintenance contract up to December 31, 2024. NAZ covers a cable maintenance footprint, which stretches from the Eastern North Pacific to the Equator. Global Marine has been providing cabl