SeaEnergy PLC and Robert Gordon University (RGU) have jointly launched a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop an operational and economic model for life cycle cost of operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies in offshore wind farms. This KTP is supported by the Technology Strategy Board
SeaEnergy PLC and Robert Gordon University (RGU) have jointly launched a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop an operational and economic model for life cycle cost of operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies in offshore wind farms. This KTP is supported by the Technology Strategy Board
RES Offshore has recently signed an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services contract with Forewind for two met masts in the Dogger Bank Round 3 zone. These met masts are the furthest offshore of any in the UK and RES will be delivering scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for the structures and i
At yesterday’s opening ceremony, the joint venture partners RWE Innogy and SSE inaugurated the power plant together with Michael Fallon, Minister of State for Energy. Greater Gabbard is one of the largest wind farms in the UK with 140 wind turbines in water depths between 24 and 34 metres and with a
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), within the framework of an international scientific program, has acquired 8,840 line km of 2D data in the Russian Barents Sea and Kara Sea. The 2D survey, conducted in partnership with Geology Without Limits, began in 2012, using the vessel Akademik Lazarev. This scient
Reference is made to the stock exchange notice from AGR Group ASA (“AGR Group”) of 6 August 2013 regarding consummation of the demerger of AGR Group’s two business areas, the Petroleum Services business and Drilling Services business, by spinning off the Drilling Services business into a new non-lis
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has as a 20 per cent partner in PL 265, made a small oil discovery in exploration well 16/2-18S, drilled on the Cliffhanger North prospect west of the main bounding fault for the Johan Sverdrup discovery. Exploration well 16/2-18S was operated by Statoil and is located wes
Together with RWE Innogy, FoundOcean is currently working on the 48-jacket Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea. The project teams are undertaking onshore trials to investigate effective ways of speeding up the foundation installation process. One option under conside
At beginning of the week, RWE Innogy has started laying the first inter array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. By mid-2014, 64 kilometers of cable will have connected the 48 wind turbines with the offshore transformer substation. The Dutch company Visser & Smit M
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has retained its contract with Dana Petroleum for integrated support services (ISC) in the North Sea, marking more than 14 years of continuous service as prime contractor on the Triton FPSO. The contract is for two years with the option of a one-year extension and estimated to
Yesterday Vatenfall reached another milestone – the Offshore Substation (OSS) at DanTysk is installed completely, now basking in the sun. After a construction period of around two years, the DanTysk OSS left the Hollandia Shipyard in Krimpen, The Netherlands, on the 23rd of July. The OSS was built i
World leading technology company Tracerco, part of the FTSE 100 Johnson Matthey Plc, has received a £1 million grant from the ‘Let’s Grow’ programme – part of the £30 million Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The grant will be used to build a brand new 61,000sq foot bespoke research and development facili
Eco-friendly electricity from wave energy: in a Bosch laboratory, a first demonstrator model shows how wave energy can be converted into electricity. A research network made up of four companies and two universities aims to establish sustainable power generation along the world’s coastlines. Until J
This summer, MMT participated in a historical expedition together with MARIS, Ocean Discovery and Deepsea productions. Two bronze cannons, taken from the battle ship Mars, are now stored in a water bath until they are ready to be exhibited at the Västervik Museum in Sweden. The smaller cannon weighs
