Operations & Maintenance
Dalby Cleared to Turn Endeavor Wharf into O&M Centre
Dalby Offshore Services will move its headquarters to Endeavor Wharf at Whitby Port and start to develop the site as Yorkshire’s renewables and offshore services centre following last week’s decision of Scarborough Borough Council Cabinet to lease the site to the company. Including offices, a marine
Olympic Scores Deals for Four Vessels
Olympic Ship has secured contracts with undisclosed international contractors for its vessels Olympic Zeus and Olympic Hera, the company informed on Monday. The vessel M/V Olympic Zeus has been chartered for a period of up 9 weeks, including options. The vessel will be carrying out project work in W
Gemini Starts Producing
The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the ins
Gemini Starts Producing
The construction of the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands has reached an important milestone after the farm’s first wind turbines started producing electricity and feeding it into the grid. Following the construction of the electric infrastructure last year and the ins
Harkand Bags Apache Subsea Gig
Harkand has been selected to deliver installation work to support Apache with its existing drilling campaign in the Nevis South Field in the North Sea. The project will see Harkand provide project management and engineering services and deploy its personnel and one of its dive support vessels (the H
Impairments Hit Polarcus Result
Seismic contractor, Polarcus has posted quarterly loss as it took high impairment charges and 22 percent revenues drop due to the weak market. The Oslo-listed company reported net loss for the quarter of $287.3 million or $4.29 per share, versus the net loss of $80 million or $0.12 per share in Q4 2
SeaBird in North West Europe Shoot
SeaBird has inked a new deal to carry out a pre-funded 2D multi-client survey in North West Europe during the upcoming summer season. According to Oslo-listed seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, the project is scheduled to start during the second quarter of 2016 and it’s expected to las
Hydrex Patches up Tanker in Spain
Hydrex has performed a permanent insert repair on a 175-meter tanker after it suffered cavitation damage to the inside shell plating of one of its ballast water tanks. The Hydrex team sailed with a workboat and all necessary equipment to the ship which lay at anchorage in Algeciras. The divers start
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 22 – February 28). Offshore services player, Helix Energy Solutions, has plummeted into loss as it books some $503 million of non-cash pre-tax charges in the fourth quarter 2015. The company
Swiber Clinches South Asia EPIC Deal
Singapore-listed Swiber has secured a contract worth about US$100 million to provide engineering, procurement, installation and construction services for a National Oil Company (NOC) in South Asia. This latest project, which includes pipelines and subsea installation works, starts immediately and is
Maersk Connector Docks in UK for Carousel Setup
DeepOcean has welcomed its advanced cable installation vessel to North East England for the mobilisation of specialist cable handling equipment for projects in the offshore renewables and subsea interconnector sectors. Operated by Darlington-based DeepOcean on a long-term charter from its owners Mae
Hull’s Booming Renewables Industry Attracts New Players
Hull-based marine consultants McAusland & Turner has formed a new venture, MCT Offshore, in response to the recent local investments by major global players in the renewables industry and the recent downturn in oil prices. The new venture will focus on both the offshore and renewables sectors provid
CT Offshore Completes Gode Wind Cabling
CT Offshore has finalised the installation of the last inter-array cable on DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 2+1 offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. “The cable installation was successfully completed through good team work with the entire project team, including our clients DONG Energy. G
SeaBird Shrinks Loss
Oslo-listed SeaBird, a seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, has narrowed its net loss in the fourth quarter, as the company continues implementation of cost cutting measures in order to adapt to weak seismic demand. SeaBird posted net loss of $6.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2015,