Operations & Maintenance
Carnegie gets CETO 6 concept design grant
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has received payment from ARENA for the completion of the CETO 6 concept design milestone, as well as completing 12 months of operations of CETO 5 Perth Project as required in its Government grant funding agreements. Carnegie has received Au$200,
MCG Completes Salinas Basin Campaign Off Mexico
MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) has finalized the acquisition of the part of the Maximus 2D multi-client survey covering blocks to be announced in the first deep-water bid round in the Salinas Basin offshore Mexico. The survey, comprises some 19,000 km of high quality 2D seismic data and covers all 6
Clough to Hook Up Ichthys CPF
Clough has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for hook-up services on the Ichthys LNG Project Central Processing Facility (CPF). The Ichthys CPF will become the world’s largest semi-submersible platform with a topsides weight of 70,000 tonnes. The scope of work includes the pr
Atlantis to decommission SeaGen
Atlantis Resources, an Edinburgh-based tidal energy developer, plans to decommission the SeaGen S tidal device installed at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which i
DONG Seeks Third Party O&M Services for Danish Offshore Wind Turbines
DONG Energy is looking for a third party provider of O&M for wind turbines at three of its offshore wind farms in Denmark. The offshore wind farms include Anholt, Horns Rev 2, and Nysted, comprising a total of 274 turbines, for which DONG Energy is in charge in terms of O&M. However, due to lack of
Nexans Expects EUR 150M Impairments
Nexans will book asset impairments of approximately 150 million euros due to commodities price decline in the second half of 2015, the French subsea cable specialist said on Tuesday. According to Nexans, aproximatelly two thirds are related to goodwill and intangible assets and one third to tangible
VIDEO: Tidal environmental monitoring solutions
Tidal Energy Ltd (TEL) has released a video explaining the environmental monitoring solutions incorporated in its recently deployed DeltaStream tidal energy device. In order to assess the environmental impacts, particularly regarding marine mammals and potential collisions, TEL has built a remote ac
MPS concludes WaveSub pump testing
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based wave energy developer, has completed the testing of the prototype pump for its WaveSub wave energy converter. The pump was deployed in the pickling pond, a tidal lagoon in Pembroke Port prior to being recovered for testing. The aim of the pump testing was
Aker Solutions Gets Concept Study for Johan Castberg FPSO
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio
Norfolk Marine Completes Phase 1 of Scroby Sands Subsea Inspection
Norfolk Marine Ltd has completed the first phase of a three year framework agreement with E.on Climate & Renewables UK Offshore Wind Ltd to provide subsea inspection services to Scroby Sands offshore wind farm. A full assessment of the condition of all subsea structures on the site is being carried
FMC Technologies Lands NWS Subsea Deal with Woodside
FMC Technologies has signed an agreement with Woodside for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project as part of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project in Western Australia. The contract is valued at approximately $180 million fo
Norfolk Marine Wraps Up Scroby Sands OWF Phase 1 Checkup
Norfolk Marine has completed the 1st phase of a three-year framework agreement with E.on Climate & Renewables UK Offshore Wind to provide subsea inspection services to Scroby Sands OWF. The contract is being carried out as a turnkey service package utilising the company’s own vessels, specialist div
Halliburton Posts Quarterly Loss
Oilfield services major Halliburton has recorded a forth-quarter loss on $282 million impairments and other charges. Net loss attributable to the company was $28 million ($0.03 per share), compared with a profit of $901 million, ($1.06 per share) in the year-ago quarter. For the full-year 2015 net l
Nexans Wins LofotKraft Subsea Cables Deal
LofotKraft AS has selected Nexans to deliver and install 170 kV XLPE cables to upgrade the current systems in three fjords Gimsøystraumen, Nappstraumen and Flakstadpollen to strengthen the power supply for residents throughout Lofoten, Norway. This will include upgrading the current grid capacity fr