Vestas has signed a 10-year extension of the service contract for Eneco’s wind power plant Prinses Amaliawindpark (PAWP) in the Netherlands. The contract has a total capacity of 120 MW comprising 60 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine. The contract is a 10-year service agreement extension with Vest
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, confirms that drilling activities have now commenced on the 44/23-1 Dunquin exploration prospect in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04, off the west coast of Ireland. ExxonMobil Exploration and
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth approximately 85 million euro by REE (Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.U.), the Transmission System Operator of the Spanish electricity system, for the second circuit of the interconnecti
Island Offshore, a leading name in global Light Well Intervention (“LWI”) activities, has been awarded a major contract extension with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd (“BP”), one of the world’s most respected international energy companies. The two-year contract extension, covering 2014 and 201
BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of meteorological and oceanographic environmental conditions for the Martin Linge field in the Norwegian sector of the northern North Sea. BMT’s assessment also included the installation routes of associat
Alstom Grid has successfully delivered the offshore substation platform for the Trianel wind farm Borkum in the German North Sea, and handed it over to Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG. The offshore installation of the substation, manufactured in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, was complete
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced that it has acquired a 50% interest in the leading 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd. ADUS, originally a spin out from the University of St Andrews and Dundee University, has rapidly acquired a glo
Following the news that almost 60 monopiles had been completed on 18 March, specialised jack-up vessel Seajacks Zaratan continues installation at a rapid pace at the Meerwind Offshore Park, installing 3 monopiles in just under 1 and a half days. Zaratan collected the three 675t steel structures from
1. Alstom Shows Tidal Stream Power Generation (VIDEO) Alstom, a world leader in transport infrastructure, power generation and electrical grid, shows tidal stream power animation. Tidal power is a major growth area, with a potential global electricity generation estimated up to 100 gigawatts. 2. UK:
At the beginning of March a Hydrex team of diver/technicians sailed out with one of the company’s dive support workboats to a 200-meter vehicle carrier berthed in the port of Antwerp. They performed an underwater inspection and repair of the vessel’s malfunctioning rudder. The latest development all
On April 17th, the positioning of the first portside sponson (p10) has been succesfully completed at the site of Costa Concordia wreck. Operations have continued yesterday with installation of the second sponson (p11) offshore Giglio Island. Eventually, the sponsons will be welded on the hull of the
Hydrex teams carried out underwater steel repairs on vessels in France and Portugal. In France Hydrex carried out a pipe repair on a 210-meter bulk carrier berthed in Dunkirk and reinforced the weld seams of a leaking doubler plate on a 183-meter tanker in Marseille. In Setubal, Portugal, two repair
Last month, Hydrex teams carried out underwater propeller operations in Bremen and Rostock (Germany) and Algeciras (Spain). In Algeciras a 200-meter vehicle carrier had its five propeller blades cropped. In Germany three of the five blades of a 183-meter tanker were grinded, re-profiled and polished
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has published its results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2012[1] together with its Annual Report. Financial Highlights for the 12 months to 31 December 2012 – Record revenues of £129.9m (2011: £83.2m), an
