Operations & Maintenance
EMO Nets Another Gig at Nordsee One
Germany’s EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) will provide a marine coordination team during the construction phase of the 332MW offshore wind farm Nordsee One. The marine coordination team will take care of 24/7 coordination of all construction activities at the offshore site and work in close coopera
Scottish Gov, DECC hire Royal HaskoningDHV
Royal HaskoningDHV has been contracted by the Scottish government and the UK Government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to deliver consultancy services for Orkney Marine Energy Array demonstration project. Royal HaskoningDHV will be tasked with developing a proposal for marine ener
Expro Strengthens Position in Middle East with Qatar Win
International oilfield services company, Expro, has entered Qatar market for the first time and expanded its Middle Eastern presence with a five-year contract win. The contract will see Expro provide its range of well intervention and slickline services including high deviation and heavy-duty fishin
Wind Farm Owners Set Up Online O&M Platform
Wind farm owners representing 12 % of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2o WIND International, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on operation and maintenance issues. The o2o (as in owner to owner) wind forum aims at fostering wind farm
Stonehenge to deploy Protean WEC off California
Stonehenge Metals has partnered up with California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) to deploy a staged ocean wave energy and energy storage micro-grid project at Cal Poly Research Pier, off California. The project is expected to be a staged deployment program, planned to start during 2016, with the
Lundin Sees First Oil from Edvard Grieg
Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum has started oil production from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the company, the first oil was achieved on November 28, 2015. Alex Schneiter, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum, said: “I am extremely proud that we have delivered first oil
BlueTEC platform doubles its capacity
Upgrade works on the BlueTEC floating tidal platform have been completed. Tocardo’s T1 tidal turbine with the capacity of 100 kW has been replaced with the larger T2 turbine from the same manufacturer, doubling the platform’s generating capacity. According to Bluewater’s social media, the platform h
Fugro Gets Survey Job for Ophir Off Equatorial Guinea
Fugro has won a contract with Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) for the provision of survey services for the development of large scale assets and infrastructure offshore Equatorial Guinea. Under the contract, Fugro will deploy three of its specialist vessels Fugro Searcher, Fugro Scout and Fugro Fr
QuikDeck O&M System Brought to Europe
A new company has been launched, bringing a platform system for repair and maintenance to the European offshore wind market. QuikDeck® Europe BV, a newly set up company coming from the same stable as Sky-Access BV, is responsible for bringing the QuikDeck® system to Europe. The new light weight plat
QuikDeck O&M System Brought to Europe
A new company has been launched, bringing a platform system for repair and maintenance to the European offshore wind market. QuikDeck® Europe BV, a newly set up company coming from the same stable as Sky-Access BV, is responsible for bringing the QuikDeck® system to Europe. The new light weight plat
Opielok Readies to Diversify into Offshore Wind
Hamburg-based offshore supply vessel operator Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) is pressing on with the plan to commission the 26 meter crew transfer vessel OOC NERZ in January 2016 and make a move into the offshore wind industry. OOC NERZ is the company’s first of four BMT Nigel Gee-designed crew tra
VIDEO: Eastern Scheldt project development
Eastern Scheldt tidal energy project which comprises an array of 5 Tocardo’s T2 tidal turbines has officially been put into service on November 25, 2015. This commercial demonstrator array, located in the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, the Netherlands, has the capacity of 1.2 MW and is expecte
Havila Harmony to Search for MH370
Fugro is providing an additional vessel, the Havila Harmony, to join the search for the missing flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. From the 93-metre multi-role vessel, Fugro will deploy the Echo Surveyor VII autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Echo Surveyor VII was used earlier this year in
Global Marine to Lay New Cables for ONC’s Neptune Observatory
Global Marine Systems, the UK based subsea cable route design, installation and maintenance specialist, has secured a contract from Ocean Networks Canada, to upgrade the fibre-optic cables serving the Neptune observatory off the west coast of Canada. The subsea infrastructure of Neptune comprises an