Operations & Maintenance
FORCE buzzing with activity
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) and its partners are entering frequent and ongoing activity at locations including the Parrsboro wharf, West Bay, and the FORCE site in the Minas Passage. According to FORCE, the marine activities relate both to turbine deployment preparation as wel
Deep Sea Mooring Bags Lundin Norway Deal
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has been awarded a three-year contract with Lundin Norway for mooring equipment services. Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) will provide services and products supporting Lundin’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) including mooring equipment for drilling rigs a
Joulz Scores Eneco Luchterduinen O&M Deal
Joulz has won a contract for the management and maintenance of Eneco Luchterduinen OHVS (offshore high-voltage station). Joulz will also take on the responsibility for keeping the wind farm operational, by taking over responsibility for the installation and maintaining a 24/7 emergency service, amon
Bombora Wave bags government grant
Bombora Wave Power, a Perth-based wave energy developer, has been granted Au$130,861 (approximately $95,000) for the advancement of their wave energy technology. The funding is expected to help Bombora Wave Power demonstrate and commercialise its wave energy converter system. Bombora Wave Power is o
Divers Recover Two Bodies from FV Jubilee
The bodies of two men have been found and recovered from the wreck of the fishing vessel Jubilee, which sank on Sunday morning October 18, 2015 with three crew members on board. The Royal New Zealand Navy’s diving support vessel, the HMNZS MANAWANUI, returned to Akaroa late last night after a day sp
Dong Hires Modus for Burbo Bank Extension UXO Job
Darlington-based Modus Seabed Intervention has been contracted by DONG Energy to conduct pre-installation works on the planned offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension which is located west of the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm, approximately 7 km off the coast near Liverpool. The workscope h
Neptune Wins Shell Crux Contract Off Australia
Neptune has been awarded a geophysical and light geotechnical survey services contract by Shell Australia Pty Ltd (Shell). The work will start in November 2015 and includes a site survey of the Crux gas field and a 160km route survey between the Crux and Prelude gas fields, in water depths ranging f
Polarstern Gears for Cape Town Training Expedition
The research icebreaker Polarstern will this Thursday October 29, 2015 leave its homeport in Bremerhaven for Cape Town, South Africa, taking 32 students from 19 countries, who will be introduced to the latest methods and instruments used in oceanography. Nine instructors from the Alfred Wegener Inst
Prysmian Lands USD 140 Mln Interconnection Deal in China
Prysmian has been awarded a contract by Hainan Second Cross-Sea Interconnection Tie Project Management worth more than $140 million for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of a submarine power cable link for the second interconnection between Hainan island and China mainland. “We are
Divers Set to Recover FV Jubilee Crew
The Canterbury Police SAR recovery phase for the fishing vessel Jubilee continues with members of the NZ Police Dive Squad joining the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Operational Diving Team (ODT) on board the HMNZS MANAWANUI today. The three crew have been missing since the FV Jubilee was lost on Sunday m
DeepOcean Bags Race Bank Cable Work
A contract for the provision of cable installation and trenching work for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm has been awarded to DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2016/2017 with DeepOcean’s in-house fleet of dedicated cable installation
Small Gas Discovery for Lundin Off Malaysia
Lundin Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Malaysia has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia. The well targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands 75 km to the northwest of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia. Mengkuang-
Marine Harvest Norway Hires KB Dykk for Diving Gig
Norway’s KB Dykk, a subsidiary of NTS ASA, has secured a deal with Marine Harvest Norway for the lease of service vessels and provision of diving services in the North Region. With this agreement, which starts on March 1, 2016 and runs until January 1, 2020, KB Dykk has secured a long-term employmen
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 19 – October 25). Boskalis Subsea Services has opened an office in Aberdeen dedicated to focus on growing business in the UK sector in the offshore and renewable industry. The office is also b