Operations & Maintenance
Scotland: Wave energy to advance aquaculture
Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a subsidiary of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has announced a £720,000 partnership expected to demonstrate wave energy converters as a means of powering offshore aquaculture installations. According to WES, Albatern has teamed up with Marine Harvest, a seafood c
Irish marine energy firms get €3.5M from the government
Three Irish marine energy companies have received €3.5 million of government funding for the development and testing of new ocean energy technologies. The companies that received the funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) are Ocean Energy, SeaPower and GKinetic. The company
WATCH: Åsgard Subsea Compression Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream September 17 at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea. The video above shows the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Aker Solutions-built Åsgard subsea gas compression plant. Aker Solutions in December 2
Boskalis Sets Up Aberdeen Base
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. Boskalis Subsea Services provides turn-key air/sat diving, and ROV interventions with their two dedicated Diving Support Vessels “Protea and Const
DNV GL Gets Ichthys Verification and Classification Job
DNV GL has secured a contract to provide in-service verification and classification services to a range of facilities at the Ichthys LNG project in Australia. DNV GL has provided vendor inspection, verification and offshore classification support to the USD 34 billion venture since 2012. This latest
Wello starts Penguin II testing
Finnish wave energy developer Wello has begun the testing of its Penguin II wave energy converter off Canary Islands, Spain. According to Wello, the testing of the 1:5 scaled device is expected to last for three months, although the length of the trials might be modified following the obtained resul
Helix Expects Challenging Q4
Offshore services player, Helix Energy Solutions, has seen its net income slide to $9.9 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2015 compared to net income of $75.6 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the same period in 2014. Nevertheless, the Houston-based company bounced
VIDEO: BlueTEC from drawing to full-scale device in 6 months
The BlueTEC tidal energy platform has gone full circle, from drawing to full-scale deployed and grid-connected device, in just 6 months, according to Bluewater, one of the developers behind the Texel Tidal project. The platform was launched earlier this year off Texel island, the Netherlands, and is
Update: Subsea Cable Fault Shuts Horns Rev 2 OWF
A fault in subsea cable has shut down DONG Energy’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm, Energinet.dk informed. Transmission operator of Horns Rev 2, Energinet.dk, said that the error on the cable connecting the wind farm to land occured on October 19 at 01:56. As soon as the exact location of the fault
Ashtead Supports US Airship Subsea Wreckage Exploration
Ashtead Technology has been supporting attempts to explore the wreckage of the USS Macon, the United States Navy’s last flying aircraft that sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Designed for long-range scouting, the airship crashed off the coast of California in 1935 when it was returning to the
JASCO’s Underwater Noise Measurement for Block Island OWF
JASCO Applied Sciences, under subcontract to Tetra Tech, is providing underwater acoustic measurement and monitoring services to Deepwater Wind during the installation of the Block Island offshore wind farm. JASCO is conducting field data acquisition and subsequent analysis and interpretation for sh
Van Oord Wraps Up Foundation Installation at Gemini
Van Oord has completed the installation of the 150th foundation at the Gemini offshore wind farm. On July 01, 2015, Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus, together with Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Osprey, started installation and the last foundation was installed on October 17. The installation of th
TGS Completes 25 Pct of Gigante Seismic Program
TGS has acquired 46,500 kilometers (25%) of the 186,000 km 2D seismic project, Gigante in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey is being acquired with four Seabird vessels and the fifth vessel, M/V Aquila, will join the survey in early November. Gigante covers the entire deep water area of the offshore sec
Royal Navy Divers Destroy Historic Sea Mine in Scotland
Royal Navy divers have destroyed an historic sea mine found off the coast of Gourock on the Clyde in Scotland. The British-made S Mk6 sea mine, dating from around the time of the Second World War, was discovered by a civilian diver earlier in the week who reported it to the local authorities. Northe