Operations & Maintenance
InterMoor Marks 8 Years without Lost-Time Incident
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has surpassed eight years and more than 2,520 projects without a single lost-time incident (LTI). The safety record is held by InterMoor UK Operations – InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. Company oper
VIDEO: Aker’s Road to Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Delivery
The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream September 17 at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. Aker Solutions delivered the subsea compression system for this field development. “We’re immensely proud to be part of this achievement, which is a major milestone for our industry,” sa
VIDEO: Marina di Pisa wave energy project cable installation
40South Energy and Elements Works have completed the subsea cable installation for the Marina di Pisa wave energy project off Italy. When fully completed, Marina di Pisa project will comprise two 40South Energy’s 50 kW H24 devices that can work both as wave and tidal units, but for this specific pro
Bibby Reconstructs North Sea Diving Incident
On an evening in September 2012, a rare sequence of events left one of Bibby Offshore’s saturation divers stranded in complete darkness, 90 metres below the surface of the North Sea, without any gas to breathe. The diver was rescued and recovered fully, but Bibby Offshore wanted to share its experie
WIND Runs for Shipping Award 2015
Dutch subsea cable logistics specialist WIND has been nominated by The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KNVR) for the dutch Shipping Award 2015. WIND received the nomination for its pioneering role in the development of recovery of long distance, out-of-service subsea cable systems. The
NOV Bags Pipe Supply Deal for Eni’s OCTP Project
Flexibles, a Group of National Oilwell Varco (NOV), has been awarded a contract to supply flexible pipe structures for Eni’s Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project offshore Ghana. In total, Flexibles will supply in excess of 120km flexible pipe structures, including a variety of flexible risers a
Another Win for Viking Neptun
Eidesvik Offshore ASA, through the Ghanaian entity Eidesvik Ghana Limited operated by Ghanaian partners in cooperation with Eidesvik, and Technip, have entered into an agreement for the charter of the Offshore Construction Vessel MV Viking Neptun for work to be performed on the “TEN URF Development
InterMoor Wraps Up CALM Buoy Risers Gig in WA
InterMoor crew has completed a project involving disconnecting two risers from a CALM buoy. The job, which took place in 384 meters of water, involved an Anchor Handling Vessel to disconnect, plug and lay down the CALM buoy risers on the seabed. InterMoor was responsible for developing engineering p
CGG: Banda Arc Seismic Data Ready for Delivery
CGG announced that all four phases of its BandaSeis 2D BroadSeis multi-client program targeting the Banda Arc around East Indonesia and Timor Leste have now been fully processed and are ready for delivery. The regional program, totaling more than 14,000 km of broadband seismic data, was acquired in
Stonehenge to harness Maldivian waves
Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install a commercial Protean wave farm off Hanimaadhoo Island, the Maldives. Stonehenge Metals is acquiring 99% of Clean Energy Maldives Pvt (CEM), which has the approval and local support to establish a commercial wave energy converter power generation and s
Edda Fonn in North Sea Campaign
Norwegian contractor, Reach Subsea has, through its joint venture (JV) cooperation with Sweden’s MMT, signed contracts for approximately 60 days for Edda Fonn in the North Sea. At the end of June this year, the two companies established a joint venture agreement primarily for survey services. Includ
FMC Technologies Scoops Appomattox Contract
FMC Technologies, has received an award from Shell for its Appomattox deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico. FMC Technologies will provide Enhanced Vertical Deepwater Trees, subsea manifolds, topside controls, a control system, and a distribution system for the field, which lies in the Mississ
NOC to Lead Research on Deep-Sea Mineral Deposits
UK and Brazilian scientists will be working together to study the formation of critical ocean minerals essential for new technology, particularly environmental technology such as photovoltaic cells. MarineE-tech, a £4.2M research programme funded by NERC (UK) and FAPESP (Brazil), will assess deep oc
IMarEST publishes Metocean Procedures Guide
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) has published a seminal Metocean Procedures Guide for Offshore Renewables. The guide highlights the meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) information required to support all phases of an offshore renewable energy project, thro