Technip was awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd an EPIC subsea contract for the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development, located 280 kilometers East-Southeast of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of approximately 90 meters. Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd is developing the GSA, centred on the Stella and Harrie
Wind turbine installation projects will face greater competition from oil and gas projects for chartering specialist vessels. Offshore wind farm developers in Europe and their contractors for engineering procurement, construction and installation are likely to struggle to secure specialist tonnage i
Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has successfully installed the Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) to Orkney waters, having chosen Fendercare Marine, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, as one of its key partners for the project. The Penguin wave energy converter is now floating an
Vattenfall, Swedish power company, will see its DanTysk offshore wind farm connected to the Germany’s power grid with the delay of up to five months, reports Boomberg. Siemens spokesman Torsten Wolf stated the link is planned to be completed by the spring 2014 even though it was planned to be ready
Fairfield Energy confirms that an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) survey carried out following repairs to the company operated Osprey subsea manifold has identified the need for further repairs before operations at Osprey can resume. As it will take some time to source the equipment required to comp
Turbine Transfers Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holyhead Towing Company, has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract by RWE npower renewables to provide six crew transfer vessels for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. In addition, the company will provide two more vessels for the German Nor
SNC-Lavalin announces that it has been awarded a contract by Statoil ASA to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) for an approximately 20,000-tonne substructure, part of the Bressay offshore development located in the UK sector of the North Sea. “We’re very pleased to continue supporting
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides a resource update on the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barryroe on behalf of its p
MMT is surveying the area in which a prized 16th century warship was recently discovered. MMT’s M/V Askholmen & Triad are currently being used to support further research and investigation of this historical wreck which lies 70m below the surface of the Baltic Sea. In 1564, Swedish warship Mars met
Admiralty Shipyards recently started sea trials for the research and expedition vessel RV Akademik Treshnikov. The trials are scheduled to last for 11-day and will be conducted in the Gulf of Finland near the island of Hogland. The RV Academic Treshnikov is a scientific and expedition vessel built f
Scientists at HR Wallingford have received research funding for a pilot project aimed at investigating the measurement of cohesive sediment properties using high frequency underwater acoustics. The primary aim of this project is to derive semi-empirical algorithms that can be used to calibrate Doppl
WorleyParsons announces that Chevron North Sea Limited has selected WorleyParsons and its INTECSEA subsidiary to execute the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the facilities associated with the Rosebank field, which include a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) and subsea in
Technip has entered a long-term charter agreement for a new build offshore construction vessel with North Sea Shipping. The charter will be for a period of five or seven years commitment plus a five-year extension option, with a further option to purchase the vessel. The vessel is specially designed
IMDC has been appointed by Elia as Marine Consultant for the realization of the Belgian Offshore Grid (BOG). The BOG consists of 2 OHVS platforms, 1 submarine interconnection cable and 4 submarine cables to the onshore grid, of which the connection point is the Stevin location near Zeebgugge. One of
