WGP announced that it has completed the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic (“LoFS”) survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP. This is the fourth LoFS at Valhall to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System (PMSS™). As per previous surveys, the PMSSTM was mobilised ont
Incat Crowther announces that it has been awarded a contract to design a 25m Catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessel (WFSV). Construction of the vessel has commenced at MMS Ship Repair in Hull, in the UK. Designed to meet an industry demand for increased cargo capacity and flexibility, the vessel will fe
According to Gozonews.com, GO, a Maltese telecommunications company, stated that the main reason for the degradation of the internet service is the technical problem on one of their international submarine cables in Sicily. The company added that their teams are working on solving this problem and t
Stork Technical Services (Stork) announced it has secured a three year contract, with two one-year extension options, from CNR International (CNR) for the provision of integrated caisson integrity management services across the company’s UKCS assets. The contract is the first of its kind to be secur
Imtech Marine announces that Elkon (Istanbul), member of Imtech Marine , signed a contract for the design and supply of the complete electrical systems to power three Turkish Navy Auxiliary vessels. The vessels, consisting of one Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MoShip) and two Rescue and Towing Ships
Global Marine Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, announced today that the company has officially opened its new office in Middlesbrough UK. The office will serve as the company’s base of operation
DeepOcean announces the multi-million pound pre-cut trenching contract award with Statnett & Energinet.dk on the Skagerrak 4 HVDC Submarine Interconnector Project. DeepOcean will provide the engineering and project management for the pre-cut trenching workscope in Denmark, which is expected to comme
Specialist engineering company, STATS Group, has completed an 18 month design, manufacturing and installation project to enable the tie-in of a fifth pipeline on Statoil’s Troll A Platform. Statoil’s Troll A platform, located off the west coast of Norway, utilises a system of seal tubes to tie-in ri
Fugro OSAE GmbH (Bremen, Germany) has been awarded an allocation of the Baltic Sea and Bothnian Survey for the years 2012-13, consisting of a 7,100km² segment worth EUR 2.1 million. Data acquisition will be accomplished by Fugro vessels, two of which, M.V. Meridian and M.V. Victor Hensen, have alrea
Within the scope of a service contract with RWE Innogy GmbH, All for Offshore GmbH (A4O) will now be servicing and managing a met mast of the offshore wind-park „Nordsee Ost“ together with Deutsche Windtechnik over a period of four years. This met mast is the central system for the control and monit
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to remove the SPM-C loading buoy on the Statfjord field. The loading buoy on Statfjord C is located in the North Sea in block 33/9. Water depth at the site is 145.7 metres. The activity is scheduled to start in July 2012. Statfjord is an oil field located on
Incoming Chief Executive of RWE, Peter Terium, said that substantial delays in Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm connection to the grid jeopardize the project’s profitability. Mr. Terium told the weekly magazine Der Spiegel that RWE is inviting the German Government to discuss possible compensation add
Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS. Contract value is undisclosed. The frame agreement covers engineering, procurement, construction and installation for ExxonMobil’s operated assets on the Norwegian continental shelf. The fixed contr
Halfway June APE Holland started on the North Sea near the German island of Borkum with a special offshore project, vibrating 30 steel piles (monopiles) on which 30 windmills will be installed. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), an innovative and modular vibratory driver/extrac
