Operations & Maintenance
GeoSea, EWE In Charge of Gemini O&M
Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been hired to provide operation and maintenance services to the Gemini offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The 600MW Gemini offshore wind park, located 85 km north of the
Sea Measurements South of Pulau Bukom Kechil
GAC Singapore has informed that from August 24 to September 11 underwater sea measurement will be carried out south of Pulau Bukom Kechil. According to GAC, working hours will be between 0900 – 19:30 daily, excluding Sundays. The monitoring of the underwater sea measurement will be carried out from
Farstad Slumps to Loss
Norway’s Farstad Shipping has seen red in the second quarter of 2015 as impairments and currency losses drove the company into a loss. Namely, Farstad’s profit after taxes (PAT) was negative NOK 119.5 million, versus positive PAT of NOK 46.7 million a year earlier. Furthermore, first-half (1H 2015)
Energinet.dk to Replace Anholt Subsea Cable
Energinet.dk is planning a replacement of two sections of the submarine cable at the Anholt offshore wind farm during September and October. In February, there was an error in the submarine cable that connects the Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid on land. Since then, Energinet.dk in cooperation
Viking Neptun Boosts Eidesvik
Norwegian vessel owner, Eidesvik Offshore, has seen its second quarter 2015 profit after tax at 144.7 million Norwegian kroner ($17.5 million) versus a loss of 1.9 million kroner (approx. $230K) same time last year. Furthermore, the Oslo-listed company bounced back from a first-quarter loss of NOK 1
Siem Offshore Stays Down
Siem Offshore has plunged deeper into the red, following a net loss in the previous quarter, as the challenging OSV market takes its toll. The Oslo-listed company recorded net loss of $45 million compared to net profit of $12.1 million in the year-earlier period. The net loss attributable to shareho
EMGS Loss Widens
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has recorded revenues of USD 12.1 million in the second quarter 2015, down from 32.3 million in the previous quarter and from USD 42.5 million in the second quarter 2014. The results were negatively affected by extraordinary costs related to the company’s cost redu
ORPC Ireland to conduct tidal studies for County Donegal
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded funding to ORPC Ireland for conducting a feasibility assessment to identify tidal energy development opportunities in the coastal waters of County Donegal, Ireland. The project will review existing resource data, evaluate grid accessibil
Gallery: Atmocean retrieves wave energy system
Atmocean, a US wave energy developer, has retrieved its wave energy system that was deployed off Ilo, Peru. The system was deployed on July 5, 2015, and remained on sea trials for three weeks. Atmocean stated the system experienced wave heights of 4 m over diurnal cycles during the deployment. The d
OneSubsea’s Subsea Processing Systems for Stones
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, was awarded a contract in the second quarter of 2015 to supply subsea processing systems for the Shell Offshore Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. This award follows a Technology Qualification Program and will deliver the “industry’s first” 15,00
ACEP’s Energy Technology Facility prepares for Oceana
Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) has started preparations ahead of announced additional testing of Oceana in-river turbine. According to ACEP, works at the its Energy Technology Facility are ramping up for the testing of the Oceana Energy’s in-river turbine as the testing of the turbine at
Nordic Bahari to Shoot for Total and PSG (Indonesia)
PT Bahari Lines, in partnership with Nordic Geo Services of Singapore has won two 2D marine seismic data acquisition and processing service projects from oil major Total and a local government company Pusat Survei Geologi (PSG). According to the company, the seismic data acquisition will be performe
Carnegie identifies potential sites for CETO 6 project
Carnegie Wave Energy, an Australian wave energy developer, has completed the geophysical surveys and identified a number of feasible sites for the CETO 6 project. The geophysical survey activities used a number of different methods, including single and multi-beam echo sounding, side scan sonar and
ROV Used for Dam Surveys
The Venezuelan Government has chosen a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV fitted with a special survey system for inspection of its Guri Dam and associated turbines. Built in the 1960s and one of the largest reservoirs on earth, work is underway to extend the life of the dam by 30 years. In addition to its subs