Operations & Maintenance
BASF Eyes Nord Stream II
Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Alexey Miller, and Kurt Bock, Chairman of the BASF Board of Executive Directors have met to address further cooperation between the companies and BASF participation in the construction of the Nord Stream II gas pipeline. In addition, a meeting between Al
Saipem Dropped from South Stream Contract
Italy’s Saipem has lost a major contract related to the pipe laying activities under the Black Sea. According to reports, Russian gas giant Gazprom, has through its South Stream Transport BV, informed Saipem to terminate the contract for the construction of the first line of the offshore section of
Ophir Awards Competitive Fortuna FLNG FEED
Ophir Energy has awarded Upstream Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts for the Fortuna FLNG Project in Block R, Equatorial Guinea to two contractor consortia, (i) McDermott Marine Construction Ltd and GE Oil & Gas UK Ltd and (ii) Subsea 7 and Aker Solutions. The Upstream FEED will be a
Nexans’ XLPE Cables for JFK & Storstrømmen Project
Denmark’s electricity grid is to be reinforced with more than 290 km of Nexans’ XLPE cables as part of ENERGINET.DK’s JFK & Storstrømmen project. Nexans will supply two submarine cable systems and two underground cable systems in Denmark in a contract worth approximately €25 million. Nexans will pro
Hawaiki Cable, SIL to Build Hawaiki Submarine Cable
Hawaiki Cable and SIL Long Term Holdings Limited (SIL) have signed an equity partnership agreement to build the Hawaiki submarine cable system. Hawaiki’s submarine cable system, designed with capacity of over 25 Tbps, will link Australia and New Zealand to the United States and connect to a number o
East Anglian Company Building Dudgeon O&M Base
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has awarded the contract to build its onshore operations and maintenance (O&M) base to East Anglian construction company R G Carter. The company has been contracted to build the wind farm’s new O&M base at Berth 9 located next to the River Yare within the Great Yarmouth por
East Anglian Company Building Dudgeon O&M Base
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has awarded the contract to build its onshore operations and maintenance (O&M) base to East Anglian construction company R G Carter. The company has been contracted to build the wind farm’s new O&M base at Berth 9 located next to the River Yare within the Great Yarmouth por
Beaufort Building officially opens on July 11
Beaufort Building which will house a number of marine energy researchers and offices will be opened on July 11, 2015. The construction of the Building was enabled by €15.2 million investment provided by the Irish government and private investors. The Building covers some 4700 m2 across five floors,
QED Naval completes Subhub platform
QED Naval has completed the fabrication of the operational model of Subhub tidal foundations platform. Subhub tidal foundations platform is designed to commission, test, transport, install, and secure a mini array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed. The fabrication of the device has been compl
Island Enforcer to Work for BP
Los Angeles-based C-Innovation has secured a two-year master services deal, with call-off options, with BP for inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services for the M/V Island Enforcer. The 122-meter subsea installation and construction vessel was delivered in 2010 from the Bergen Group in Norwa
Floating Power Plant bags €1.14 mln from Horizon 2020
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer, has received €1.14 mln from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Under the POSEIDON, FPP aims to bring its concept to commercial maturity, according to Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Ent
CGG Vessel Availability Rate Down to 74 Pct
French seismic contractor CGG has seen its vessel availability rate plunge to 74%, compared to a 84% availability rate in the first quarter of 2015 and a 94% rate in the second quarter of 2014. According to CGG, this vessel availability rate this quarter is the result of a 10% high steaming rate to
Construction Starts at Sandbank OWF
Vattenfall and SWM have begun the pile driving on monopile “SB 62”, marking the start of construction of the Sandbank wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. After the DanTysk offshore wind farm, Sandbank is now the second infrastructure project that Vattenfall and SWM are realizing together. The sis
NEEMO Underwater Astronauts Training Due to Begin
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is to lead NASA’s 20th underwater astronaut training mission this month. Starting on 20 July, the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations sortie, or NEEMO, will see a team of four living and working in the Aquarius underwater research station off the coast of