Operations & Maintenance
First Power at Eneco Luchterduinen
Last Friday saw a completion of the 240-hour test phase of the first of 43 wind turbines at offshore wind park Eneco Luchterduinen. This means that the wind park is now generating green energy for the Dutch grid. According to Van Oord, the installation of the wind turbines is progressing well with o
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 18 – May 24). A new subsea company was launched this month, comprising of a group of ex-FMC employees in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean, aiming to cut subsea tree installation
IRM Systems Launches Houston Base
Pipeline engineering specialist, IRM Systems, has opened a new operations base in Houston. The new Houston base supports the expansion of IRM Systems’ project management engineering services, further complementing those supplied by the company from its headquarters in The Netherlands. “I look forwar
Sabella to lay subsea cable for D10 turbine next week
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, is currently making preparations to install subsea power cable for its D10 tidal turbine off the Ushant island. According to Sabella, Bourbon’s tugboat Argonaut is expected to arrive to the port of Brest on Saturday 9 am. Following the charging of the cable
Energinet.dk Calls for Bids for Subsea Cable Route Survey
The Danish grid operator, Energinet.dk, has invited contractors to apply for a survey job related to Kriegers Flak’s subsea cable route. As part of the Kriegers Flak (KF) Combined Grid Solution (CGS) Energinet.dk and Germany’s 50Hertz Transmission are preparing the installation of two parallel HVDC
BGR to Charter Survey Vessel for Minerals Exploration Campaign
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany (BGR) has launched a tender invitation for the provision of a research vessel and support crew for its survey work in tropical Indian Ocean. Namely, the BGR plans to conduct offshore surveys and sampling south-east of Mauritius a
Havyard Posts Profit Increase
Havyard has increased its profits for the first quarter 2015 on lower income tax expenses. The Norwegian vessel designer and builder has scooped NOK 26.7 million ($3.5 million) in profit for the quarter, compared to NOK 20.8 million ($2.8 million) a year earlier. Profit before tax, however, was slig
Pale Blue Dot Wins UK Waters CO2 Storage Study
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has selected a consortium led by Aberdeen-based consultancy Pale Blue Dot Energy to deliver a project which will identify the next phase of sites deep under the seabed in UK waters to store CO2 emissions from coal and gas power stations and heavy industry plan
PETRONAS: First Oil Flows from Bukit Tua Field in Indonesia
PETRONAS achieved the first oil from the Bukit Tua field in Indonesia, on 17 May 2015. PETRONAS’ General Manager and Country Chairman of Indonesia Operations, Hazli Sham Kassim said, “We are proud that the Bukit Tua field has come on stream today and this is PETRONAS’ biggest upstream project in Ind
RV Polarstein Starts Arctic Expedition
The research icebreaker Polarstern has left its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) a team of 53 researchers from 11 countries will investigate the effects of climate
Seafloor-Mounted Sonars for Fish Survey in Gulf of Alaska
To help estimate fish populations, scientists experiment with seafloor-mounted sonar systems that monitor fish in the water column above. Shelikof Strait, in the Gulf of Alaska, is an important spawning area for walleye pollock, the target of the largest, and one of the most valuable, fisheries in t
MRC gets CAD 100 K for tidal supply chain workshops
Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) is setting up workshops on locations across Nova Scotia for companies interested in exploring opportunities in the tidal energy supply chain. Three levels of government have partnered to contribute more than CAD 100.000 to the initiative. To build on the momentum of ti
MH370 Search Area Expanded
The search for missing Malaysian Airline MH370 has now covered more than 75 percent of the seafloor in the initial search area. In its yesterday’s operational update, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) informed that the search plan has been modified to enable continuous search operations
VIDEO: Floating wind and wave power generating platform
Floating Power Plant (FPP), a Danish offshore energy developer, has designed a floating platform that extracts energy from wind and waves combined to produce electricity. Floating Power Plant has constructed a scaled P37 research and demonstration platform, that has been deployed at Vindeby offshore