Operations & Maintenance
IKM Bags Zeepipe IIA Gooseneck Spool and Retrofit Hot Job
Statoil has awarded the EPC Contract for the Zeepipe IIA Gooseneck Spool and Retrofit Hot Tap Tee to IKM Ocean Design. The contract has a duration of approximately 18 months for the completion of detailed design/engineering, procurement and construction. The work starts immediately. The Gina Krog Fi
ANTS Offshore Kicks Off North Sea OWFs Service with ‘ABIS Dundee’
ANTS Offshore has started its new service for the supply of the North Sea offshore wind farms with the chartered DP II ship ABIS Dundee. It offers constant and unscheduled supply and waste disposal of the offshore stations, the wind parks of the different North Sea wind clusters and the offshore con
Swansea tidal every major part to be made in Wales
The proposed GBP 1 bln worth Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay project will have every major part manufactured in UK and assembled in Wales. Wales Online reports that the Tidal Lagoon Power’s CEO, Mark Shorrock, said to members of Cardiff University Network that the construction of the four proposed tidal la
Nord Stream Invests $40 Mln in Environmental Monitoring
Nord Stream AG has presented the results and learnings of the environmental monitoring of the Nord Stream Pipeline at the Baltic Sea Days in St. Petersburg. The findings show that the construction of the two 1,224 km offshore pipelines through the Baltic Sea had only minor and short-term impacts on
Alcatel-Lucent, Chuan Wei in Cambodia’s Fiber-Optic Boost
Alcatel-Lucent and the operator Chuan Wei are to deploy Cambodia’s first 100 gigabit-per-second fiber-optic data network as the country invests further in communications infrastructure to meet increasing demand for ultra-broadband access. Alcatel-Lucent’s provision of a 100G network to Chuan Wei wil
Gallery: Preview of BlueTec floating tidal platform
BlueTec tidal floating platform was showcased at Niron Staal, the Netherlands, on March 13, 2015. The 200 kW platform is a scaled-down demonstration version of BlueTec, which is designed to be installed anywhere in the world and provide power in remote areas and small islands. Allard van Hoeken, Hea
PHOTO: Damen Delivers Refitted Tridens to Rijksrederij
Last week the Dutch governmental shipping company Rijksrederij (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Rijkswaterstaat) took delivery of its scientific research vessel Tridens after an extensive refit at Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam in the Netherlands. Tridens underwent
Polarcus Wins 3D Seismic Off UK
Oslo-listed seismic player Polarcus has inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project on the UKCS utilizing Polarcus’ RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The company’s RightBAND geophysical proposition is aimed at maximizing signal-to-noise
Dalby to Build Offshore Renewable Energy Centre in Whitby
Dalby Offshore Services and Scarborough Borough Council formally agreed Heads of Terms for the long term lease on Endeavour Wharf, Whitby at the meeting of the Council’s Cabinet on the 17th March 2015. The lease proposals are for the creation of an offshore renewables business management and harbour
Siem Offshore Restructures Business
Siem Offshore Inc. has decided to streamline its business by forming one dedicated organisation for its core offshore vessel business named “Siem Offshore OSV”. The remaining business consisting of Siem Offshore Contractors, Joides Resolution, Siem Wis, the combat management business in Brazil and c
Aquamarine Power publishes Oyster 800 test results
Aquamarine Power has published the initial operational information gathered during the testing of their Oyster 800 wave machine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The data collected shows a high correlation between Aquamarine Power’s predictions of Oyster 800 performance and the
ABB Lands $900 Mln NordLink Deal
ABB has won orders worth around $900 million from a consortium comprising leading utilities Statnett and TenneT as well as promotional bank KfW to supply on-shore (HVDC) converter stations and the cable system in the German sector that will facilitate the first ever interconnection between the Norwe
Open Ship Day for Grand Canyon II
Myklebust Verft and Volstad Maritime will hold an open vessel day aboard Grand Canyon II on Saturday March 21. Back in March 2014, Kleven secured a deal with Ålesund-based ship owner Volstad Maritime for the delivery of two offshore construction vessels (OCVs), Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III.
PHOTO: OneSubsea Delivers Gullfaks Wet Gas Compressor to Statoil
The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this project. Subsea compression is a game changer f