Operations & Maintenance
Huawei Wins Ceiba-2 Submarine Cable System Deal
Huawei Marine has secured a contract from the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to build the Ceiba-2 Submarine Cable System expected to be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 290 km system will feature a design capacity of 8 Tbps and link the capital of Malabo to Bata,
Searcher, BGP Start Bilby 2D Seismic Survey
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP has started the acquisition of the Bilby Non-Exclusive 2D seismic survey. The Bilby 2D seismic survey in the Bedout Sub-basin and Broome Platform, Western Australia comprises of approximately 12,300 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution broadband data over 2×
Sistac Gets Dive Support Vessel
Sistac Victoria, a purpose-built RINA-classed, DP-2 monohull dive support vessel has been delivered to Sistac Sistemas De Acesso, Brazil. The vessel, intended for service in Brazilian offshore waters, was designed by Incat Crowther in collaboration with the vessel’s builder, SeaSafe Barcos Manufactu
Boskalis and Fugro Go to Court
Fugro said it has received a writ of summons from Boskalis to force a shareholder vote at its annual shareholders meeting scheduled for April 30, 2015 on a recommendation in respect of one of Fugro’s three protective measures, i.e. the Foundation Continuity Fugro (“Stichting Continuïteit Fugro”). Fu
Seatricity’s Oceanus 2 undergoes winter refit
Oceanus 2 device is back at A&P Falmouth, Seatricity’s manufacturing partner, for a winter refit in preparation for redeployment to Wave Hub test site. Oceanus 2 wave energy device has been tested at Wave Hub, which enabled Seatricity to test the installation methodology along with the communication
Russian Firm Looks for UK Subsea Partner
Russian Oil & Gas Engineering and Consultancy company is looking for British offshore and subsea engineering businesses which are interested in long-term partnership. According to UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), Russia-based independent engineering and consultancy firm specialising in subsurface/FDP s
Tidal Transit’s Vessel Hired for Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Washing
Tidal Transit’s vessel Katie Louise and her crew will work on washing the towers of the 88 wind turbines which make up the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located between 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the Greater Wash. “This is an industry cleaning project of different scale,” sa
Scots Bay Project active, regardless of the stall
Halcyon Tidal Power has halted the submission of the formal application for the Scots Bay tidal project until the Provincial Legislation on renewable energy is passed. Halcyon proposes to construct a 1100 MW ‘Halcyon Solution’ tidal range lagoon facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Halcyon has
Resolve Marine to Remove Sunken Barge
Recovery and salvage operations continue in Fort Pierce today as a result of a barge that sank in the inlet Feb. 24. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District officials say operations will likely last through the rest of the week to remove the wreck and its debris field, which are limiting
NorYards to Build New BOA Vessel
BOA IMR AS, a BOA Offshore AS subsidiary, has entered with certain conditions, into a shipbuilding contract for a light construction / IMR vessel with NorYards Fosen AS, with delivery scheduled for spring 2017 from its yard in Fosen, Norway. The vessel with main dimensions of 108 x 24 meters is desi
Ocean Installer Gets More Work on Statoil’s Fields
Ocean Installer has signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the Visund field and for riser replacement at the Troll B field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract. “We are pleased to have secured more work for a key client like Statoil. The
MMT Conducts COBRAcable Route Surveys
MMT was contracted by OMM (Offshore Marine Management) to perform a geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable on behalf of end client TenneT. The COBRAcable route (appr. 325 km) is proposed to be laid across the Southern North Sea conn
Claxton Centralizers for Gina Krog
Claxton Engineering Services, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Statoil to supply conductor and internal centralizers to a minimum of 14 wells on the Gina Krog development, offshore Norway. The contract was finalised in December 2014, and first delivery is scheduled for March 2015.
VIDEO: Construction timelapse of BlueTec tidal platform
The device is currently being assembled at Niron Staal Amsterdam B.V., a specialized steel construction and machining company located in the port of Amsterdam. BlueTec tidal platform will be the first floating tidal platform to power Dutch households. The platform is a part of Texel project, a colla