Subsea
Global Maritime in Mooring/Risk Management for OPERA Project
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost) project. Global Maritime is part of a 12-member consortium led by TECNALIA for the three-and-a-half-year program with t
GCube: Wind Industry Subsea Cable Claims at €60M in 2015
Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the most costly cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totalling more than €60 million in 2015. That is according to data assembled by GCube, the underwriter for
AWI Scientists to Deploy New Equipment in Arctic Study
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are setting out with the research vessel Polarstern towards Spitsbergen, to use newly developed equipment in the Arctic Ocean. Autonomous instruments on the seabed, in the water column and in the air w
Next Geosolutions Presents Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline Survey Findings
Next Geosolutions, an independent geoscience and engineering service provider, has shared lessons learned from the company’s involvement in the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline inspection activities. In 2014, Next Geosolutions completed the first of a two campaign project of nearshore survey and inspect
Fugro Wins More South Holland Offshore Wind Zone Work
Fugro has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation survey contract for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone. This follows previous contracts awarded earlier this year for geophysical survey and metocean monitoring at the same site. The work will be performed using geotechnical DP2 vessels
Technip Hires Boa Sub C for GoM Campaign
Technip USA has awarded a contract to Norwegian offshore contractor BOA for light construction, heavy lift and possible umbilical lay operations and installations in the Gulf of Mexico. According to BOA, the contract will last up to five months including mobilization and options. For this scope of w
Mermaid Recharters DSV for Indonesia Ops
Mermaid Maritime’s Indonesian business unit, Seascape, has entered into a one-year charter-in contract with Nusa Perkasa Permai for a DP2 dive support vessel, the DSV Mermaid Nusantara. Formerly known as ‘Windermere’, the vessel comes with a 15 man built-in saturation diving system and air diving sy
Saipem Upgrades to Sonardyne AMTs
International oil and gas contractor, Saipem, has extended the capability of its Sonardyne sixth generation (6G) acoustic positioning transponders, making them suitable for a range of subsea autonomous monitoring tasks. The work to convert the Compatt 6 instruments into autonomous monitoring transpo
Norway Approves Oseberg Vestflanken 2
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has sanctioned the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Oseberg Vestflanken 2. Reserves projected at 110 million barrels of oil equivalent the investments are estimated at NOK 8.2 billion (2015). The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development consists of an unmanne
MMT Bags COBRA Cable Route Survey
Marine survey specialist MMT has been awarded a cable route survey contract for the COBRA subsea cable, connecting Denmark with the Netherlands. The survey contract, awarded by Prysmian, includes inshore and offshore parts, consisting of geophysical, geotechnical and visual surveys including cable t
Tideway Scoops Hornsea One Cable-Laying Job
Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has been awarded a design and build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. For this project, Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 subsea cable-layin
Aibel Names OneSubsea’s President as Its New CEO
President and CEO of Aibel, Jan Skogseth, will retire following his 62nd birthday, the company informed. According to the company, Mads Andersen (51), current president at the Schlumberger-owned OneSubsea, will take over as the new president and CEO from January 01, 2017. Skogseth will hold an advis
Eidesvik Finds Work for Viking Poseidon in Wind Sector
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik has secured another contract from Siemens Wind Power for the offshore construction vessel Viking Poseidon to support its operations in the German offshore wind sector. The contract, scheduled to start in June this year, is the second contract the company has been awar
Aquatic – JFO Alliance Wraps Up Ocean Installer Project
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore Ltd (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. The project scope includes recovery and reinstallation of moorings lines on a G