Subsea
Maritime Developments Moves to New Office (UK)
Maritime Developments (MDL), a leading provider of back-deck equipment for the subsea sector of oil and gas industry, has tripled the size of its Aberdeen office. The company has moved from Spademill Lane in the west end to 1,500sq ft premises on Dee Street in the city centre. The new four-floor off
Heerema Completes Fabrication of Two Jackets for UK Project
Heerema Fabrication Group’s Vlissingen fabrication yard has completed the fabrication of two jackets for the Golden Eagle Development project of Nexen Petroleum UK. With the departure of Nexen’s 6,400 tons PUQ (Production Utilities Quarters) jacket from the Heerema Vlissingen fabrication facility at
Maritime Control Room Becomes Operational
Royal Dirkzwager and VisSim announced that the Maritime Control Room for Remote Offshore Asset Monitoring has become operational. This Maritime Control Room, located in Maassluis, is the first independent third party Monitoring center in Europe. The dedicated 24/7 team of Dirkzwager’s Offshore & Pil
Solstad Offshore Signs CNO Contract for Normand Jarl
Solstad Offshore has today signed a contract for full climate neutral operation of its offshore vessel Normand Jarl. The vessel is part of the emergency response service of the Norwegian Coastal Service Administration. The contract is part of the environmental programme of the company, and ensures t
NOC Hosts UK Integrated Marine Observing Network Workshop
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is hosting a UK Integrated Marine Observing Network (UK-IMON) workshop on from Tuesday to Thursday, 10-12 Sept, looking at new technologies for monitoring the marine environment. This Defra-funded workshop aims to prioritise those technologies that are likely t
DSV Mermaid Endurer Wins Contract from Bibby Offshore
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Subtech Ltd. has recently been awarded a subsea services contract with Bibby Offshore Limited for services in the North Sea. This contract will utilize the DP2 Dive Support Vessel ‘Mermaid Endurer’ for inspection, rep
Huisman Opens New Office in Bergen, Norway
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has recently opened up a new office in Bergen, Norway: Huisman Norge AS. The new representational office is a 100% subsidiary of Huisman and is set up to meet the increasing demand within the Norwegian offshore market. This
Allseas Wins Removal Contracts for Shell’s Brent Platform, UK
Shell U.K. Ltd has awarded the Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. the contract for the removal, transportation and load-in to shore of the topsides of three of its Brent platforms, with an option to do the same with the fourth platform. The contract also includes the removal of Brent Alpha’s steel jacke
Ophir Energy Adds New Member to Its BoD (UK)
Ophir Energy plc, an African focused, world-class upstream oil and gas exploration company, announces an addition to its Board. Vivien Gibney has been appointed as a non-executive director of Ophir Energy effective immediately. Vivien has 25 years’ experience as counsel in the upstream oil and gas i
Energinet.dk to Issue Tenders for Kriegers Flak Cables
Three suppliers have just been prequalified to bid for the supply of two transformer substations for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project. During the fall, a tender for DC cable will be invited. “We are required to be ready with power supply 1st July 2018, when the first offshore wind turbines ar
HR Wallingford, University of Exeter Enter Research Partnership
A three-year Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between HR Wallingford and the University of Exeter has been launched this month, funded through NERC’s Marine Renewable Energy Knowledge Exchange (MREKE) programme. The partnership builds on HR Wall
Reach Subsea Wins Contract with Calecore (Norway)
Reach Subsea ASA announced today the award of a contract from Calecore as suppliers under an existing agreement with a Norwegian Oil company. The contract is for the operation of the MPSV Bourbon Emerald on a day rate basis for around 34 days with operations starting in August 2013. The Reach work s
NCE Subsea Wins Gold Label of Cluster Management Excellence Award
The cluster organization NCE Subsea gained 100 per cent of the cluster management excellence score and was therefore awarded the ‘Cluster Organization Management Excellence Label (Quality Label) GOLD’. To achieve a 100 per cent score is very rare, only achieved by a small percentage of the around 20
Minister Hutt Visits Proposed Tidal Energy Site in Wales, UK
Finance Minister Jane Hutt AM has visited the proposed site for Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire, ahead of its deployment next year. Backed by EU funds of almost £8 million and pioneered by Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd, the DeltaStream device will use t