At beginning of the week, RWE Innogy has started laying the first inter array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. By mid-2014, 64 kilometers of cable will have connected the 48 wind turbines with the offshore transformer substation. The Dutch company Visser & Smit M
Ranger Offshore, Inc., a portfolio company of SunTx Capital Partners, announces the addition of the DSV Lewek Toucan to its best in class fleet of vessels. The Lewek Toucan, built in 2006, is a 290’ DP‐2 multipurpose offshore support vessel with a 120 ton active heave compensated crane, moon pool, h
Singapore based, BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has appointed Andrew Bridson as Business Development Manager, to support its rapid growth in the region. With over 13 years’ experience of working in the oil and gas, energy and marine sectors, Andrew will lead the company i
McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott” or the “Company”) today reported a net loss of $149.4 million, or $0.63 per fully diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. These results compared to income of $52.7 million, or $0.22 per fully diluted share, in the corresponding period of 2012. W
Manuplas will exhibit at Offshore Energy 2013, following the launch of their expanded product range for the subsea oil and gas industry this Autumn. Manuplas will promote their range of UK manufactured products including Pipe Laying Floats, Modsyn Subsurface Floats, Umbilical Floats, Subsea Installa
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Coast Guard, and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (Walter), through the Unified Command, continue to oversee and coordinate response efforts to secure the South Timbalier 220 natural gas Well A-3. Safety of personnel and protection of the e
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has retained its contract with Dana Petroleum for integrated support services (ISC) in the North Sea, marking more than 14 years of continuous service as prime contractor on the Triton FPSO. The contract is for two years with the option of a one-year extension and estimated to
Southwest Electronic Energy (SWE), an industry leader in subsea batteries has announced that it successfully completed 10,000 psi pressure testing of its SWE SeaSafe Smart Battery Module. The exhaustive test conducted in the 30 inch hyperbaric chamber at a third party test laboratory included nine c
Yesterday Vatenfall reached another milestone – the Offshore Substation (OSS) at DanTysk is installed completely, now basking in the sun. After a construction period of around two years, the DanTysk OSS left the Hollandia Shipyard in Krimpen, The Netherlands, on the 23rd of July. The OSS was built i
World leading technology company Tracerco, part of the FTSE 100 Johnson Matthey Plc, has received a £1 million grant from the ‘Let’s Grow’ programme – part of the £30 million Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The grant will be used to build a brand new 61,000sq foot bespoke research and development facili
Eco-friendly electricity from wave energy: in a Bosch laboratory, a first demonstrator model shows how wave energy can be converted into electricity. A research network made up of four companies and two universities aims to establish sustainable power generation along the world’s coastlines. Until J
Recently the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) reached an impressive milestone: acquiring more than 1 million hours (2 million records) of wave data. That equates to approximately 114 years’ worth of data. These data were collected mostly in areas where intense mariti
Unique Maritime Group (UMG), which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has recently opened up a new office in the African subcontinent as part of its geographical expansion strategy. The office is situated in Nigeria and will be called Unique Well
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that Tullow Oil Guinea Ltd. has formally notified the Republic of Guinea, on behalf of the consortium that is exploring for oil offshore Guinea, of its intent to elect to extend the Second Exploration Period for an additional three years, as provided for under the
