Subsea
Nexans Orders New Cable Laying Vessel from Ulstein Verft
Nexans Subsea Operations has contracted Ulstein Verft to construct its new DP3 cable laying vessel ‘Nexans Aurora’. The vessel will be outfitted for power cable laying, including bundle laying, cable jointing and repair and cable system protection and trenching. The ST-297 CLV is designed by Skipste
Decommissioning Leadership Group Established to Shape Sector’s Future
Industry leaders have formed the Decommissioning Leadership Group (DLG) to shape the future of decommissioning, Decom North Sea informed. The DLG held its inaugural meeting in Aberdeen in June with the mission to set out a strategy for leading the development of an efficient and effective oil and ga
Nexans Adds New Chief Executive Officer
Nexans has appointed Christopher Guérin as chief executive officer, effective July 04, 2018. Christopher Guérin has been with Nexans since 1997 and most recently since 2014 served as senior executive vice president, Europe and Telecom/Datacom, Power Accessories Business Groups and member of the mana
Mojo Maritime, Ecole Centrale de Nantes Fix Floatgen Connection to Grid
Mojo Maritime, a part of James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), has, together with Ecole Centrale de Nantes, enabled Floatgen to supply energy to the French electrical grid from the SEM-REV marine energy test site, near Le Croisic in France. Ecole Centrale de Nantes and Mojo Maritime worked at the Flo
Nexans’ Umbilicals for Next Phase of Equinor’s Troll Development
Nexans has been hired by Equinor to supply umbilicals required to power and control the subsea systems of the Troll field Phase 3 development, in the Norwegian North Sea. For the Troll Phase 3 development Nexans Norway will design, manufacture and supply static umbilicals that include high voltage p
Minesto Moves to Commissioning Phase of the DG500
Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in commercial scale in North West Wales, with initial sea trials of the company’s DG500 tidal energy converter taking place in Holyhead harbour and the Holyhead Deep site. “The activities in Holyhead are progressing we
Oceanscan Adds Sonardyne Technology to Its Rental Pool
International equipment supplier Oceanscan has added underwater acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne International to its rental fleet. The Mini-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) vessel-based systems and Wideband Sub-Mini 6 (WSM 6) transponders have been acquired by Oceanscan, to suppor
Equinor Hires DeepOcean for Marine Operations on Troll Phase 3
DeepOcean has received a contract to perform marine operations on Equinor’s Troll Phase 3 project in the North Sea. Equinor submitted the plan for development of the Phase 3 of Troll field to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Tuesday. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineeri
Boskalis Strengthens Offshore Energy Division
Royal Boskalis Westminster has appointed Bart Heijermans to the board of management with ultimate responsibility for the Offshore Energy division. The appointment takes effect from September 01, 2018, the company informed. Heijermans has extensive experience in the offshore industry, recently servin
VRT Finland to Inspect Port of Dover Underwater Structures
Port of Dover has signed a four-year contract with VRT Finland to provide detailed underwater inspections of the port structures to ensure safe port operations. Effective immediately, the four-year contract covers the delivery of underwater inspections between 2018 and 2021 for the entire 3.45 squar
Equinor Submits Plan for Further Development of Troll Field
Equinor has submit the plan for development of the next phase of the gigantic Troll field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. “The third phase of the Troll development realizes 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent, it has a break-even of less than USD 1
Northrop Grumman, SeeByte Cooperate to Enhance SeeTrack System
Northrop Grumman and SeeByte are collaborating to incorporate AQS-24B mine hunting sensor data into the SeeTrack system to enhance its Autonomous Target Recognition (ATR) capability. The AQS-24B scans the ocean floor at a speed of 18 knots, utilizing a high-resolution, side scan sonar for real time
HR Wallingford Adds New Business Development Manager
HR Wallingford has appointed Michael Case as business development manager for the power sector. Michael, who has ten years’ experience in renewables project development, was previously at Tidal Lagoon Power where he was head of Turbine Development working on turbine R&D along with lagoon strategic p
MPS Installs WaveSub at FaBTest
UK wave technology development company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has installed its prototype WaveSub wave energy converter at marine test centre FaBTest, marking the start of a new phase of sea-based testing. The WaveSub will now run through the final stages of on-site commissioning before energy g