Subsea
HR Wallingford, Ørsted Refine Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundations
HR Wallingford and Ørsted have worked together to test and refine the design of the suction bucket foundations for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The testing was conducted as a part of the research project investigating scour effects, and the most suitable scour p
Oceanteam Solutions Spins Its Turntable
Following three successful cable loadouts, Oceanteam Solutions, in cooperation with Blue Offshore, are set for another loadout starting this Friday. Oceanteam and Blue Offshore are lining up a professional cable handling crew to assist the client during the loadout. The entire spread, a barge equipp
Research Shows Lead Ocean Pollution Drops
New research shows the first observed reduction in lead concentrations in the surface waters of the seas around Europe since the phasing out of leaded petrol. Lead has no biological function, and is toxic to humans and marine organisms. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, is based
Nexus Starts Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cable Installation
Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has started the installation of cables at Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2, in the German North Sea. A total of 110 kilometers of cable will be laid in the wind farm to later connect the 56 wind turbines with the offshore substation. Furthermore, a
Synaptec Rolls Out Tech for Subsea Cable Faults Response
A tech start-up Synaptec has developed a new distributed instrumentation technology, which reportedly reduces operating costs for offshore renewables operators by automating the response to subsea power cable faults. The first product based on this new technology is named ‘Refase’ and was designed t
Pipetech Delivers Active Caisson Management Service
Pipetech, the independent process system integrity specialist, has launched a new ‘Active Caisson Management’ service following a number of recent projects with North Sea operators. Caissons are prone to damage from fatigue and erosion, which can lead to defects and wall failure resulting in a knock
Bibby Offshore Deploys JFD’s COBRA in North Sea
Bibby Offshore has become the first to deploy JFD’s Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) diving safety system in the North Sea. The company deployed COBRA during a recent contract with BP North Sea. Working at depths of up to 110 meters, the Bibby divers used the COBRA system to deliver ele
Tideway Lays First Export Cable Section at Hornsea Project One
Tideway has laid the first offshore export cable section at 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm owned by Ørsted. The wind farm will be located 120km off the Yorkshire Coast, and three high voltage subsea power cables will carry electricity from three offshore substations to shore. Tideway i
Jumbo Names Its New Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Stella Synergy
Jumbo has announced the name of its new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) ‘Stella Synergy’, to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020. The vessel got its name through an internal naming competition where Jumbo employees from around the world were allowed to submit up to three vessel name entries
Dvalin Subsea Template On Its Way
The subsea template for DEA Norge’s Dvalin gas field was loaded out from the Aker Solution yard in Egersund yesterday evening. The load out kicks off a series of Dvalin marine operations planned for the next couple of weeks. The 280-ton template was lifted onto the TechnipFMC offshore construction v
Airborne O&G Rolls Out 15ksi TCP Jumper for Subsea Well Intervention
Airborne Oil & Gas has developed 2-inch ID, 15ksi-rated TCP jumpers to meet the industry demand for flexible, high pressure TCP jumpers for subsea well intervention, This TCP jumper is used as the flexible connection between the main conduit (TCP Downline, drill pipe, or coiled tubing) and the wellh
Subsea Energy’s Equipment for Minesto’s Deep Green Project
Subsea Energy Solutions has been contracted by Swedish Minesto to supply subsea equipment package for the Deep Green (DG500) tidal demonstrator project located at the Holyhead Deep in North Wales. The DG500 project is the first installation of Minesto’s marine energy technology in utility scale, whi
HPR UK Welcomes New Recruitment Partner
HPR UK has added Sally Spaull to its resourcing team as recruitment partner. Spaull is particularly experienced in the resourcing of ROV personnel having specialised in this discipline for over 12 years. She will work between Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen which will allow the HPR team to have local ex
ODE Secures Thames Pipeline Operator Job
ODE, part of the DORIS Group, has been awarded a contract to act as pipeline operator on behalf of Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Thames Pipeline that will serve the Blythe Hub and Vulcan Satellites Hub Developments. IOG announced in April last year the acquisition of the 24-inch Thames Pipel