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Cinia Lays New Subsea Cable to Link Finland and Germany
Cinia Group began laying the new submarine Sea Lion data cable in Helsinki, Finland. The new fiber optic subsea cable will provide a direct, low latency and cyber secure Internet backbone connection between Finland and Germany. “The sea cable initiative builds the future of Finland based on our exis
VBMS Wraps Up Drilling for Dudgeon Export Cabling
VBMS has completed two 1,170 meter long horizontal directional drillings at the landfall for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The drillings were done in preparation for the installation of two 42 kilometer long export cables next year. To avoid worsening weather conditions later in season, the work w
DeepOcean to Install Cables for Walney Extension
DeepOcean 1 UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. Offshore work will be performed from DeepOcean’s new cable installation vessel Maersk Connector in 2017, the
VIDEO: Offshore Energy Highlights of Day 02
One of the fastest growing industry meetings, Offshore Energy, that took place at Amsterdam RAI has ended. The video shows an action-packed second day of the event. The second day featured different master classes, and technical sessions including Offshore Safety, Well Intervention Vessels, Subsea P
Energinet.dk to Start Anholt Cable Replacement
Energinet.dk plans to start the replacement of two sections of the cable that connects the Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid in the period between October 26 and November 23, depending on weather conditions. In February, the company discovered an error in the submarine cable that connects the An
TEXBASE Foundation Development Underway
Bremen based Maritime Offshore Group GmbH, the steel construction company Conferdo GmbH & Co. KG, the Technical University of Middle Hesse and the Franzius-Institute for Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering at the Hanover University began a development project for a new offshore foundation. The design
Offshore Energy Day 2 in Photos
Second day of the Offshore Energy 2015 has seen another action-packed program. During the day several technical sessions on different topics were held including Offshore Safety, Well Intervention Vessels, Subsea Processing and Decommissioning. Day two has also featured a special event dedicated to m
Subsea Processing: Single Phase vs Multiphase and Pipeline Surveys
One of many interesting technical sessions today at OEEC 2015 was Subsea Processing. The session discussed the latest developments in subsea processing solutions including water removal and re-injection or disposal, boosting, gas separation and gas compression. Experts on the topic presented the via
Subsea Well Intervention Capabilities Presented at OEEC 2015
It was a full room today for the well intervention vessels technical session. The session looked at well intervention vessels best practices as well as new vessel designs and their cost reducing potential. Peter Zoeteman, Managing Director of Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) moderated this sess
PDA, Ramora Cooperate on UXO Divers Training
Commercial divers will be trained to detect unexploded ordinance (UXO) in a new partnership between Ramora UK and the Professional Diving Academy, Dunoon. The partnership means the Professional Diving Academy will be fully accredited by Ramora UK to enhance its existing commercial diver training cou
VOS Sympathy Supports Oil Recovery Ops of MV Flinterstar
Vroon Offshore Services have contracted their VOS Sympathy, DP2 Subsea Support Vessel, to Dutch Salvors Multraship Salvage B.V. and Smit Salvage B.V. to support the oil recovery operations of MV Flinterstar, which partially sunk off the Belgian coast following a collision on October 06, 2015. A Dutc
DONG Energy Removes WWII UXO from Race Bank OWF Site
Over 40 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II have been safely detonated or removed from the Norfolk coast, having been discovered on the export cable route for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm. During a large scale offshore inspection campaign on the Race Bank site, 41 UXO
Offshore Energy Round 2
Offshore Energy is in full swing in Amsterdam where industry experts meet for the day two of the event which will see another action-packed program, starting off with a technical session on offshore safety. Speakers from WellSpec, NOGEPA, DNV-GL Oil & Gas Netherlands and Paragon Offshore will evalua
VIDEO: Offshore Energy Highlights of Day 01
The first day of one of the fastest growing industry meetings, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC), is behind us. The video shows event’s day one highlights which took place at Amsterdam RAI on October 13. This year’s OEEC was opened by Coert van Zijll Langhout, Director of Navingo B