Osbit Power, headquartered in Riding Mill, Northumberland, has successfully supplied a bespoke cable handling system to Technip Offshore Wind, in support of its cable installation operations at Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. The quadrant system allows safe and efficient deploymen
Live wave measurements captured off the north coast of Scotland are now accessible to public via the Pelamis Wave Power website. Pelamis Wave Power manages the development of commercial scale wave power projects around Scotland, in parallel with other Pelamis wave farms being developed directly by c
Sealion Shipping Ltd, on behalf of Toisa Ltd, is pleased to announce that an order has been placed with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) for a DP3 Multi‐Purpose Saturation Diving Support/Offshore Construction Vessel (DSV/OCV), for delivery in early 2017 and equipped with a 24 man twi
VSMC has been awarded a EUR 110 million contract by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft, for the export and inter-array cabling for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. VSMC will start in 2015 by performing two 1,100-metre horizontal directional drillings at
MAN Rollo signed a contract to supply three generator sets to the Fassmer shipyard in Berne, Germany. Fassmer is building the new Helgoland ferry for the operator AG Ems. The Helgoland Ferry is being built in accordance with the environmentally-friendly “Blue Angel” standard. The ferry will use LNG
Toisa Ltd has placed an order with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) for a DP3 Multi‐Purpose Saturation Diving Support/Offshore Construction Vessel (DSV/OCV), for delivery in early 2017 and equipped with a 24 man twin bell, saturation diving system. The vessel design is from Sawicon A
China has been the destination of quite a number of orders shipped from Danish EIVA the last couple of years. Due to expectations of further growth in demand from this market for EIVA solutions, the company has added a new member to the group of authorised re-sellers in China. Chinese Smartsea Techn
A man, working on Statoil’s Troll A platform fell to his death after being lifted off by a helicopter.
The Great Barrier Reef and its amazing inhabitants will be better protected for Queenslanders and tourists to enjoy thanks to the launch of a new $5 million vessel, the ‘Reef Ranger’. The 24-metre aluminium catamaran, jointly funded by the Queensland and Australian governments, was named and launche
Flux Group, a newly founded company owned by HitecVision, is acquiring IKM Valves. The acquisition is a testament to Flux Group’s ambition to invest in and further develop IKM Valves. The management and all employees in the newly acquired company will stay on. “This is a confirmation of the good wor
Zenitel, a supplier of the STENTOFON® and VINGTOR® brands of communication systems, has been awarded the contract to provide communications to seven drillships for shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul in Brazil. Estaleiro Atlântico Sul manufactures carrier vessels, offshore platforms, and offers repa
From 11 March 2014 to 16 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of ConocoPhillips. The audit focused on the company’s preparations and plans for permanent plugging and abandonment of the wells at Ekofisk 2/4. The objective of the audit was to follow up the well-s
Working with Jumbo Offshore since January 2014, IKM Subsea now expands the partnership with Jumbo Offshore. IKM Subsea is contracted to deliver another Merlin WR200 WROVs in addition to the system already onboard. The contract includes personnel, project specific tooling, and survey service onboard
Tullow Oil plc has announced that the Hanssen wildcat well, in production licence 537, offshore Norway, has encountered a 20-25 metre oil bearing sandstone with good reservoir properties in the main target (Stø Formation). The Hanssen well was drilled about 7 kilometres northwest of the Wisting Cent
