The world’s first assembly plant for OpenHydro tidal turbines was inaugurated in Cherbourg in the presence of numerous representatives of the Normandy authorities and foreign delegations. Built in ten months, this plant will start the production of the first two turbines for Canada and Japan. The pl
On a tight 57-day turnaround from order to delivery, Innovo has supplied its modular pontoon – Innofloat – to create a dredging barge for Petromar’s (a Saipem company) operations offshore Angola. Each pontoon was supplied with its own CSC certificate and plate, enabling them to be shipped as a stand
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has been selected by Jan De Nul Group to manufacture and supply inter-array, export and land cables for Taiwan’s Formosa 1 development. Formosa 1 is Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm and is being developed by Formosa Wind Power, a partnership of Macquarie
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, held a Completion of Work Ceremony on June 7, celebrating the successful upgrade of Wilmington District’s dredger Merritt. The Merritt arrived at Memphis District’s Ensley Engineer Yard on Nov. 2, 2017 to begin an overhaul to extend its service lif
Seacor Marine has completed the installation of the first hybrid power solution on an offshore support vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.
ConocoPhillips Australia, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, has awarded three engineering contracts for the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase on the Barossa offshore project. Barossa is an offshore gas and light condensate project that proposes to provide a new source of gas to the e
Aker Solutions said it has accelerated its digitalization efforts by moving its internal SAP applications to SAP’s cloud, aiming to improve operations and drive efficiency. Cloud-based systems are typically cheaper to run than physical systems as they require less expenditure on computer hardware, m
Japanese oil and gas company Inpex has awarded a pre-FEED contract to the Chiyoda-Sinergy joint venture for the SURF (Subsea Umbilicals Risers and Flowlines) and GEP (Gas Export Pipeline) facilities of the Abadi LNG Project in Indonesia.
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has received letter of awards for an operation in South-East Asia using proprietary MASS nodes. According to Magseis, the project includes several major oil companies who have jointly designed the survey. Per-Christian Grytnes, CEO, said: “We are deli
Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an oil platform in the North Sea.
Hicor Technologies, a compression technology specialist, has appointed Rob Perry as its chief executive officer. “We are thrilled to have someone with Rob’s deep industry knowledge join the Hicor team,” said Hicor’s chairman, Kevin McGlensey. “Rob’s direct experience with both operators and service
Prysmian has been awarded a contract by Van Oord for the development of a submarine inter–array cables system for Borssele III & IV offshore wind farms. Prysmian will be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and testing of about 175 km of 66 kV three core cables with XLPE insulation of var
Balltec has recently secured and supplied a contract from Streamlined Naval Architects, based in Greece, for the design, manufacture, testing and supply of 4 subsea adjustable mooring connectors and hydraulic tensioners. The connectors and tensioners will moor Floatmast’s Floating Met Mast Tension L
Subsea technology company Seatools has completed the delivery of automated fall pipe ROV on behalf of its client Van Oord. The ROV will serve Van Oord’s new subsea rock installation vessel Bravenes. The 450-kW rock installation ROV underwent sea trials and is ready to be deployed for SRI campaigns.
