The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay has been brought ashore for maintenance. Last week Ocean Crest Marine with diver Mark Kerrigan prepared the Observatory for recovery. The underwater observatory, located 1.5 km off the coast of Spiddal, has been continuously monitoring the underwater environmen
Deep Down has received an order from Shell for work related to its Vito development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Clinton Marine Survey has been recently awarded a framework agreement by Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), for the service of multibeam echo sounder (MBES) hydrographic surveys on Swedish shipping routes in the Baltic Sea. The framework contract covering 2017-2019 has a possible extension one y
McDermott has been awarded a transportation and installation subcontract by PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) for the Idemitsu Kosan Co. (IKC) Sao Vang and Dai Nguyet gas and condensate field developments in the Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam. The scope-of-work is expected to c
The jacket for TenneT’s BorWin3 HVDC platform has reached its final destination and been installed in the North Sea, nearly 130 kilometres off the German coast, Petrofac informed. Having been lifted and positioned in a water depth of approximately 40 meters, the jacket will now await the arrival of
Petrofac’s engineering & production services (EPS) East division has secured a project support and engineering services contract with Husky Oil China. The three-year contract is in support of Husky’s Liuhua 29-1 gas field development project located offshore at the Pearl River Mouth Basin, South Chi
DeltaTek Global, the well construction specialist, has started trials of its SeaCure subsea cementing system. The company completed two onshore field trials of the SeaCure, resulting in subsequent offshore trials with two North Sea operators this summer, as part of a project backed by the Oil & Gas
ConocoPhillips has become the latest addition to a Joint Industry Project (JIP) set to revolutionize pumps for seabed and unmanned platforms. The operator joins Equinor, Aker BP, Lundin, and National Oilwell Varco in the JIP, which is also supported with NOK 14 million by the Research Council of Nor
Oil major ConocoPhillips is the latest addition to a joint industry Project (JIP), which aims to “revolutionize pumps for seabed and unmanned platforms.”
Minesto has completed the second offshore installation phase of its DG500 project in Wales. Having installed the tether, micro grid system buoy and umbilical, all supporting components and systems needed to deliver the power produced by Minesto’s Deep Green technology in utility scale are now in pla
OceanGate has formed an exclusive partnership with Virtual Wonders, a specialist in 3D data and virtual reality media production. To digitally preserve the historic wreck site, Virtual Wonders will use data captured during the 2019 Titanic Survey Expedition to create an ultra-high-resolution 3D mode
Offshore contractor Jan De Nul has installed the last foundation of Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2 in German territorial waters. The jack-up vessel Vole au vent was used to execute the project. In 2016, Jan De Nul secured a contract with Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) for the transpor
The final turbine for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has been installed off Aberdeen Bay in the North Sea. Adam Ezzamel, EOWDC project director at Vattenfall, said: “This is a magnificent offshore engineering feat for a project that involves industry-first technology and innova
Shell has evacuated offshore workers from two of its platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of the tropical storm Alberto.
