Recently, CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by CTruk. The design objectives of CWhisper were to dramatically improve the comfort of technicians transiting out to offshore wind farms. Motions are approximately a quarter of
Since May 12, the Lillgrund offshore wind farm has been standing still. The work to repair the export cable – which transmits the electricity from the wind farm to the substation on land – is underway. “Our focus is to replace the damaged section of the cable as soon as possible and get the producti
Since May 12, the Lillgrund offshore wind farm has been standing still. The work to repair the export cable – which transmits the electricity from the wind farm to the substation on land – is underway. “Our focus is to replace the damaged section of the cable as soon as possible and get the producti
Since May 12, the Lillgrund offshore wind farm has been standing still. The work to repair the export cable – which transmits the electricity from the wind farm to the substation on land – is underway. “Our focus is to replace the damaged section of the cable as soon as possible and get the producti
From 20 March – 11 April 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl (TKPJ) and the company’s design and construction of Knarr FPSO. The activity covered the areas of process, technical safety, barrier and maintenance management. Objective The objective
Petrobras has completed drilling and conducted a formation test in the well that discovered oil in the Rights Transfer area referred to as Florim, in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster. Well 1-BRSA-1116-RJS (1-RJS-704), informally known as Florim, is located at a water depth of 2,009 meters, 206 km o
UTEC Geomarine has announced the successful completion of its first ever geoROVTM CPT survey campaign in North America. The geotechnical survey in the Gulf of Mexico was in support of a major pipeline construction project and work comprised of situ testing, interpretation and production of the final
Central Industry Group (CIG) is a group of 10 companies, all providing industrial goods and services to the international shipbuilding market and to complex architectural projects. Tailored to the client’s requirements, CIG’s high-quality products are renowned for their added value. While operating
The Government of Fiji has recently granted a licence to an unknown Korean company for the exploration of seabed minerals, The Fiji Times reports. According to the Mineral Resources director Malakai Finau the minerals potential of Fiji is located in its Exclusive Economic Zone. He was quoted as sayi
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from Shell for the supply of subsea equipment to support the Stones field development. Stones is an ultra deepwater project located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 200 miles (322 kilometers) off the Louisian
The Carbon Trust, as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), has launched a new competition to fast track the development of new 66kV cables to be used by the offshore wind industry. The goal is to ensure that new 66kV cables are developed in time to be used on Round 3 projects in the […
BGP has signed a three year Cooperative Agreement with TGS to acquire, process and market multi-client 2D and 3D seismic data in East Africa. The agreement includes the 2D 13,135 km seismic survey in west Morondava, offshore Madagascar, which was acquired by BGP from January to May. BGP and TGS will
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) announced that it is to build and test a new generation systems integration platform aimed at enabling tidal energy to become a cost effective green source of energy. The technology development company will be using its unique PLAT-O platform, together with STG 50 tid
Wärtsilä is the market leader in topside direct electrical heating systems being involved in 85 per cent of all contracted systems to date. This latest valuable order for Wärtsilä DEH technology provides further evidence of the benefits of the proven technology for West African installations. On the
