Siemens Energy Service has completed an upgrade on the offshore substation of the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The work, completed in July, included an upgrade on the existing gas-insulated switchgear to improve and safeguard the energy transmission. The pre-campaign started in March when
Brazilian state-owned oil firm Petrobras has approved the hibernation of the Merluza platform located in the shallow-water Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
TechnipFMC ROV Services has recently deployed two new Gemini ROV systems for Shell, operating on contracted deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gemini ROV is the latest innovation from TechnipFMC’s ROV Services group and leverages precision robotics to improve productivity and reduce rig days
A Taiwan-built crew transfer vessel (CTV) which will operate at the Yunlin offshore wind farm has been completed and launched, according to Deutsche Windtechnik. The CTV, named Prosperous 1 (風盛1號), was ordered by the developer wpd and the service provider Deutsche Windtechnik from Prosperous Wind Sh
A maintenance dredging project in the Coos Bay harbor from River Miles twelve to fifteen, aimed to remove approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of material from these areas, is currently underway. Dredging in this section of the Federal Navigation Channel was also conducted throughout the summer of 20
Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable in Norway. National Grid NSN Link and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector between Kvilldal in Norway and Blyth in the UK whic
The Connecticut Port Authority has applied for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for proposed work in the Thames River at State Pier, New London, Connecticut. The proposed project would serve as a long-term, regional offshore wind port facility while continuing to support other existing
Dutch-based N-Sea has completed an investment and upgrade program of its Renewables and Utilities Department (RUS). The main focus is cable management and asset integrity. To that end, the company has set up a management team to oversee this department. They have also completed an upgrade program of
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has teamed up with two Taiwanese companies to build an offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base in Changhua County, Taiwan. CIP has partnered with CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Reiju Construction to build the O&M base. The project is curren
Italian engineering firm Remazel Engineering has won a deal from Bluewater for work on the Jotun FPSO upgrade project.
TGS will return to Argentina, where it operates as NOPEC Geophysical, to complete the previously announced Malvinas 3D multi-client survey. The survey covers an area of 17,800 square kilometre. Acquisition is set to resume in Q4 2020 on the highly- funded survey and will continue to grow the 3D libr
UK-based tech firm SRO Solutions has replaced asset management software systems on six Stena Drilling offshore rigs.
ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore, a company of ST Engineering North America, has installed a 215 mt NOV passive heave compensator on Diamond Offshore’s Ocean BlackLion drillship.
A successful voltage test of the NordLink land cable recently took place in Germany. The “green cable” between Germany and Norway is now almost all set and ready to go. The approximately 54-kilometre long NordLink land cable successfully passed the test from the converter station in Wilster. The lan
