HydroQuest has marked the first anniversary of its 1MW tidal turbine OceanQuest immersion off the coast of Bréhat Island. After 12 months of effective operations, the the turbine is still fully operational and has started its second year. The OceanQuest tidal turbine landed at EDF’s Paimpol-Bréhat s
Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras reached an oil export record during April, exporting 1 million barrels of oil per day.
Helicopter operator NHV Group has won a new long-term contract with Spirit Energy to provide passenger transfer services in support of their East Irish Sea operations.
IEV Group has been awarded an advanced inspection solutions contract in Malaysia. The contract was awarded by an unnamed oil and gas producer. The contract will see IEV provide ultrasonic scanner technology deployed by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to inspect a subsea pipeline located at the off
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its in
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foun
The walk-to-work vessel Wind Innovation is currently deployed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany, where a wind turbine upgrade campaign is underway. During the last week of April, the vessel mobilised for the project at DHSS support base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, according
2H Offshore has installed another lightweight, conductor supported, minimum facility wellhead platform offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The Acteon company delivered the concept, detailed design, transportation and installation of the platform in 35 metres water depth. The work is part of the D18 Phase 2
Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
NHV Group has started carrying out its helicopter services for the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The flights depart from NHV’s recently installed base in Arnemuiden, Midden-Zeeland, to the project site located 23 kilometres from Westkapelle. The company stated it had taken de
4Subsea has installed retrofit sensors on the Unitech Zefyros floating offshore wind turbine in Norway, with an aim to analyze cost reduction potential with a digital twin. The goal of the project is to prove significant cost reduction potential in offshore wind by using a digital twin of the substr
Equinor Wind US has awarded a contract for geophysical survey services to MMT US, a subsidiary of MMT Group. The contract covers high resolution geophysical, benthic surveys and shallow subsurface surveys for the planning and engineering of Equinor’s lease area offshore New England. The project will
Polarcus has received a contract for an XArray marine seismic acquisition project in Asia Pacific. The acquisition is expected to begin in June 2020. The work will have a duration of approximately one month, Polarcus said. The company did not reveal the name of the client, nor the value of the contr
Vermilion Ireland is planning an inspection repair and maintenance campaign of the Corrib pipeline and associated infrastructure. The work scopes include offshore pipeline and subsea structure inspection, engineering work on well P3. Weather permitting, the works should start on 6th May 2020 and wil
