Equinor and its partners have decided to invest some NOK 1.4 billion in Vigdis boosting station, expected to come online in the first quarter of 2021. The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 mil
Marine Renewables Canada has appointed three industry and policy leaders to its 2019 Board of Directors.
James Fisher Ocean Team (JFOT) has completed its first excavation for COOEC Subsea in the South China Sea. The project, undertaken in Zhujiangkou Basin, 170km southwest of Hong Kong, was for post-lay trenching of 7km of subsea cable as part of the oil field’s joint development. Fu Wenzhi, technical
Finnish company Wello has released a photo of the second version of its Penguin wave energy device that will soon be producing clean energy from the waves in Orkney, Scotland.
SIMEC Atlantis has signed a grant agreement with EASME for €1 million in grant funding to support its tidal turbine technology and its MeyGen project supply chain partner Asturfeito. On October 30th 2018, Atlantis announced its plans to enhance the existing 6MW MeyGen project. This grant should supp
Subsea technology company Seatools has introduced Carrera E 3D motion-controlled precision flow excavation spread. The 630+ kW, all-electric deep-water excavator features Seatools’ ROV DP technology and, according to the company, it sets the stage for unprecedented levels of accuracy, production, an
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has signed a grant agreement with the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for €1 million in funding to support its tidal turbine development program.
Fugro said it has attracted seven new clients for its IRM services in the UK North Sea. Recent work includes pipeline and structure inspections for Centrica Storage, Chrysaor, Dana, Petrofac, Premier, Repsol and Spirit Energy. Workscopes also include light repair and maintenance and decommissioning,
DeepOcean has completed installation of the first of two HVAC export cables for ScottishPower Renewable’s East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the North Sea. According to the company’s social media update, the 85km long cable was simultaneously laid and buried from DeepOcean’s Maersk Connector, uti
The OCEANIC project team has developed a biofouling database in an effort to help project developers make better informed decisions about their ocean energy schemes.
Marine energy company Bombora Wave Power Europe is looking to appoint a contractor for the fabrication of the main structure for its mWave wave energy demonstrator device.
Nexans has secured a contract from National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to supply submarine cable for the Mindanao Visayas Interconnection Project in Philippines. The contract value amounts to over EUR 100 million and includes manufacturing, delivery and installation of 350 kV HVDC su
Swire Seabed has recently completed the first autonomous inspection of an offshore pipeline systems for Equinor, utilizing Kongsberg Maritime’s Hugin Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The inspections were undertaken with the subsea vehicle in “autonomous” mode. A small surface vessel accompanied
DEME’s subsidiaries Dredging International, GeoSea and Tideway have secured contracts for the 487 MW SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. SeaMade stands for a combination of two offshore wind projects in Belgium, previously known as Mermaid (235 MW) and Seastar (252 MW). The project will include 5
