Flintstone Technology, part of MacGregor and the Cargotec group, is diversifying its mooring operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry. Namely, Flintstone said it has developed a set of mooring system solutions to match specific project requirements in oil and gas a
Independent wind asset operations management specialist OutSmart BV has selected Kongsberg Digital AS to provide an integrated management system on the Kognifai digital platform and ecosystem which will be used to manage OutSmart’s onshore and offshore wind turbine portfolio.
SafeWay has reached record transfer speeds during its latest charter at the Borkum West offshore wind farm, performing over ten average daily cargo transfers and topping at 13 transfers in 12 hours. The transfers were performed using the tip hoist of the gangway, which acted as a 3D lift, SafeWay sa
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has completed the acquisition of the Thames pipeline in the Southern North Sea from Perenco UK, Tullow Oil and Centrica (now Spirit Energy). IOG is now the approved operator of the Thames pipeline which it owns 100%. The pipeline will provide the proposed export route f
A letter of intent has been signed on the merger of two Norwegian contractors KB Dykk and AQS, with AQS as acquiring company and consideration shares issued by AQS Holding. The deal was struck between NTS and shareholders in KB Dykk, and Fanøyskjæret, as a shareholder in AQS Holding. It is expected
Lankhorst Euronete Portugal (LEP) has completed the engineering, design, fabrication and delivery of the deepwater mooring rope for the Shell Appomattox project. At over 63,000 meters, it is the longest ever rope meterage for a single deepwater mooring contract. The Shell Appomattox facility will be
The Johan Sverdrup field installation campaign in the North Sea has continued with ‘Vilje’ – the drilling platform jacket. The 21,300 tonnes steel structure was recently installed next to ‘Ægir’, the riser platform jacket set up last summer. The now second visible structure out on the Johan Sverdrup
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has presented Deepwater Wind with the 2018 Safety-in-Seas (SIS) award for its safety practices during and after the construction of the 30MW Block Island, the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
Peel Ports Group and ASV Global (ASV) have launched a partnership which should develop the use of autonomous vessel technology for UK port operations. The partnership kick started with a visit from ASV’s team to the Port of Liverpool, to demonstrate the C-Cat-3 autonomous vessel. The C-Cat 3 operate
Advent Energy has launched a 2D seismic exploration survey over the Baleen prospect in PEP11 offshore New South Wales. MEC Resources’ investee Advent Energy holds an 85% interest in PEP11 through its wholly-owned subsidiary Asset Energy. A 2D seismic survey of approximately 200-line kilometer is now
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ (LDA) new service operations vessel (SOV) will service Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm once delivered in 2021.
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ (LDA) new service operations vessel (SOV) will service Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm once delivered in 2021.
Fugro Scout geotechnical drill vessel has completed offshore site investigations for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm as a part of preparation for the installation of monopile foundations in 2019. The vessel, operated out of ABP’s Port of Immingham on the Humber, carried out a three week programm
Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, has received a contract for an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) project in the Middle East. The survey to acquire high quality 3D seismic data is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2018. According to Fugro, the contract has a value of arou
