The first gravity-based foundation (GBF) has been installed onto the sea bed for EDF Blyth wind farm project off the Northumberland coast, UK. Earlier this month, the gravity base left BAM’s dry dock in Newcastle and was floated down the River Tyne to Port of Tyne to have additional ballast added to
American independent oil & gas company Hess has started first production of natural gas from its North Malay Basin asset offshore Malaysia. The production kicked off in mid-July following the hook-up of the topsides for the central processing platform. The field is expected to ramp up net production
Oceanteam Solutions has recently signed a contract with a European cable manufacturer regarding the supply of a transport vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. As announced in the letter of intent in May this year, the project is plan
Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The steel jacket will carry the riser platform, which is one of four platforms being built in the field’s first development phase. It was built at Kværner’s shi
DeepOcean has acquired French company Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa. Searov, established in 2008, owns and operates ten remote operated vehicles (ROVs) from its operating bases in Pointe Noire, Congo and Port Gentil, Gabon. “This acquisition will allow DeepOcean to
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 24 – 30, 2017.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 24 – July 30). TechnipFMC has informed that is financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 should no longer be relied upon because of material errors in such financial statemen
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) is looking for Lead Research Engineer for Blades to join its team in Blyth, UK.
Baker Hughes has recognized ‘pre-merger’ net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 of $179 million, or 42 cents per share, against $911 million or $2.08 per share in the corresponding period in 2016. Sequentially, net loss widened from $129 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. Adjusted net loss f
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has appointed Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers as an independent advisor for its novel wave energy converter (NWEC) stage 2 projects.
DesignPro has launched a tender seeking a certified river or estuary test site to deploy and test a 25kW hydrokinetic river turbine as part of its Horizon 2020 project.
TC’s Energy has executed a $2 billion prelisting financing term sheet with US-based equity firm Milost Global for the wave energy project in Ghana.
Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth $900 million for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimised Ramp Up” phase of the Zohr field development project situated in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast
British subsea services specialist Flexlife has signned a cooperation agreement with Brazilian artificial intelligence technology developer Rio Analytics. The deal was signed at the UK Consulate in Rio de Janeiro on Monday 24, 2017. As Brazil represents over 40 percent of the installed flexible rise
