Post lay survey works for the installed cable sections on the Western HVDC Link route are due to be start in early March 2017, AWJ Marine informs. Survey work in Liverpool Bay, the Irish Sea, the North Channel and the mouth of the Firth of Clyde is due to be conducted by the vessel Normand […
Danish engineering consultancy Geo and NCT Offshore have launched the drillship Freja as part of a new strategic collaboration. Freja is an S-Class ROV support DP2 vessel, and according to Geo is the only drillship of its calibre and type in the Nordic countries after the rebuild. The drilling setup
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has awarded Bauer Renewables Ltd. (BRL) a subcontract to design, build, test and operate – the Bauer Dive Drill C40 – to execute relief drilling services for the foundation piles at the Beatrice offshore wind farm. SHL will install 84 jackets for the foundation of the Beat
Spectrum has announced the completion of the 17,700 km Santos Campos Phase 2 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil. The new acquisition program is an outboard extension of Spectrum’s 2012 Santos Campos Phase 1 survey, and ties other programs in the Santos, Campos and Espirito Santo Basins producing a co
Polarcus has finalized a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia, and secured a 30-day extension to the West African campaign. The Australia program should deliver broadband data-set utilizing one of the Polarcus X-bow vessels. The project is due to start in Q3 2017 and will run for
Wintershall Norway has awarded AGR a contract for a feasibility study in the Barents Sea. The contract will see AGR monitor and identify the optimum design, drilling and testing techniques required to carry out efficient exploration activity. The study will also include the evaluation of emergency p
French engineering company Bardot Group has shown interest to develop ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) projects in Indonesia.
Nautricity plans to begin with the installation of its CoRMaT tidal turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in two days time.
Seismic contractor Polarcus will be staying on the 3D marine seismic project in South America for additional month after its client exercised the option to further expand the survey area. The company received the project award in December 2015, and completed the first phase in August 2016. The secon
Italian subsea cable specialist Prysmian said it has completed the laying phase for the Wikinger offshore wind farm ahead of schedule. Termination and testing works are currently in progress. “This milestone, which is quite uncommon in the offshore wind market, highlights the Group’s capabilities in
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has launched a tender for a micro-grid solution to facilitate the testing of marine energy converters.
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW) has been awarded a contract by Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) for planning, producing and delivering of the inner-array cable for the Trianel Windpark Borkum (Phase II). The contract between NSW and SOC was signed in Leer, Germany in January this year. The order inc
The University of Exeter has carried out performance and durability tests of a set of elastometric mooring tethers as part of the H2020-funded OPERA wave energy project.
Wood Group has started the detailed engineering for the Noble Energy’s Leviathan field project platform – including the topsides and the jacket. The work follows the completion of the seven-month front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Leviathan field located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Th
