The offshore and onshore sections of the 890 kilometer gas export pipeline for the Inpex-led Ichthys LNG project have been welded together in Darwin on Wednesday. Joining the two pipeline sections—882 kilometers offshore and eight kilometers onshore—means the pipeline is now ready to deliver gas fro
James Fisher Subsea (JF Subsea) said it has reduced inspection downtime to 2 percent for Shell UK, through the innovative use of asset-based remotely operated vehicles (ABROVs) on oil rig inspection programmes in the North Sea. Namely, JF Subsea provided Shell UK with a gravity-based ABROV system. A
For offshore wind farms to properly deliver power to households on land, not only do professionals using gigantic vessels and high-tech machinery need to install massive and complex infrastructure, but the selected sites also must be thoroughly surveyed before the construction can start. Once all se
Boskalis’ subsidiary VBMS in consortium with NKT Cables has been awarded the Borssele Alpha contract by TenneT for the installation of two export cables that will connect the Borssele offshore wind farms 1 and 2 to TenneT’s onshore grid in the Netherlands. The contract value of Boskalis’ share is ap
Building an ocean energy industry in Europe will require innovative financing tools to channel public and private investment in the most efficient way, according to a report launched today.
Sonardyne said it has supplied a specialist survey software to help complete a metrology campaign off the coast of Western Australia in just 26 hours. The project was led by EMAS Chiyoda Subsea (ECS), who was contracted by Apache Energy to install infrastructure at the Julimar natural gas field. The
DNV GL has awarded Vattenfall with a final statement of compliance for its DanTysk offshore accommodation platform recently installed in the North Sea. This is the first offshore platform in the North Sea to host up to 50 operation and maintenance staff members working at the 288MW DanTysk offshore
Chevron has launched production at its Alder field in the Central North Sea. Discovered in 1975, development of the gas condensate field was considered impossible, due to the challenges of high pressures and high temperatures (HPHT) in the field’s reservoir, lying 4,480 meters beneath the seabed. Th
Tidal Sails, a Norwegian tidal energy developer, has concluded the testing of its scaled prototype TackReach tidal energy device.
Maryland-based offshore wind developer US Wind, Inc. partnered with Tradepoint Atlantic (TPA), the firm overseeing the 3,100-acre redevelopment of the former Sparrows Point steel mill, to host offshore wind supply chain manufacturers at TPA’s Port of Baltimore facility on 2 November. Representatives
Cape Sharp Tidal has deployed the first 2MW OpenHydro tidal turbine at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.
UK wave energy developer Wave-tricity has hired Mainstay Marine Solutions to build its Ocean Wave Rower wave energy device.
Cape Sharp Tidal has deployed the first OpenHydro open-centre turbine at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, on Monday. Atlantic Towing’s Kingfisher towed the Scotia Tide deployment barge from West Bay to the site early Monday morning. Once in position the
Cape Sharp Tidal has started the deployment operations for the first 2MW tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.
