The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for production start-up on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The operator Aker BP, a merger between Det norske and BP, has scheduled start-up for December. The Ivar Aasen field was developed with a production facility resting on the
DONG Energy has added a new category covering geotechnical investigation services in Northern European waters to the DONG Energy’s Tendering System (DETS). DETS has been established as a scheme in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs of sourcing various services related to offshore wind farm
East of England companies looking at investing and expanding into the German offshore wind market can meet experts from Germany Trade and Invest at a ”Doing Business in Germany” event which will be held at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft on 3 November. Germany Trade and Invest has partnered with OrbisEnerg
Thales, BAE Systems and their partner SAAB, ECA Group and ASV Global have welcomed the confirmation by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) will continue their collaboration for the combined United K
Oceanteam informed that it will not meet its interest payments on the senior unsecured bond due on Monday, October 24, 2016. As part of the financial restructuring that was announced October 20th 2016, Oceanteam has already entered into dialogues with its banks and largest bondholders. The company s
Atlantis Resources has informed that another tidal turbine has been installed as a part of its MeyGen Phase 1A project. The first turbine foundation on the project has been deployed on October 7, in the Pentland Firth, off Caithness. The total of four 1.5 MW turbines, three of which were built by An
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard is said to be on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Armada Madura, a joint venture between Shapoorji Pallonji and Bumi Armada Berhad. The spread-moored FPSO unit was named Karapan Armada St
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 17 – October 23). Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Technip Umbilicals, has repotedly entered into a period of collective consultation with its workforce over proposed redundancies for its Ne
Elisa Floats Self-Installing Offshore Wind Turbine Researchers gathered around the EU-funded Elisa Project have developed an offshore wind turbine system that can be completely pre-assembled and pre-commissioned in controlled harbour conditions. The Big League Offering Lowest Offshore Wind Prices (I
The video above shows summer 2016 subsea pipeline installation campaign on the Maria field, Wintershall’s flagship development in Norway. Maria field is located in the Haltenbanken area of the southern Norwegian Sea, some 200 kilometers from the mainland. The innovative field solution involves conne
Construction works to enhance port infrastructure at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth for several high profile offshore wind projects have begun, Peel Ports Group reports. A multi-million-pound co-investment has been agreed to support the construction of primary infrastructure and ground works for the Gall
IKM has completed and delivered Zeepipe IIA retrofit hot tap tee (RHTT) to Statoil. The final inspection with Statoil took place last Friday, and the delivery was signed and approved by the Norwegian oil and gas giant two weeks ahead of schedule. IKM Ocean Design announced the engineering, procureme
Albatern Wave Energy is planning to install a wave energy array that will produce power for a working fish farm in Mingary Bay, UK.
Sea Trucks Group said it has been awarded a contract in West Africa by an undisclosed oil company. The contract is for inspection, maintenance and repair, scheduled to start during Q4 2016. The caompany said it will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a sp
