Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) has completed sea trials of its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, conducted off the island of Guam in the western Pacific. This is the first submersible vehicle that SOI has designed and built. The 25-day testing, from aboard SOI’s oceanographic research vessel
Siem Offshore has managed to shrink its quarterly loss, despite weaker revenue, as fleet write-downs were much lower compared to same time last year, and a bargain purchase gain boosted the company’s bottom line in the second quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed company recognised net loss of $7.9 milli
Norway’s Statoil informed that Fram C East has started production to the Troll C platform. Fram C East is a long production well drilled from the existing Fram subsea template tied back to Troll C. Gas will be transported to Kollsnes via Troll A, whereas oil will be piped to Mongstad for further pro
Claxton, an Acteon company, has completed its involvement in the abandonment of two wells on the Horne and Wren platform in the Southern North Sea. Completed within 18 days in July 2016, Claxton was responsible for the 5.1/2” tubing cut verification, tubing recovery, sub-mudline abrasive conductor s
Eight offshore wind technicians from the Humber area are about to start work on the installation of wind turbine foundations at DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm. Race Bank is located off the North Norfolk coast and is being built out of DONG Energy’s construction base in the Grimsby
A paper proposing a novel computational tool for the reliability-based assessment of wave, tidal and offshore wind farms was published yesterday in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. The paper presents the new tool to identify typical decision problems and to shed light on the complexity
A paper proposing a novel computational tool for the reliability-based assessment of wave, tidal and offshore wind farms was published yesterday in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.
Sparrows Offshore Services and SapuraKencana Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum have formed a partnership. The partnership will see both entities collaborating in the provision of offshore and onshore crane services including manufacturing, supply, operations, maintenan
TSC Group Holdings, a product and service provider for onshore and offshore drilling industries, has entered into an agreement with Offshore CC FZE to establish a joint venture (JV). The JV company, OIM, has been incorporated in Singapore and will have operations in Singapore as well as in Norway an
SeaTerra has completed investigation of 278 objects and removal of 8 ordnance targets from the DolWin3 cable route. Commissioned by the transmission system operator TenneT, SeaTerra examined and cleared in recent weeks and months numerous metal objects from the future DolWin3 cable route between Emd
A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Newcastle University (NU) have developed a novel technique to measure sea surface height directly using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology in combination with a marine surface autonomous vehicle (SAV
German wind energy company Reetec has appointed Peter Vogt as the company’s new Operative Managing Director. Reetec is part of EDF EN Services, the EDF Energies Nouvelles Group’s subsidiary dedicated to Operations and Maintenance in Europe. Prior to transferring to the new position at Reetec, Vogt w
Fugro has been appointed by Nexans Norway for the provision of environmental advisory services as part of its global environmental advisor framework. The global framework agreement with Fugro started this month and will be in place for one year. Nexans Marine Installation Department installs high vo
Fugro has been appointed by Nexans Norway AS for the provision of environmental advisory services as part of its global Environmental Advisor Framework. The global framework agreement with Fugro commenced this month and will be in place for one year. Nexans Marine Installation Department installs hi
