Vroon has christened its subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Star, in a ceremony held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, The vessel was named by Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. The 68 meters long VOS Star is one of the two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded a contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner-array grid cable system for the Beatrice offshore wind farm (OWF) by SHL Offshore Contractors. SOC will be utilising vessels and resou
TGS has started the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey offshore North West Australia. The survey consists of approximately 8,000 km of long offset, broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data, TGS explained. It is designed to provide enhanced imaging through to the deep
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has redeployed its wave energy device, the PB3-A1 PowerBuoy, off the coast of New Jersey.
Tekmar Energy and Covestro have signed a cooperation agreement on subsea cable protection for the China offshore wind farm (OWF) market. Reportedly, this market is set to grow towards 10 gigawatts of capacity within the next three to five years. Cable protection systems cover solutions from bend sti
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad’s wholly-owned subsidiary SapuraKencana Australia has secured multiple contracts for light well intervention and decommissioning services. The scope of the first project included provision of light well intervention services to Woodside Petroleum. SapuraKencana perform
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has completed installation of four subsea drilled rock anchors at its berth at the European Marine Energy Centre. The anchors will be used to moor its PLAT-O tidal energy platform which will be deployed at EMEC. The anchoring remotely operated vehicle (AROV), which wa
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has installed four subsea rock anchors in the challenging tidal flows of the Falls of Warness ahead of the deployment of its PLAT-O 1 tidal energy platform at the site.
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) revealed a recent incident where a vessel lost position while diving activities were being conducted approximately 130 metres from a hydrocarbon facility offshore Western Australia. According to report, the loss of p
Using an offshore accommodation platform combined with fast in-field vessels will be key to maximising efficiencies for large offshore wind farms built far from shore, according to an O&M logistics study carried out by Shoreline for Fred. Olsen Ocean. An O&M simulation, conducted by using Shoreline’
Using an offshore accommodation platform combined with fast in-field vessels will be key to maximising efficiencies for large offshore wind farms built far from shore, according to an O&M logistics study carried out by Shoreline for Fred. Olsen Ocean. An O&M simulation, conducted by using Shoreline’
Work on the installation of the third deep water cable of the Western HVDC Link in the Irish Sea is due to start in early July 2016 and is due for completion in September 2016, AWJ Marine informs. This installation campaign will take place over a distance of about 120km, starting to the west of [&he
CMS-Geotech, a UK specialist in vibrocoring and CPT site investigation, has developed a new monitoring system, VAMP (Vibrocore Acquisition Monitoring Platform). According to the company, the system aims to maximise the reliability and robustness of the sampling procedure whilst improving core sample
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been subcontracted by offshore services specialist, JD-Contractor, to perform pre-cut trenching works on the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. Kriegers Flak OWF is located approximately 45km from the coast of Rodvig, where Energinet.dk plans
