Wood Group has entered into a $250 million agreement with Antin Infrastructure Partners (Antin IP) to provide operating services for the Central Area Transmission System (also known as CATS) in the North Sea for up to 10 years, subject to certain regulatory and other consents. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN)
Hydrex performed propeller croppings on two vessels berthed in Algeciras, close to the Spanish Hydrex office. The first operation was carried out on a 174-meter LPG tanker, the second one on a 230-meter bulk carrier. Both ships had suffered torn off pieces, severe cracks and bents on all four propel
Dong Energy has awarded a contract to supply subsea power cables for the Race Bank offshore wind farm to UK-based company JDR. For this contract, JDR will design and manufacture 110 kilometres of 36 kV inter-array cables and provide offshore testing and termination services. The scope of work also i
Forsys Subsea, a 50/50 joint venture between FMC Technologies and Technip, was officially launched earlier this month. Forsys Subsea was announced in March this year as a joint venture that will unite the skills and capabilities of two subsea giants. We were interested to learn more about one of the
The Shanghai Ocean University has established a research center at the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park to assemble the “Rainbow Fish” submersible that can go down deeper than the nation’s first deep-sea submersible “Jiaolong,” which touched 7,000 meters. China’s new deep-sea research program aims to build
Atlantis Resources, the developer behind MeyGen tidal energy project, has provided an update on the development of the project stating that it’s on track to deliver first power in 2016. According to Atlantis, construction works continue at the onshore site, with three of the four directionally drill
London-based IRM contractor, Harkand, has embarked on a contract awarded by Premier Oil Plc to support the operator activities on the Solan field development, West of Shetland. The multi-purpose service vessel the Siem Spearfish, which is on long-term charter to Harkand, arrived in Newcastle earlier
Van Oord has signed a contract with DONG Energy for the installation of foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in the UK. Van Oord will install the project’s 32 monopiles and transition piece foundations, supply and install the scour protection and provide the logistics between t
International oilfield services company, Expro, has been awarded new contracts from Tullow Oil. Worth in excess of $100 million over three years, the contracts will see Expro work across Tullow Oil’s assets in Ghana, including the Jubilee Field and the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) field project. Fo
NKT Cables has now confirmed the order for delivery of export cable systems to the Race Bank Offshore Wind farm by DONG Energy, which was previously announced on December 16, 2014. According to the company, DONG Energy has made the final investment decision for the Race Bank OWF. NKT cables will now
Wello, a Finnish wave energy player, has developed the Penguin wave energy device that produces power by riding the waves. Wello has based their wave energy technology by re-purposing existing technologies from wind energy sector. Wello’s Penguin converts waves to electricity directly with continuou
Anadarko informed that Heidelberg truss spar has started its journey from Ingleside, Texas, to Green Canyon block 860 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In February this year, Technip’s construction yard in Pori, Finland built and delivered a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for Heidelberg field development
Carnegie Wave Energy has announced that its wave energy project off Perth has reached 10.000 hours of continuous operation. According to Carnegie, CETO 5 units have experienced a wide range of sea states, including waves of up to 5.7 m high. Perth Wave Energy project has been connected to the Austra
Hydrex recently developed an underwater solution that would allow the OEM specialists to perform bow thruster repairs on a a 162-meter pipe laying vessel suffering from an oil leak. Hydrex proposed the installation of two open top cofferdams to close off the thruster tunnel. The OEM specialists coul
