A major new collaborative project has been launched between ORE Catapult, wind farm owner/operators, wind turbine manufacturers, and academics at world-leading research institutes. The Blade Leading Edge Erosion Programme (BLEEP) will coordinate industry wide initiatives to reduce the adverse impact
Wintershall has announced higher recoverable resource estimates for its operated Maria Field. Following intensive internal studies, Germany’s largest internationally active oil and gas producer now estimates that the planned technical recoverable resources will reach about 180 million barrels of oil
Mermaid Maritime has secured a 2-year contract for its dive support vessel, ‘Mermaid Commander’, to provide subsea construction support in the Gulf of Thailand for a repeat customer. The contract has an estimated value of USD 50 million. The 2-year contract for subsea construction will be performed
MODEC’s floating wind and current hybrid power generation system ‘SKWID’ has sunk on December 18, 2014, the company stated in their press release. Savonius Keel & Wind Turbine Darrieus (SKWID) sank during the installation process 1.2 km off the coast of Kabe Island, Karatsu-City, Saga Prefecture. No
Nexans has provided to BP the first delivery in what will be the world’s largest and most complex Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) system to date. Nexans is supplying a comprehensive subsea DEH system solution including complete system design and 130 km of cables with accessories for installation. Th
Cecon Shipping 3 AS, a subsidiary of Rever Offshore AS, has secured a USD 35 million senior bond financing deal with York for the purpose of starting the completion of Hull 719, the third in line of Cecon’s 130 meters long SURF subsea construction vessels. To enable an earlier start-up of the Hull 7
TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime’s, Houston-based marine salvage, emergency response and wreck removal company, has successfully refloated and scuttled the largest and most challenging section of the wrecked bulk carrier, Smart. The vessel was carrying a load of coal when it went aground in August 20
Shipbuilding company Lloyd Werft delivered the Ceona Amazon in Bremerhaven where the vessel was officially christened this month by her Godmother, Cynthia Huber. Following its christening, the Ceona Amazon will be equipped with a 570 tonne multi-lay pipe tower and two heavy duty 400 tonne offshore c
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, to use Oseberg Vestflanke beyond its originally planned life. Oseberg Vestflanke is part of the Oseberg field and has been developed using subsea facilities tied back to the Oseberg field centre. The plan for development and op
The Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building has issued investment approval for the units to be erected by Energinet.dk in order to connect the forthcoming offshore wind turbines at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea to the onshore electricity grid. The approval allows Energinet.dk to enter int
Technip’s vessel Top Estrela do Mar has arrived in Brazil and has started operations. Characterized by its high pipelay tension capacity of 550 tons, the vessel will be employed mainly to install umbilical and flexible flowlines and risers to connect subsea wells to floating production units. These
FMC Technologies has received an order from Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, operator of the Agbami field, to provide subsea equipment for operations in the Agbami field, offshore Nigeria. According to FMC, the value of the order is $268 million. The Agbami field is located 70 n
The UK-based oil services company Subsea 7 is reported to be letting go almost 150 employees in Norway. Namely, the company said last September that it was planning to cut costs by reducing its headcount, largely due to project delays, but didn’t specify which areas will be cut. According to the lat
In response to cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil & gas sector, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has today announced plans to reduce the rates paid to its UK-based limited company offshore and onshore contract workers. In addition, salaries will be frozen for the majority of UK-base
