Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has won a contract with South Korean LS Cable & System, for the installation of subsea electricity supply cables between Bahrain and Hawar Island. The project will see the installation of three 25-kilometre cables to provide electricity from the main isla
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has provided final approvals to BP for drilling of the Ironbark-1 well.
Shearwater GeoServices has won a large towed streamer 3D seismic survey for Block 52, offshore Suriname for Petronas. The four-month project should commence in Q4, 2020. “This new survey in Suriname comes at an exciting time for this area,” said Irene Waage Basili, the chief executive officer of She
Magseis Fairfield has won a deepwater 4D baseline ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the US Gulf of Mexico for a repeat customer. According to the Oslo-listed company, the survey should start in December 2020. Furthermore, the project has a duration of approximately 80 days, adding to the company’s 2
Ohio Power Siting Board has unanimously approved an amendment which would eliminate the nighttime shutdown condition for the Icebreaker offshore wind project. The revised ruling has yet to be drafted and voted on. While the final decision is not yet in place, the amendment, offered by Mary Mertz, di
Ocean energy solutions company Bombora has recently selected Kingswood Engineering for the fabrication of the intervention tool structure for the mWave wave energy converter demonstrator. The intervention tool structure is the floating structure which facilitates the subsea installation and removal
SEV, the main energy supplier in the Faroe Islands, has revealed plans to build an offshore wind farm near this European island nation’s capital Tórshavn. The wind farm will have a capacity of between 96 MW and 120 MW. The project will be a joint venture between Faroese energy providers and various
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is seeking tenders for IT support for the entire organisation. A single-supplier framework agreement is for a period of 3 years and with the option of two one-year extensions. EMEC will keep the tender open until 16 October 2020. The IT support contract, valu
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted is seeking recruitment services for temporary staff at its offshore wind farms in Germany. The primary purpose of the framework consultancy agreements is to meet the demands for temporary staff at Ørsted’s current and future offshore wind farm projects located
Seaway 7 has selected COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries to manufacture and deliver jackets and suction caissons for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project. COOEC-Fluor’s scope of work for Seagreen 1 includes the fabrication and load-out of the suction caisson jackets. The manufacturing work will be carried
Around three-quarters of wind turbines have been installed at the 731.5 MW Borssele III and IV wind farm off the Netherlands, MHI Vestas said. The first of the wind farm’s 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines was installed at the site some 55 kilometres off Vlissingen at the end of May. Van Oord’s installa
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has changed the name of one of its largest offshore oil fields – Lula – back to its original name – Tupi.
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has selected Norwegian firm Grovfjord Mek. Verksted (GMV) to build its ultra-low emission Armada fleet of robotic ships. GMV will build Ocean Infinity’s initial fleet of up to 13 vessels capable of wholly robotic operations. Each robot ship can carry ROVs and A
Spanish energy company Iberdrola has reached an agreement with Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) to acquire 100 per cent of the Japanese offshore wind developer Acacia Renewables. Acacia Renewables currently has two offshore wind farms under development, with a combined capacity of up to 1.2
