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  • UK: BMT to Design Vessels for BLRT Grupp

    22 May 2012

    BLRT Marketex, a subsidiary of BLRT Grupp AS, and BMT Nigel Gee Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have signed an agreement whereby BMT will provide vessel designs to BLRT Marketex. The relationship has provided immediate success with an outline agreement announced for BLRT Marketex to construct four new 24m highly flexible and […]

  • Denmark: Poseidon P37 Back for Offshore Test Phase

    30 September 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    In the early morning of September 25th 2013, Poseidon P37 was put back in operation at the test site off Onsevig Harbor, at the north coast of Lolland. This is test phase nr. 4. Test Phase 1, conducted 2008/09, had the purpose of documenting platform stability including the impact of the moving wave absorption floaters […]

  • Senvion Hits 10 Gigawatt Installed Capacity Mark

    10 March 2014

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, installed more than 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2013 followed by a strong installation start in 2014 – thereby breaking the mark of 10 GW of capacity worldwide. This capacity is enough to supply 20 […]

  • Baker Consultants Appoints New Underwater Noise Expert

    23 June 2015

    Matt Simpson, a Member of the Institute of Acoustics with over fifteen years experience, has joined Baker Consultants as Senior Underwater Noise Consultant. Baker Consultants’ expanding Marine team carries out marine mammal monitoring and underwater noise mitigation work for a range of projects, including offshore wind farms such as Borkum Riffgrund 1 and Gode Wind […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2015

    3 September 2015

    First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos) The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation yesterday. ABB Installs World’s Most Powerful Substation ABB has installed DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea. Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off […]

  • DONG: Race Bank Array Cables Are UK All the Way

    9 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    DONG Energy has placed contracts with three different UK companies for the array cables at its 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm, marking the first time this Denmark-based energy company is using UK suppliers for the entire provision, installation and protection of array cables at one of its offshore wind farms. The array cables for Race Bank […]

  • RVO Picks Fugro for Hollandse Kust Zuid Soil Investigation

    9 March 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, has awarded Fugro Survey B.V. with a contract to carry out geophysical soil investigations for the proposed offshore wind farm sites at Hollandse Kust Zuid (South). Fugro Survey was one of nine applicants to the tender released back in December 2015. The company […]

  • DanTysk Accommodation Platform Taking Shape

    13 April 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The accommodation platform for maintenance crews that are working on the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm is currently being built in Emden, Germany, according to Vattenfall, the farm’s majority owner. Starting this summer, fifty berths distributed over five and a half decks will be in place 90 kilometres off the German North Sea coast to accommodate offshore […]

  • Ecosse Subsea Nets Kriegers Flak Contract

    27 June 2016

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been hired by JD-Contractor to perform pre-cut trenching works on the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Energinet.dk plans to install two 220kV submarine export cables and a 9km connecting cable between two offshore platforms. ESS commercial director, Keith McDermott, said: “To support the installation scope ESS […]

  • Sea Installer Gearing Up for Race Bank

    14 March 2017

    Ahead of the turbine installation at the Race Bank offshore wind farm, due to start at the end of April, A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has been fitted with four massive adapter rings for wind turbine tower sea fastening.

  • Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Readies for Giant Turbines

    29 May 2017
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has submitted a scoping report for the revised 784MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm to the Scottish Ministers.

  • Ørsted Seeks Cable Layers for Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    13 November 2017
    Project & Tenders, Storage

    Ørsted, former DONG Energy, has issued a tender for cable lay ship services at offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea.

  • MHI Vestas: Netherlands Pre-Assembly & Logistics Site Holds Big Advantages (Expertise Hub Video)

    1 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Ports & Logistics

    Setting up a pre-assembly and logistics facility at BOW Terminal Vlissingen allows us to be closer to Dutch offshore wind zones where we see a potential pipeline of projects, Bo J. Bjerregaard, Director of Pre-Assembly & Logistics at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, said.

  • USACE Okays Icebreaker Project

    26 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has approved project construction of the Icebreaker offshore wind farm in Lake Erie, Ohio. USACE, the body administering and enforcing provisions of the Rivers and Harbors Act and the Clean Water Act, reviewed Icebreaker for more than two years. The permit follows last year’s decision from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

  • Gwynt y Môr WFSV Comes to the Rescue

    8 July 2019

    Wind farm support vessel (WFSV) Windcat 3 has assisted in the rescue of a casualty vessel nearby the Gwynt y Môr wind farm offshore Rhyl, the UK. Windcat 3 responded to an all ships broadcast call in the morning of 7 July when the starter motor of a speedboat preparing to return from fishing seized. Four stranded […]

  • New milestone at giant North Sea oil field, as it reaches record-high production level

    24 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor’s capacity test at the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea off Norway confirms the field can produce at an increased plateau.

  • Brittany Ferries’ new LNG-fuelled E-Flexer enters BV classification

    6 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has taken delivery into class the brand-new cruise ferry Salamanca, built at China Merchants Jinling in Weihai, China.

  • New large-scale offshore wind-to-hydrogen project emerges in Denmark

    3 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Swiss energy company H2 Energy Europe has bought an 11-hectare site near Esbjerg in Denmark for a 1 GW offshore wind-to-hydrogen project that could be up running in 2024. The location where the electrolyser plant will be built enables H2 Energy Europe to access the electricity produced by offshore wind farms in the North Sea […]

  • Xodus adds to Asia-Pacific team as decommissioning activity increases

    11 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Engineering consultancy Xodus has appointed a new late-life and decommissioning lead in Asia-Pacific following a significant increase in activity in the region.

  • USA: Three Area Communities Call for Merrimack River Jetty Repairs

    20 October 2011

    Three area communities are stepping up their efforts to get the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out repairs to two jetties at the mouth of the Merrimack River they say are needed to halt erosion of Plum Island and Salisbury beaches. Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury have been advocating for repairs to the jetties for […]

  • Viewport3 Enjoys Growth in 2018

    31 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea 3d scanning specialists Viewport3 has reported a momentous 2018, despite being in only its second year of trading. The Aberdeenshire tech start-up said it has enjoyed turnover and growth far in excess of its projections. Over the past year the Ellon-based firm’s turnover increased 34 times, from £10,000 to over £340,000. This growth has […]

  • Statoil and Its Partners Confirm Discovery of Oil in North Sea Krafla Prospect

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Based on preliminary calculations the size of the discovery is between 12.5 and 56.5 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. ”Statoil has had great exploration success in mature areas during the last years,” says Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt, Statoil’s head of exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). ”The North Sea is a strategically important […]

  • Nexans Wins Contract Worth USD 7.1 Million to Supply Infield Umbilical for Ormen Lange (Norway)

    5 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 4.8 million euro contract by Norske Shell to supply the 6.5 km infield umbilical for the Ormen Lange North Field project. The Ormen Lange natural gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf started production in 2007. This Ormen Lange project will add […]

  • Dana Gas spuds Merak-1 well offshore Egypt. Targets ‘world-class’ gas resource

    22 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Dana Gas has started drilling a well in the North El Arish concession, in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, offshore Egypt.

  • BP preparing for well intervention work on Rhum field

    29 January 2018
    Exploration & Production

    UK oil giant BP has hired a rig for well intervention operations on the Rhum gas field in the UK Northern North Sea.