The EEW in Rostock, Germany, is working on the 940 tonnes XL monopiles that will be deployed at DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2. The 66.5 meter long monopiles have a diameter of 7.5 meter and a total weight of 940 tonnes. According to schedule, the monopiles will be rammed into […]
Tangiers Petroleum Limited provides an update on the drilling of the TAO-1 exploration well, located offshore Morocco. No major operational issues have occurred to date and the well is expected to intersect the Assaka and Trident objectives within 60 days from spud, as previously announced. As the well has been designated as “tight”, no information […]
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Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract worth USD 2.7 million from OMV (Norge) AS and its partners in PL537 for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will commence in July using the vessel Atlantic Guardian. Atlantic Guardian is a purpose-built 3D EM vessel with the capacity to carry 200 receivers. […]
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Chatham Rock Phosphate Managing Director Chris Castle is delighted at the quality and number of submissions in support of its Marine Consent application to the Environmental Protection Authority to extract phosphate nodules from the seabed on the Chatham Rise at the rate of 30 sq km a year. While a final analysis of the submissions […]
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FTO Services announced that construction of its new deepwater well intervention services vessel has been completed. The naming ceremony for the new vessel, Island Performer, was held in Ulsteinvik, Norway on June 27. During the event, about 200 guests including executives from FTO Services, Edison Chouest Offshore and FMC Technologies sailed on a five hour […]
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1. Cable Barge Sinks Off Sardinia, Italy Prysmian inform that on July 3rd during transfer voyage from Arco Felice (Naples/Italy) to Bremenhaven (Germany) the barge AMT Explorer chartered for the transportation of power cables for Deutsche Bucht and Butendiek offshore wind farms in Germany, capsized when pulled by a tug boat. 2. Maersk Oil Learns […]
Snøhvit is the first offshore development in the Barents Sea and the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf with no surface installations. The seabed facilities are designed to be over-trawlable, so that neither they nor fishing equipment will suffer any damage from coming into contact. No fixed or floating units are positioned in […]
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JD Contractor A/S, one of the biggest underwater contractors in Denmark, has been awarded a contract for subsea cable installation. The contract, awarded through tender procedure, is for the installation of 10 kV submarine cables between Lolland-Asko and Lilleø-Femø. JD Contractor secured the contract from the cooperative-owned energy company SEAS-NVE Holding. The value of the […]
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Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has thus achieved a decisive milestone of the German grid connection projects. “We have now installed three high-tech platforms for TenneT in the North Sea. The HelWin2 project is now in the […]
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Hydrex team has replaced the three leaking bow thruster shaft seals of a 400-meter container ship in Gdansk, Poland. The operation was performed on-site and underwater using the company’s flexible mobdocks. The vessel was able to continue its commercial activities without any hindrance or delay. Together with all the necessary equipment, the diver/technicians mobilized from […]
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