Today, there is additional information in the market regarding an offshore project in Denmark (ref. company announcement No. 36/2015 of 29 June 2015). Vestas can confirm that Vattenfall and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have entered into a conditional agreement regarding delivery of the V164-8.0 MW turbine for the 400 MW Horns Rev 3 project in… Continue Reading »
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday said he opposes a proposed natural gas pipeline between Pennsylvania and New York and called on New York officials to reject the project. “The possibility of methane leaks from the proposed Constitution Pipeline would be catastrophic to our air and our climate – and if this pipeline… Continue Reading »
Partrac has been selected by Statoil to provide real-time wave and current measurement services for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the deployment and maintenance of the equipment and the delivery of real-time waves and current data over the duration of the construction phase of the development. The company chose a… Continue Reading »
Seismic player Polarcus has received a letter of intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic deal in Indonesia. The survey will be acquired by utilizing Polarcus’ XArray technique, the company said in Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Tuesday. Cameron Astill, senior vice president Asia Pacific, said: “It is a significant milestone to… Continue Reading »
A consortium comprising GNPC, Explorco, Vitol, Eni and Woodfields has been awarded a new exploration license in Cape Three Points Block 4, located in the Tano Basin offshore Ghana. The license, which was awarded following the ratification of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, covers an area of 435 square miles in water depths… Continue Reading »
University of Victoria (UVic) is leading a mission off Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound, north of Tofino, to deepen the knowledge of rare and threatened baleen whales and help protect them from ship strikes. Over the next three weeks, a two-metre underwater ocean glider equipped with acoustic sensors, sonar and hydrophones will allow researchers to track whale movements… Continue Reading »
Italian Navy has completed recovery of submerged objects in the waters of Gulf of Taranto. Minesweepers ITS Vieste and ITS Chioggia have been deployed in the Gulf of Taranto for seabed mapping using a Hugin 1000 vehicle. The AUV onboard ITS Vieste found the object of interest lying on the seafloor at a depth of… Continue Reading »
Fugro is to provide offshore survey and positioning services at the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under a contract awarded by Technip, Fugro will provide offshore deepwater survey and positioning services to a total of seven installation vessels and construction support vessels. Peter Boon, Fugro’s Business Development Manager for Africa said: “Fugro and Technip have been… Continue Reading »
HB Rentals has recently installed a new temporary living quarters on the Far Sentinel, a 15,000 gross ton subsea construction/inspection, maintenance and repair vessel, owned and managed by Farstad Shipping. The 84 POB temporary living quarters consists of seven A60 – ABS/USCG 12 man sleeper modules and one change room module. A site survey took place… Continue Reading »
Bibby Subsea, through its strategic alliance with Aqueos Corporation, has secured a multi-million dollar decommissioning project in the Gulf of Mexico for an undisclosed oil company. The work will be undertaken during the first half of 2016 and the DSV Bibby Sapphire will relocate to the Gulf of Mexico during December 2015 to work on… Continue Reading »
