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Briggs Marine Expands Fleet with Fast Crew Supply Vessel

Sep 29, 2021

Briggs Marine has acquired Forth Engineer, a Damen FCS 2610 fast crew supply vessel, bringing its wholly-owned fleet to a total of 40. 'This addition to the fleet allows Briggs Marine to extend its remit further into the renewable energies sector…

RockRose Takes Over SSE's UK North Sea Gas Fields

Oct 15, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary RockRose has completed the acquisition of several producing assets in the UK North Sea from SSE for £120 million (US$164 million) with an additional contingent payment of £40 million (US$54 million).RockRose acquired…

Digitalization: Designing with a Digital Twin

Oct 20, 2021

According to Oil & Gas UK’s latest Tech Insights report, data and digital solutions are finally becoming an integral part of the asset lifecycle. One of the largest areas where they’re applied is facilities management, but what about the design phase…

Nexans Wins 5-year IMR Deal to Service Parkwind's Offshore Wind Farms in Belgium

Oct 05, 2021

Offshore cable maker Nexans has secured a contract to provide turnkey business continuity services to four of Parkwind's offshore wind farms in Belgium. The Northwind, Belwind, Nobelwind and Northwester 2 offshore wind farms have a combined installed capacity of 771 MW…

Seaway 7 Books Siem Offshore Vessel for Seagreen Wind Farm Work

Jul 28, 2021

Seaway 7, a renewables branch of offshore installation firm Subsea 7, has chartered one of Siem Offshore's offshore subsea construction vessels (OSCVs).The contract is set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2021, when the vessel will provide…

Petrofac Names New CFO

Sep 01, 2021

Oilfield services provider Petrofac said Wednesday that Afonso Reis e Sousa had taken over as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director.Reis e Sousa succeeds Alastair Cochran, who has now left the Petrofac and has stepped down from its Board…

Petrofac Names Director to Lead New and Renewables O&M Business

Jun 15, 2021

Petrofac, a company for years known as simply an oilfield services provider, is transforming into an energy services firm with increasing involvement in the offshore wind business in recent years.To support its growth and offering in the new and renewable energy sectors…

Ulstein Delivers Nexans Aurora Cable Layer

Jun 02, 2021

Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has this week delivered the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora to its owner Nexans.The vessel will be used for the transfer and installation of subsea high voltage cables and a variety of subsea construction jobs…

Shipbuilding: Nexans Names New Flagship Cable Layer CLV Nexans Aurora

Jun 08, 2021

Nexans named its new flagship CLV Nexans Aurora. Built at Ulstein Verft in Norway and designed by Skipsteknisk, the ship is designed to operate near shore in shallow waters as well as deepsea cable operations with cable laying equipment delivered from Maats Tech…

Port of Nigg Selected to Support Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 10, 2021

SSE Renewables and Total have announced that Global Energy Group's Port of Nigg near Inverness has been selected as turbine foundation marshaling port for their giant Seagreen offshore wind farm.The marshaling contract will support 141 skilled jobs at Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg…

Gallery: Nexans Aurora Cable Layer Goes on Sea Trials

May 07, 2021

Ulstein-built Nexans Aurora cable layer has this week started sea trials, the Norwegian shipbuilder has informed.The 149.9 m long and 31 m wide vessel, to be delivered to offshore cable maker Nexans, will be working in the offshore wind sector market…

Alfa Laval's Pumping Systems to Support Seagreen Wind Farm Installation

Mar 02, 2021

Alfa Laval has won a deal to supply Framo pumping systems for the foundations at Seagreen offshore wind farm, Scotland's largest offshore wind farm project.'It is the second order for pumping systems in this application and marks an important…

Harvey Gulf Adds Battery Power to Harvey Champion PSV

Apr 08, 2021

U.S.-based offshore vessel operator Harvey Gulf International Marine has said it has converted its Harvey Champion platform supply vessel into a dual-fuel vessel. The Harvey Champion is now operating on both battery power and diesel.  'The Champion now boasts 754 kWh of battery power…

2020 Was a Record Year of Offshore Wind Investments, RCG Says

Feb 15, 2021

The global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, with total capacity investment as well as cash amount earmarked surpassing that of 2018, the previous record year, according to The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG)…

Construction Begins for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base

Dec 16, 2020

Construction has started on the Operations and Maintenance base at Montrose Port which will service the recently sanctioned Seagreen offshore wind farm which will be located off the coast of Scotland, UK.Montrose Port was selected by SSE Renewables…

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