JDR Lands Cables Deal on Taiwan’s First OWF
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has been selected by Jan De Nul Group to manufacture and supply inter-array, export and land cables for Taiwan’s Formosa 1 development. Formosa 1 is Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm and is being developed by Formosa Wind Power, a partnership of Macquarie Capital Group (50%), Orsted […]
Norwegian Safety Watchdog Probes Snorre A
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has recently carried out an audit of integrity and barrier management for flexible risers and systems for pressure safety/emergency shutdown at Snorre A. PSA said it identified three non-conformities in connection with: Operating parameters for flexible risers and jumpers; Follow-up of emergency shutdown valves; and Integrity management of flexible risers […]
Shell Hires GATE Energy for Vito Commissioning Project
GATE Energy has been selected by Shell as the provider for facility commissioning of the Vito development. The associated scope includes commissioning planning, onshore commissioning execution and offshore commissioning / ready-for-startup services. Steven Guy, president of Commissioning, said:“This is a testament to GATE’s strength in delivering major projects for operators worldwide and […]
ConocoPhillips Names Barossa FEED Players
ConocoPhillips Australia, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, has awarded three engineering contracts for the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase on the Barossa offshore project. Barossa is an offshore gas and light condensate project that proposes to provide a new source of gas to the existing Darwin LNG (DLNG) facility, subject […]
Aker Solutions Ups Its Digitalization
Aker Solutions said it has accelerated its digitalization efforts by moving its internal SAP applications to SAP’s cloud, aiming to improve operations and drive efficiency. Cloud-based systems are typically cheaper to run than physical systems as they require less expenditure on computer hardware, monitoring and software licenses. The move should save Aker […]
Hydrex In Rudder Repair Action
Underwater repair and maintenance specialist, Hydrex, has recently carried out rudder inspection and follow up repair on a tanker that was performing cargo operations in Antwerp. The vessel needed a fast on-site solution that would allow it to sail on after commercial operations were complete without losing time and with a fully […]
IMCA, SUT, THS Staging Subsea Digitalization Seminar
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has teamed up with the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) and The Hydrographic Society in Scotland for an annual joint seminar. The seminar’s theme this year is ‘Adapting to the Digital Future’ for the subsea industry, and will be held on November 1, 2018 in Aberdeen. […]
Teledyne Marine Launches 2018 Photo Contest
Subsea technology provider Teledyne Marine has announced the return of its annual photo contest. All Teledyne Marine customers and product users are invited to submit their favorite photos showing any of Teledyne Marine’s over 400 products in action in their office, laboratory or deployed in the field. Nine awards will be given […]