Finalists for 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards Announced
; Cyberhawk Innovations · JDR Cable Systems Ltd Collaboration · Decom North Sea · Maersk Oil/Amec Foster Wheeler/Bilfinger Salamis · Wood Group Outstanding Skills Development Programme (sponsored by Heriot Watt University) · Fabricom Offshore Services ·  
Statoil's NCS Installation Contracts for Beerenberg, Prezioso Linjebygg
. Taking effect in the first quarter of 2016, the contracts have an estimated total value of NOK 11 billion over the 15-year contract period. The two new contracts will replace the company’s existing contracts with these two suppliers regarding NCS services. Statoil has also contracts with Bilfinger Industrier and Kaefer Energy, which the company intends to extend by exercising its contract options at a later date. “The suppliers understand the industry challenges and want to help solve them. Beerenberg Corp AS and Prezioso Linjebygg AS have during the renegotiations expressed that
SAL Heavy Lift Performs Offshore Windfarm Work
MV Lone proves as project platform for Wikinger wind farm SAL Heavy Lift informs it has completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone. Once again, MV Lone served as project platform for SAL Heavy Lift customer Bilfinger. The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed at three locations. During the first phase in November 2014 three sets of three piles each were driven at designated locations to required depths. The second phase was to undertake restrike and pull out tests on selected piles with-in the
Pile Testing for Wikinger Wind Farm Launched
In October 2014 the first phase of the pile testing campaign for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project was launched after the site’s geotechnical investigation on the Baltic Sea had been completed. German engineering and services group Bilfinger was awarded the test pile contract and chose SAL Heavy Lift as subcontractor to transport and install the test piles and equipment with their DP Class II vessel MV Lone. Test objectives are to confirm the design of the wind farm foundations by testing the performance of the piles against static, dynamic and cyclic loads specific for