Fugro’s Blue Eclipse® USV Makes Commercial Debut
North Sea environment, factors crucial for the success of the MAREANO program.The Blue Eclipse® is the start of Fugro’s next generation of USVs. At 18 meters long, it is significantly longer than its 9 and 12-meter predecessors.The USV is engineered for the harsh conditions of the Central North Sea and capable of surveying in more difficult conditions compared to the previous USV models. The USV also has up to 20 days of estimated endurance.The Blue Eclipse® may be accompanied by the Blue Amp® electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV). The eROV is capable of inspection down to
Dana Petroleum Hires Subsea7 for North Sea Field Job
UK-based oil and gas company Dana Petroleum has awarded a contract to Subsea7 for the provision of subsea services for the Bittern field development, in the UK Central North Sea.The contract scope, whose value is between $50 million and $150 million, includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a 22km 12-inch water injection pipeline.Subsea7's scope also includes associated subsea structures and tie-ins at the Triton Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel and the Bittern field.Project management and engineering work will commence
ROVCO Wins Survey Work at Proposed 1.4GW Floating Wind Farm Site
Rovco, a UK-based subsea robotics and survey firm, has won a contract with Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland.Located in the Central North Sea, the planned 1.4 GW Cenos floating wind development will cover approximately 333 km2. Rovco will deploy its multi-purpose, custom-reconfigured DP2 survey vessel, the Glomar Supporter, to carry out the work.It is expected that the project will comprise subsea studies of the floating wind turbine generators, mooring line anchor
James Fisher Wraps IRM Project for NEO Energy
plc said its James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) arm has completed a subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract for North Sea oil and gas producer NEO Energy on its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Global Producer III (GPIII), located in the Balloch field in the Central North Sea.Utilizing its air diving and ROV expertise, JF Subtech helped ensure the FPSO’s thruster system’s continued operational capability and high performance to preserve safety and stability around the GPIII’s turret mooring system during ongoing production activities.Following
To Harness the North Sea Winds, We Must Understand its Complicated Seabed Geology
many times. This altered the landscape and drove changes in the sea level. The UK’s current coastlines provide a snapshot of this changing landscape, but submerged under the sea is a far more complete archive of recent Earth history.For instance, the Dogger Bank, a shallow region of the central North Sea with lots of potential for wind power, was dry land until just 8,000 or so years ago. Fishing vessels occasionally drag up prehistoric tools and artefacts from the people who lived there. We now know much more about these cycles of ice advance and retreat thanks to huge areas of the North Sea
Manifold Installed at Neptune-operated Seagull in the UK
Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners bp and JAPEX have completed the installation of the manifold and umbilical for the Seagull project in the U.K. Central North Sea.TechnipFMC, working under the Neptune Energy Alliance Agreement, undertook the construction activities on the development from the CSV Deep Star vessel. The activities included the installation of the 350te Seagull manifold, the pull-in and installation of the 17 kilometers control umbilical between the bp-operated ETAP platform and manifold, and the installation of a Wye Structure and associated operations.Neptune Energy’s
CGG Announces Largest Ever Seabed Survey
French geoscience company CGG said it will perform its largest seabed survey to date in the UK Central North Sea.Prefunded in part by BP, the multi-client ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey has already received significant industry interest, CGG said. Operations are scheduled to begin in early 2020, with first results targeted for the first quarter of 2021. CGG said it aims to acquire over 2,000 square kilometers of OBN data in the first phase of this multi-year program."In the Central North Sea, where complex salt diapirism has created significant challenges to imaging deeper reservoir
Mooring Change-out for the Alba FSU
ChainCo’s quayside yard in Montrose, UK.The project was completed on schedule within all design tolerances and with no disruption to the FSU operation throughout.Discovered in 1984 in Block 16/26, the Alba heavy oil field field lies about 210 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen, in the UK Central North Sea. First oil was achieved in January 1994.In addition to the FSU (the first purpose-built for the UK sector of the North Sea), field facilities include a fixed steel platform, the Alba Northern Platform, and the Alba Extreme South subsea production center added in 2001.Alba crude oil is offloaded
OPT Announces PB3 PowerBuoy Contracts
needs, including monitoring, surveillance, subsea charging and connectivity for the offshore oil and gas industry, science and research, and telecommunications markets.OPT’s contracts with EGP follow closely on the heels of the company’s successful PB3 PowerBuoy deployment in the Central North Sea for Premier Oil in August of this year
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