Global Offshore's Pre-Lay Plough Passes Kriegers Flak Test with Flying Colors
Flak, an area that will become Denmark's largest offshore wind farm.On the foundations, 72 turbines will be mounted to a wind farm with a capacity to cover the annual electricity consumption of approximately 600,000 Danish households.Flying colors for PLP240Commenting on the pre-lay plough, Mike Daniel, Managing Director of Global Offshore said, “We invested heavily in the very best upfront engineering for our PLP240 and had every confidence that the trials would evidence what we already knew to be true about the new asset. But it’s not until the tool hit the seabed, began route
Fugro ROVs for Normand Clipper Vessel
to free-flying ROVs, the company added.Alastair McKie, Director Positioning, and Construction Support Europe at Fugro, announced: “We are pleased to have been awarded this contract by Global Marine Group and look forward to supporting their remote operations on the Normand Clipper.” Mike Daniel, Managing Director of Global Offshore, part of the GMG, said: “These two Fugro ROVs form an important part of our wider upgrade and mobilization plan for the Normand Clipper, ahead of some exciting projects for us in the coming months.”Global Offshore, a provider of cable installation
Global Marine Group Buys Stake in Rovco
will also streamline multiple services and optimise current offshore operations to drive down costs and increase efficiencies. The mutually-beneficial partnership will enable both Rovco and GMG to serve a wider range of customers beyond their established industries.Following the invested partnership, Mike Daniel, managing director of Global Offshore, part of the Global Marine Group joined Rovco’s board of directors. He commented, “Our partnership with Rovco enables us to continually evolve our client-centric subsea solutions. By utilizing a combination of innovation and engineering excellence
Phase 1 Cable Laying Complete at Rampion Wind Farm
burial in November using Fugro’s high performance Q1400 subsea trenching system. Both vessels will return next spring, complete with Fugro’s full cable installation equipment spread, to install the remaining 62 cables in phase two. Completion is expected by summer 2017. Mike Daniel, business manager for construction at Fugro Subsea Services, said, “The cable laying operation at the Rampion site shows the successful integration of our trenching services with full subsea cable installation for offshore wind farm developers. We have been particularly satisfied with the
Fugro Secures North Sea Trenching Projects
Q1400 system in 2012, Fugro has successfully completed numerous trenching projects at oil and gas developments and more recently at offshore wind developments. We are looking forward to continuing to demonstrate how our trenching capabilities can bring benefits to clients in both sectors,” said Mike Daniel, Construction and Installation Manager at Fugro Subsea Services
Fugro Adds Cable-lay to its Trenching Services
of the cable-lay spread on the Fugro Saltire has widened our successful working relationship with E.ON on the Humber Gateway project. As well as trenching 77 array cables, Fugro installed eight array cables along with second end pull-ins of cables already laid by other contractors,” said Mike Daniel, Trenching Business Line Manager at Fugro Subsea Services. “We can now offer clients simultaneous cable-laying and burial from a single vessel, or alternatively our larger subsea construction vessel Fugro Symphony can be laying cables, while the Fugro Saltire is trenching them, speeding
Fugro Wraps Up Gwyn t Môr Cable Work
Q1400 was successful in burying all the cables. “The Q1400 has the manoeuvrability and compact size to be able to trench right up to the cable j-tube, or in this case the cable protection system, which minimised the need for rock dumping or matressing, potentially saving on cost,” said Mike Daniel, Trenching Business Line Manager at FSSL. Gwyn t Môr is the second wind farm project where the Q1400 trenching system has been used when soils have been beyond the capabilities of standard jet trenching systems, and this follows on from a busy 2013 with completion of four successful
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