Global Offshore to Take Care of Cables at Equinor's Offshore Wind Farms
cable management services and carry out associated call-off services, comprising of active cable maintenance as well as unplanned repairs. The agreement gives Equinor access to Global Marine Group’s fleet of cable ships and CTVs, including its cable laying ships, Global Symphony and Normand Clipper, equipped with one of Global Offshore’s Q1400 jet trenches."A first for Global Offshore, which traditionally carries out work on offshore cables, the framework agreement covers the onshore and offshore export cables at Equinor’s Dudgeon wind farm, as well as the offshore export
Global Offshore's Pre-Lay Plough Passes Kriegers Flak Test with Flying Colors
Limited, with delivery to coincide with the Danish Kriegers Flak project start, the plow minimizes the operational risk and total time required to install subsea cables, Global Offshore said.Overall 72 routes have been completed, totaling approximately 158 km, supported by the Global Symphony and Normand Clipper undertaking boulder picking in the densely populated boulder fields. Despite the tough conditions, the PLP240 has achieved target trench depths in the majority, going over and above the project requirements, up to 1.7m in a large portion of the site.The first of 72 foundations was last month
Fugro ROVs for Normand Clipper Vessel
Dutch marine and offshore services company Fugro has won a long-term contract for two remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and a full survey positioning package on Global Marine Group recently chartered vessel, the Normand Clipper.As part of the contract, Fugro will provide two Fugro core vehicles (FCVs) from their FCV600 model portfolio."The FCV600 is a versatile work-class ROV (WROV) and will allow Fugro to support the Normand Clipper across a range of operations, with primary focus on subsea cable-laying for the offshore utilities and renewables markets," Fugro said.The FCV600 model can be
Global Marine Taps IHC for Normand Clipper Cable Lay Spread
Dutch offshore equipment and vessel builder Royal IHC has secured a contract with Global Marine Group to design and delivery of an integrated power cable lay spread.The equipment will be installed on its newly chartered vessel, Normand Clipper, which Global Marine has chartered from Solstad Offshore.The spread to be supplied by Royal IHC is optimized for inter-array cable lay and includes a patented quadrant handling system for second-end deployment operations, Royal IHC said.The equipment also includes IHC’s 15Te break-back tensioners and an overarching control system."This integrates the
Ocean Installer Reaches Safety Milestone
Less than two years after Ocean Installer’s first vessel went into offshore operations, Ocean Installer can mark 1,000 vessel days completed. In May 2012, Ocean Installer entered into offshore operations, with the company’s first long-term chartered vessel, Normand Clipper. On January 23, about 20 months later, Ocean Installer could mark a significant operational milestone, as the company reached 1,000 executed vessel days, including Ocean Installer operated and subcontracted vessels. Following 96% utilization for Normand Clipper during 2012, Ocean Installer’s second long-term
Statoil Contract for Ocean Installer
and project management onshore will start up with immediate effect and will be executed from Ocean Installer’s Headquarters in Stavanger, Norway. The offshore campaigns will be executed in 2015 and 2016 and Ocean Installer will utilize the construction support vessels (CSVs) Normand Mermaid, Normand Clipper and Normand Vision to undertake the offshore work. Gina Krog is an oil and gas field located approximately 30 km north of the Sleipner A installation in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The gas/condensate field Eirin is located 9 km north-west of Gina Krog. The water depth in the area
February 2024
