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Floatgen moorings installed

Jul 27, 2017

French offshore vessels and services firm Bourbon has completed the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France for Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) as part of the European project FLOATGEN at the SEM-REV experimental test site…

Fighting wellhead fatigue

Dec 01, 2016

Jerry Lee examines Trendsetter Engineering’s Tether BOP system, which aims to curb fatigue and improve wellhead performance. Close-up of a pile top assembly. Images from Trendsetter Engineering…

Aasta Hansteen installation timelapse

Oct 03, 2016

In this video, Statoil shows a timelapse of installation work at Aasta Hansteen conducted by Subsea 7. Pipelines, risers and spools were installed and hooked up to subsea templates and umbilicals that were installed last year.  The…

Deep Sea Mooring inks Ivar Aasen work

Sep 28, 2016

Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring signed a contract with Norwegian operator Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s semisubmersible Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig in the Ivar Aasen North Sea field. The contract also includes support to…

Strainstall inks Hywind mooring monitoring

Sep 19, 2016

Strainstall has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm. The contract with MacGregor will provide an integrated offshore mooring solution for the floating turbines…

Njord A disconnected, towed to shore

Aug 31, 2016

Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering successfully led the disconnection and towing operations of the Njord A semisubmersible floating production platform from the Njord field. The Njord A platform arrived safely in Klosterfjorden on the 23 August…

First Subsea wins Appomattox mooring work

Jul 05, 2016

Subsea mooring specialist First Subsea was awarded a contract by Shell Offshore to supply Ballgrab subsea mooring line connectors for the Appomattox development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The semisubmersible four-column production…

Aquatic, JFO team up in GOM

Jun 20, 2016

Aquatic Engineering & Construction and recent alliance partner James Fisher Offshore (JFO), have completed their first global collaboration project for Ocean Installer Texas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  The project scope includes recovery…

Global Maritime in renewables mooring move

Jun 20, 2016

Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, is to provide mooring and risk management support to the European Union’s OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy) project…

InterMoor completes Turritella work

Jun 08, 2016

InterMoor has successfully completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Turritella, for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)…

Sounding the alarm

Jun 01, 2016

Michael Cole, Fugro’s manager of survey prospects, explains how dynamic alarms coupled with office assisted remote services, can help provide better early warnings and navigation for end users. Vessel…

Water Standard bags Appomattox gig

Feb 16, 2016

Water treatment solutions company Water Standard secured a contract with Shell Offshore for the design, fabrication, testing, and shipment of an ultrapure water generation package (UWGP) to be integrated on Appomattox, Shell’s floating production system located in deepwater…

Lankhorst Ropes gets Shell Appomattox contract

Jan 28, 2016

Rope manufacturer Lankhorst Ropes, was awarded a contract by Shell to supply the mooring lines for the Appomattox development to be located approximately 140nm southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. Lankhorst Ropes is supplying 78 rope lengths totaling over 63…

First Subsea installs Heidelberg mooring connectors

Dec 15, 2015

Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea, has completed the installation of subsea mooring connectors for Anadarko Petroleum's Heidelberg truss spar platform moored in 5310ft (1620m) of water in field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The 23…

Lankhorst lands Libra mooring lines

Dec 10, 2015

Offshore rope manufacturer Lankhorst Euronete Brasil (LEB) has been awarded a contract by OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG to supply the polyester mooring ropes for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Libra oil field…

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