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Perth-headquartered MMA Offshore provides a glimpse of the offshore wind farm opportunities that will eventually present themselves to oil & gas industry participants in Australia.

MMA Offshore, formerly Mermaid Marine, was formed deep in WA’s LNG territory in Dampier in 1989 and from modest beginnings built itself up to be an international offshore services and vessel contractor for the oil & gas industry with a fleet of 18 vessels.

MMA was recently awarded three contracts supporting offshore windfarm developments in Taiwan. Three of its vessels - MMA Pinnacle, MMA Prestige and MMA Crystal – were awarded contracts for cable installation, ROV and survey operations, accommodation support services and cable trenching and survey support services for various wind farm projects in Taiwan.

MMA managing director David Ross said, “These contract awards also mark a major milestone in our diversification strategy with offshore wind being a key target market for MMA into the future”.

No doubt oil & gas industry service providers such as MMA will be monitoring the progress of the offshore wind industry in Australia with an eye to jumping in at the appropriate time.

With a spate of offshore wind farm projects planned across southern Australia, including in regions where traditional oil & gas fields are in steep decline, there’s an obvious pool of skills and resources that can be transferable between the two industries.

This graphic illustrates where these opportunities might be found.