Ulstein Verft and Nexans have cut the first steel for Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV), four months after signing the shipbuilding contract. On January 19, on the day four months after signing the shipbuilding contract, Nexans Marine Operations and Ulstein Verft celebrated the start of the cons
Switzerland-based technology company ABB has entered into an agreement to acquire the shipping business of DTN Europe BV and DTN Philippines Inc. (DTN Shipping), expanding the company’s offering in maritime software.
The offshore workers are pondering whether to go on a strike in a bid to improve their work-life balance.
Gate Energy has tucked a commissioning execution contract under its belt for the U.S. portion of an FPS project destined for a field in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP has set a major four-dimensional (4D) high-definition ocean bottom node seismic program in motion at its giant oilfield in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan.
France’s Ifremer and HydroQuest have set up a joint laboratory for the development of offshore tidal turbines. Supported by the National Research Agency, the goal of the laboratory is to develop analysis tools and support for the design of tidal turbines adapted to marine constraints. Ifremer and Hy
Three rigs are carrying out operations for three giant oil and gas players – the UK’s Shell, France’s TotalEnergies, and Portugal’s Galp – offshore Namibia.
Wind propulsion company BAR Technologies (BAR) has entered into a partnership agreement with Chinese giant CM Energy Tech to wholly manage and oversee the production of BAR Technologies’ WindWings in China. BAR Technologies said that the Hong Kong-listed company would greatly enhance the company’s a
Following the delivery of equipment for Nexans Aurora, Ulstein Verft has awarded Red Rock with another contract to provide an upgraded crane package for Nexans’ new cable-lay vessel (CLV). The new CLV will have a deck capacity of 10.000t of cable, an under-deck capacity of 3.500t cable, and will be
Canarship has revealed that a sixth-generation semi-submersible rig from COSL Drilling Europe is now on its way to Norway.
A French consortium comprising three partners has secured a €3 million grant to develop and qualify subsea resident patrol technologies. The consortium is made of Ifremer, a French research institute dedicated to the ocean, FinX, a start-up specialized in bio-inspired underwater thrusters, and led b
Trillion Energy is deploying artificial lift solutions at a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye to monetize the reserves for sale.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has hand-picked Optime Subsea, a compatriot provider of subsea solutions for the oil & gas industry, for the delivery of the remote operated controls system (ROCS), which will be used on a big oil & gas field located in the UK waters. The ROCS system is sai
London-headquartered engineering consultancy Longitude Engineering, part of ABL Group, has won a contract to deliver design and engineering services for the subsea development at a gas field located offshore Egypt. Longitude Engineering will provide detailed design and engineering services for the s
