Equinor and its partners have selected a concept for developing six discoveries in a joint unitisation project on Haltenbanken.
TechnipFMC has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) for subsea equipment for the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in the North Sea. Under the contract awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK), TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install a ri
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has signed a contract with DEME Offshore to deliver grouting services for the installation of foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France, where the first turbine foundation was recently installed. The wind farm, first such project
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) is funding a project developing a shallow-water floating offshore wind concept, with cost-share being provided by Equinor. The team behind the project includes the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass) as the main co
Subsea tree order intake for the second quarter of 2021 is estimated at 82 units, representing 32 per cent of the anticipated 260 units to be awarded in 2021, according to market research provider Westwood. Key projects to watch in 2Q 2021 include Equinor’s Bacalhau and Total’s Lapa South West in Br
RWE Renewables, itap, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart, and Technische Universität Berlin are to research an innovative vibratory pile driving technique at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm. The new method for installing foundations is said to have the potential to significantly reduce unde
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has awarded four UK institutions with grants from its third Flexible Funding call for research projects focused on underwater offshore wind infrastructure. Southampton University received a share of the awarded £800,000 for a project aimed to identify
The Irish government has allocated €2.88 million for a project that aims to develop a prototype subsea robotic drilling system for the offshore wind sector, amongst others. Mincon Group and its partners Subsea Micropiles, the National University of Ireland and the University of Limerick will design
Aker Solutions has reported growth in both earnings and order intake in the first quarter of 2021, with about 35 per cent of new contracts related to the energy transition. In Q1 2021, Aker Solutions saw an EBITDA of NOK 427 million (approximately EUR 42.5 million), with a margin of 6.6 per cent, an
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Aegir has started installing jacket foundations at Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind project site in Taiwan. The vessel is currently installing the jacket for one of the two offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms. Aegi
Baker Hughes has been awarded a subsea equipment contract from Petrobras as part of the Marlim and Voador field revitalization plan.
Equinor has selected Fugro to perform a deep-water site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.
TechnipFMC has received a notice to proceed with the subsea production system contract from the Australian energy giant Santos for the Barossa gas field project.
Project partners Shell, RWE, GASCADE, and Gasunie have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the German North Sea directly to the continent. It is part of the AquaVentus initiative
