The Allseas offshore pipelay vessel Solitaire has started the pipelay for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. Before the start of pipelay, the vessel was equipped and tested to meet the project’s requirements. Solitaire is a 300 metres long and 41 metres wide vessel that w
Saudi Aramco has awarded the first large scope integrated services contract for its Marjan oil field to Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE). The field is the first of three major offshore expansions in Saudi Arabia, and the company’s largest upstream development project this year. Under the contract’s
The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.
The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.
Bibby Offshore has delivered a significant contract to an independent oil and gas development and production company. The project, completed via two separate scopes, saw Bibby Offshore carry out inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) services and riser connection support across three North Sea asse
The start of construction of the 269 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm has been marked with the installation of the first out of 31 steel foundations in the German Exclusive Economic Zone, more than 100 kilometers from the German mainland. With an investment budget of approximately EUR 1.4 billio
Siemens Offshore Grid Access Service has performed subsea and drone inspections for TenneT TSO at six offshore converter platforms in the German North Sea.
The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) consortium has announced the completion of the close to 6000-kilometers marine installation of its 25-year life- span transatlantic fiber optic subsea cable. Africa and Americas, in the Southern Hemisphere, are now fully connected to their landing stations, Kribi
James Fisher and Sons is bolstering its offering in the Middle East with the addition of further subsea-focused capabilities. The deployment of a significant range of additional capabilities, including dedicated specialist equipment to support offshore construction, IRM and decommissioning services,
Equinor-operated Visund Nord improved oil recovery (IOR) project came on stream two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget, Equinor noted. “It took 21 months from the licence partners chose the concept until production sta
Promethean and Subsea 7 have executed of a memorandum of understanding allowing the organizations to collaborate on the further development of deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas assets. Aditya Singh, CEO of Promethean said, “The MOU with Subsea 7 allows Promethean to execute on its strategy of int
Planning and marine licence applications for NorthConnect interconnector has been submitted and open for official consultation. The submission of planning and marine licence applications for the power cables, which will connect the electricity markets of Scotland and Norway, opens up the project to
Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately €21 million by Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), the transmission system operator of the Greek electricity system, for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands (Evia, Andros and Tinos), Greece. The project invo
NKT has finalized the commissioning of the high-voltage cable systems for the 659 MW offshore wind park Walney Extension in the Irish Sea. The NKT delivery comprised more than 139 km of submarine cable. NKT has designed, manufactured and commissioned the two 220kV extruded export cable systems as we
