Jan De Nul has completed the installation of two export cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm, being built by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) 35 kilometers off the coast of Taichung, Taiwan. The two high-voltage subsea cables, measuring 45 kilometers and 44 kilometers, have been inst
Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has secured three new assignments for rigs deployed in the Black Sea, the Netherlands, and Norway.
Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), comprising SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7, has been tasked by U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil with the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) scope of work at an oil project in Block 15 off the coast of Angola.
DNV has been selected as the independent certifier for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, and will verify that the project’s construction and operation comply with the carbon dioxide transport and storage licence (CO2 T&S license)
France’s Nexans has completed the first cable pull-in on the French side of the first interconnector between Ireland and France, following the initial campaign in Ireland. Developed by French and Irish transmission system operators (TSOs) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) and EirGrid, the Celt
UK-based JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has secured a contract with Australian independent operator Amplitude Energy for the supply of subsea control umbilicals. JDR will supply approximately 18 kilometers of hydraulic control umbilicals, with options for a further 13 kilometers, subject
Geotechnical survey works are scheduled to start at the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm site in the UK on May 12, with activities expected to continue until June 15, subject to weather and sea conditions. According to a Notice to Mariners, the campaign will involve a range of geotechnical investigatio
Energy technology company Baker Hughes has opened a new subsea services center and manufacturing plant in Norway as part of its ambition to strengthen its North Sea capabilities. Located in Dusavik near Stavanger, the 49,000-square-meter facility features a 12,000-square-meter workshop, multiple tes
With a front-end engineering and design (FEED) deal to Oslo-headquartered BW Offshore for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor is continuing to lay the groundwork for the development of its oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and
U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has obtained new drilling assignments and extensions across multiple geographies for six floaters in its rig fleet, including jobs in Brazil, Australia, Guyana, the U.S. Gulf, Ghana, and Malaysia.
Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), a strategic alliance between SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7, has won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor for a deepwater oil project offshore Canada. The FEED contract for the Bay du Nord project builds on the lo
UK-based pioneer in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) development, Global OTEC, has installed a floating prototype offshore Spain designed to produce electricity by using the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep ocean water. It is said to be the first purpose-built of
Honeywell, a U.S.-based technology firm, has secured an assignment at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Texas with Lantern LNG Holding Company, a Houston-based LNG development player focused on building innovative nearshore LNG liquefaction facilities on fixed platforms.
Van Oord’s first uncrewed survey vessel (USV) specialized for operations at sea has completed its first multi-day offshore operation. VO:X Barentsz was deployed at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm where it supported the monopile and cable installation works carried out by installati
