ZTT Submarine Cable & System has commenced the production of the export cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, owned by a joint venture between Ørsted and PGE. The project’s export cables will be delivered by the Chinese cable manufacturer and Hellenic Cables, a Greece-based s
Japanese Sumitomo Electric Industries has officially been contracted to supply and install 140 kilometers of subsea cable for a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk in the UK, after having the preferred bidder status since July. The contract secured
A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed in Scotland, marking what is said to be the first time these three technologies have been integrated into a single energy system. The demonstration integrated Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine, v
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has contracted DEME for the installation of monopile foundations, inter-array cables, and the export cable at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. While the value of the three contracts was not disclosed, DEME noted in a press
Norway’s state-owned oil & gas company Equinor and compatriot ocean services provider DeepOcean have agreed on an extension of their existing frame agreement for subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services, taking their collaboration to 30 years. DeepOcean will deploy specialized IMR v
Singapore-headquartered provider of offshore, marine, and energy solutions Seatrium has won a job with International Maritime Industries (IMI), said to be the largest shipyard in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, for the supply of equipment and license for another jack-up rig bound to
The Northern Lights joint venture (JV), encompassing oil majors Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has issued the first storage certificates for CO2 permanently stored in the Aurora reservoir in the North Sea, documenting the quantities of CO2 transported and stored. The first CO2 volumes were trans
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support Ocean Winds with the construction of Poland’s BC-Wind offshore wind farm. The BC-Wind offshore wind farm is to be constructed over an area of approximately 90 square kilometres, located w
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered oil and gas major ExxonMobil, has hired French maritime services player Bourbon on a long-term assignment off the coast of Guyana.
Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura V
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured a new assignment with Bechtel, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, for work on the second train of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Australia.
A new seismic reimagining program is scheduled to be performed over Angola’s offshore Block 22 in support of the country’s upcoming licensing round. French geophysical services company Viridien, formerly CGG, announced today, December 10, a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s “h
Solstad Maritime (SOMA) has won multiple new contracts for several construction support vessels (CSVs), with the work to start this and next month. The contracts for the 142.6-meter-long Normand Navigator and 127.5-meter-long Normand Cutter include additional services such as remotely operated vehic
Petronas Carigali Brunei, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has awarded McDermott with a subsea contract for a natural gas development project off the coast of Brunei. McDermott will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) se
