U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks has completed a third-party geotechnical coring project offshore Trinidad and Tobago for Geohidra, a Venezuelan company. The operation was carried out from the Dragon Field offshore Venezuela to the Shell-operated Hibiscus platform off Trinidad and Tobago’s North Coast,
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has expanded its operations to Namibia with the aim of supporting the local oil & gas market, as well as the country’s energy transition. The new entity will provide the company’s full technical service offering in energy and marine consulting, with a focus on marin
U.S.-headquartered energy services provider Expro has won a contract to supply tubular running services (TRS) for the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands. The contract covers the recompletion and conversion of legacy offshore gas production wells into CO2 injec
A UK-built 12-meter-long autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV), designed for long-distance over-the-horizon operations, has hit the water for the first time, with three sister vessels soon to follow. After nearly 18 months of design, engineering, and build, UK-headquartered Zero USV launched its
Geophysical survey operations and a static fishing gear survey are taking place within the Inch Cape offshore wind farm site and its associated export cable corridor from February 19 until the end of April. On behalf of Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables,
Denmark-based underwater technology specialist MacArtney has established a new office in Dubai, UAE, to expand its reach in the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), and India, aiming to enhance local support and drive regional growth. According to MacArtney, the move aligns with the company’s strategy
Navantia UK has secured a contract with McDermott for the delivery of subsea structures that will be manufactured at the Arnish facility it recently acquired as part of the purchase of Harland & Wolff. Navantia UK completed the acquisition of the British shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and its operation
The Spanish Freire Shipyard has delivered a new maintenance support vessel, named Forth Constructor, to the UK-based Briggs Marine. Briggs Marine placed the order for the vessel in December 2022 and Freire Shipyard launched Forth Constructor and moved it to a “wet berth” at its yard in Vigo in July
An advanced, 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi has been floated out. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March 2024, following the order from USV A/S, a joint ventu
Spanish maritime survey and ROV services operator ACSM is in the process of upgrading its 25-year-old offshore support vessel (OSV) Nautilus to enhance its operations in the subsea sector. The 73-meter-long vessel has completed its upgrading phase at the shipyard Viana do Castelo in Spain, and is n
Dutch company Next Ocean is looking at a global reach for its technology that predicts waves and vessel motions minutes beforehand. Following a period of demonstration deployments of WavePredictor and the first vessels using it commercially, Next Ocean says it is witnessing the technology becoming s
As a response to a number of recent subsea cable incidents that caused disruptions in the EU, the European Commission and the High Representative have launched an action plan to strengthen the security and resilience of this critical infrastructure, covering both power and communication cables. The
Italy’s energy major Eni has secured the status of a preferred off-taker of renewable energy transmitted from Albania to Italy through a planned 1 GW subsea interconnector by signing an agreement with Emirati partners. Eni’s Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi has signed three collaboration agr
Houston-headquartered Innovex International, established in 2024 following the merger of Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions, has signed a master service agreement with SLB OneSubsea for the supply of subsea wellhead technology. Dril-Quip, a developer, manufacturer and provider of highly engine
