UK-based oilfield services provider EnerMech has concluded a pre-commissioning project in the Gulf of Mexico for what is described as a “major U.S. infrastructure company”, marking the firm’s largest nitrogen membrane spread in deepwater to date. The contract, awarded in August 2023, spanned 11 mont
Ørsted has awarded Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, a contract for the transport and installation (T&I) of the inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the UK. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation of 192 66 kV inter-array cables, measuring approxi
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV), set to perform heavy construction work in offshore wind and subsea arenas with net zero emissions. Following the initial steel cutting on J
SAFEEN Subsea, part of AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster, has launched SAFEEN Green, a remotely operated unmanned vessel (USV) that operates entirely on renewable electric power or biofuel. According to AD Ports Group, the USV is designed to revolutionize marine surveys and inspections us
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has expanded its several years of work for oil and gas company Vår Energi with a new contract set to be performed next year. DeepOcean will perform a subsea campaign for Vår Energi in 2025 that includes inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services
OneSubsea, a subsea technology and solutions joint venture (JV) backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a subsea boosting contract with UK’s energy major BP for a deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The contract for the Kaskida project is the first engineering, procurement a
A couple of months after Equinor revealed its participation in the technology qualification program for Reach Subsea’s Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), France’s energy giant TotalEnergies joined as a new collaboration partner. The pilot project with Equinor, TotalEnergies and other “maj
UK-based Kent has secured a four-year framework agreement from the energy infrastructure company Gasunie to provide integrity management support services for a subsea pipeline in the Southern North Sea. This €2.4 million agreement, awarded through a negotiated EU-compliant process, covers both onsho
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has sent off the submarine cable destined for Saudi Aramco’s field expansion project towards the project site located offshore Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Zuluf, described as a giant offshore oil field located in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 240 kilometers north of
French transmission system operator (TSO) RTE is conducting market consultation as it is preparing to launch a tender for the long-term supply of underground and subsea 320 kV and 525 kV HVDC cable links for French offshore wind farms that will be commissioned from 2034. In a notice issued on Octobe
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has awarded additional contracts to energy technology company Baker Hughes for the delivery of flexible pipe systems and associated services across several pre-salt fields. As part of an agreement signed on October 15 following an open tender, the multi-ye
Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contracts together worth around $53 million for three of its vessels to perform work in Brazil. The 2005-built anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Normand Topazio has been awarded a one-year contract with commencement this month,
UK’s remote robotics company HonuWorx is planning to develop a fleet of autonomous submarines that will perform services across the oil & gas, offshore wind, and defense sectors, targeting 50 units in the long term. In what the company describes as an industry-first, HonuWorx deployed a remotely ope
France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, and American oilfield services company SLB have partnered for the first time in Australia to gather data into the exploration and carbon storage potential of the Bonaparte Basin. Viridien reported on October 24 that the partn
