New technologies have the ability to massively close the huge skills gap and shortage of workers that is looming over the offshore wind industry, allowing 10 to 17 times more work to be done by one person, according to Brian Allen, CEO of Rovco, a UK company focused on automating offshore wind servi
UK provider of remotely deployed subsea inspections TSC Subsea has secured a multi-year contract with an undisclosed operator to deliver subsea inspection of insulated flexible pipes in the pre-salt region offshore Brazil. Under the contract seen as “significant”, TSC Subsea is in charge of performi
Rovco has been selected to conduct site characterization operations on the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland. UK-based company will focus on geophysical surveys in the offshore wind farm array area, offshore and nearshore export cable corridors, shallow Piezocone Penetration
Singapore-based Cyan Renewables, a portfolio company of Seraya Partners, has closed the agreement to acquire Australian offshore vessel player, MMA Offshore, adding 20 vessels to its fleet and gaining expertise in the Australian offshore wind market.
Jan De Nul has named its new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered last year, after the Irish physicist William Thomson. William Thomson, ordered earlier this year, will have three carousels and a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the same as the previously o
The Fugro Quest vessel, operated by Fugro, is en route to the northeast coast of England to begin geotechnical survey work on the site of the proposed Dogger Bank South (DBS) West, one of two proposed DBS offshore wind farms. Fugro Quest, launched in 2022, left Falmouth on 23 July 2024 to initiate g
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has secured €450 million in funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) that will be used for building new production lines for extra-high-voltage submarine cables, lines for high-voltage onshore cables, and other technical improvements to existing lines. The inves
Delivery partners have completed the installation of over 328 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables for Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the UK’s Dogger Bank Wind Farm, marking the completion of all inter-array cable work for this phase.
Aker BP will use the Delfi digital platform to implement new cloud-based digital solutions.
Subsea7 has performed what it says is the first offshore trial of an initiative aimed at eliminating hydraulic leaks in subsea diving operations through the development of advanced electric tools. Subsea7 partnered with Scottish specialist in subsea electric innovation Impaq Technologies, who develo
TechnipFMC has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for the supply of flexible pipe for pre-salt fields offshore Brazil, following the completion of a tender procedure. Under the contract worth between $250 million and $500 million, TechnipFMC will deliver the de
Scottish subsea surveys and inspections provider Sulmara has secured funding from the Aberdeen-based Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) to develop an over-the-horizon (OTH) uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with the ability to launch and recover towed sensor packages.
Norway’s energy data and intelligence provider TGS has inked an agreement with Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy to integrate, enhance, and license additional subsurface data in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Asso.subsea has completed its work for the fourth phase of the Cyclades interconnection project in Greece which enhances supply security and addresses stability issues for the Cyclades’ electrical system through the connection to the Greek mainland power transmission system. The project, done in col
