American oilfield services company SLB and Norwegian pure-play carbon capture company Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) have completed their previously announced joint venture, which includes ACC’s sale of 80% of its shares in Aker Carbon Capture Holding (ACCH) to a subsidiary of SLB. It was announced in Ma
UK companies 2H Offshore and Vekta Group have established a strategic partnership aimed at driving innovation in high-voltage cables for offshore wind developments. London-headquartered 2H provides structural, hydrodynamic, geotechnical engineering and related digital and integrity services for fixe
French cable laying and repair operations company Orange Marine has renewed and expanded its service contract with a compatriot provider of data integration and analysis services for the maritime and offshore industry as part of its move to advance fleet digitalization and operational efficiency. Th
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order it describes as “large” for the delivery of a crane for MMA Offshore’s 11-year-old multi-purpose platform supply vessel. MacGregor’s 50-tonne active heave compensated (AHC) crane will be installed on board the 83.6-meter-long MMA Valour, which provi
Allseas has secured a contract with Norwegian state-owned Equinor to perform the installation of pipeline and integrated structures at a huge oil and natural gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Under the contract, Allseas will install the pipeline and integrated structures for the se
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contract awards with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras that have a combined value of approximately NOK 2.6 billion (around $245 million). Petrobras has contracted the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Poseidon and anchor handling tug supply
Site investigation survey work will soon start at RWE’s floating wind project site off the coast of Northern California, where the Germany-based offshore wind developer plans to build its first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm, Canopy. RWE will be performing initial site investigation su
Santos has submitted an environment plan, covering decommissioning activities at a field off the coast of Australia.
Woodside has received a seal of approval for decommissioning and dismantling activities at a field off the coast of Australia.
Hitachi Energy is planning to invest an additional $4.5 billion in manufacturing, engineering, digital, R&D and partnerships by 2027, doubling the investments done in the last three years, to accelerate the energy transition. The investment, complementing the recently announced $1.5 billion investme
SSEN Transmission and Hitachi Energy have signed initial work contracts for pre-construction work related to two Scottish subsea links, ensuring the projects remain on track for commissioning in 2030. The companies secured another key milestone in their partnership to provide a high voltage direct c
Chevron has received a green light for activities designed to help maintain the current production rates at its natural gas project offshore Australia.
Dutch survey company Deep BV has expanded its survey capacity with the conversion of a multi-purpose support vessel, built in 2016, into a survey vessel. Deep BV announced it had completed the conversion of the multi-purpose support vessel Miranda from Van Laar Maritime into a survey vessel, with fo
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has launched Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa, sister ship to Leonardo da Vinci, coming a step closer to delivery in 2025. VARD has completed steel cutting, keel laying, generator installation, and hull erection on the 171-meter Monna L
