Jan De Nul has appointed MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions to design and deliver custom tensioner systems for its entire cable-laying vessel (CLV) fleet. MacArtney’s scope implies the design, construction and delivery of advanced CEMAC tensioner systems for Jan De Nul’s CLV fleet that includes the C
A site located within Malta’s territorial waters has been identified as the potential location for the country’s first grid-connected floating solar project, Maltese Minister for Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli announced. A preliminary market consultation (PMC) has been launched to a
Norwegian shipping company Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with marine geophysical service provider PXGEO for the charter of an offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV). The OSCV Siem Spearfish will be engaged within the marine geophysical segment and support the charterer’s operations w
Taiwanese offshore geophysical and geotechnical investigation company PDE Offshore Corporation is carrying out the conversion of its new geotechnical vessel to service the local offshore wind market. The Geo Power geotechnical vessel is now under conversion work and will join the fleet in mid-2024 t
Scottish well intervention and plug and abandonment (P&A) solutions provider Oilenco has won a contract to deliver engineering and manufacturing services for what it says is a “major North Sea operator”. The contract will see Oilenco provide well intervention and downhole equipment throughout a 52-w
QatarEnergy has handed out four multi-billion-dollar engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract packages to multiple players in a bid to propel forward the next development phase of Qatar’s largest offshore oil field.
UK subsea energy provider Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has appointed the first energy transition business development manager within its subsea business with the aim to help operators achieve carbon emission improvements. Martin Thomson, experienced in both subsea and offshore wind sectors, will
UAE’s energy giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has taken delivery of the first of two 24-meter catamaran dive support vessels (DSVs) from a shipyard in Dubai. ADNOC MD 01, the first of two sister vessels, was built by Dubai-based Grandweld Shipyards and designed by Robert Allan Ltd. to su
The Viking Link carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the UK has entered the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase with the award of the contract to Technip Energies. Viking CCS, previously known as V Net Zero, is the Humber-based CO2 transportation and storage network led by UK oil and ga
U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks has added a 2000-built research vessel to its fleet, which is currently on its way to kick off an offshore wind job after it had undergone a retrofit campaign. The R/V Nautilus, formerly known as Nautical Geo, is currently on its way to the U.S. East Coast to provide su
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has reported that an incident occurred on its pipelaying vessel during operations offshore Australia. Saipem announced that early this morning, January 30, an incident occurred on the Castorone pipelay vessel off the waters of Australia during normal pipelay
ACUA Ocean, a manufacturer of hydrogen-powered uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), and Genevos, a hydrogen fuel cell power systems integrator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a commercial collaboration to develop next-generation hydrogen-powered USVs (H-USV). The strategic collabora
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) with a contract worth approximately $11.7 million to deliver a multi-client survey offshore Brazil. The contract represents EMGS’ first acquisition project offshore Brazil in almost ten years. T
Offshore cable operations have been paused for the Greenlink interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales due to poor weather and for maintenance and upgrades on the construction vessel. The Greenlink Interconnector will link the southeast of Ireland, from Great Island, County Wexford to South-we
