Woodside has brought on stream a deepwater oil project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of the targeted first oil in 2024.
Aberdeen-based Underwater Contracting (UCO), owner of the largest fleet of Saab UK’s Seaeye Falcons, has ordered a further six underwater vehicles to cater for contracts in renewables, oil & gas and aquaculture markets. The new order follows the award of major contracts in the aquaculture, renewable
Denmark-headquartered NKT has signed a long-term contract with a European company for the supply of copper rod that will be used for cables destined for offshore wind projects. To secure the supply of copper for its production of power cables, NKT signed an agreement with Polish copper supplier KGHM
Danish national transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has appointed MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions to provide the storage and handling system for spare cable for the Viking Link that will connect Denmark and Great Britain. Energinet entrusted MacArtney with supplying a comprehensive storag
Cable-laying operations for the inter-array cables are about to begin at the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the US. The work, carried by Jan De Nul’s vessel Isaac Newton, will begin with array cable lines five and six. The vessel will remain on-site until early October, said Vineyard W
TDI-Brooks has completed phase four of a deepwater, geotechnical coring and CPT project for DenAr Ocean Engineering.
Rosetti Marino has been hired by Snam Rete Gas for work on the facilities for a FSRU to be developed for deployment in the Adriatic Sea.
Van Oord has christened the newest member of its fleet, a next-generation, custom-built cable-laying vessel in the Netherlands.
Weening the world off fossil fuels and developing clean alternatives was bound to be hard even in perfect circumstances, but the latest global developments are bringing into question if any of the current efforts to decarbonize and reach net zero are even achievable in the given time-frames. Case in
Van Oord and Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, have agreed to collaborate on the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, with the contract(s) for the work to be signed later this year. This will be the most ecological wind farm yet, said Van Oord, whose contract(s)
The seabed surveys have been completed for this year in the areas of Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) and Utsira Nord offshore Norway. Over the past two years, seabed surveys have been carried out in the open areas of Southern North Sea II and Utsira Nord. The Utsira Nord surveys began in
A post-installation survey is set to soon commence at the Viking Link project in the North Sea after Prysmian completed the last section of the submarine cable for the UK-Denmark interconnector. The last section was laid and assembled 172 kilometers off the Danish coast in German and Dutch waters on
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured two new contracts for offshore activities in Côte d’Ivoire and Italy for an overall amount of €850 million. Saipem won a contract with Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partner Petroci to deliver subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) for the de
Two offshore survey campaigns have been completed for SSE Renewables’ Arklow Bank Wind Park II offshore wind farm in Ireland. The surveys took place over an eight-week period during July and August. According to SSE Renewables, the surveys were completed on schedule despite unsettled weather conditi
