Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry out a large number of activities contributing to the development of this renewable energy project in the coming twelve months, the Dutch com
Norwegian seismic player TGS and oilfield services company SLB have commenced an ultra-long offset ocean-bottom node (OBN) acquisition in Green Canyon, U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Engagement III is said to be the fifth multi-client ultra-long offset OBN acquisition in the Gulf of Mexico and is set to exten
Eni Angola, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Azule Energy, has awarded Malaysian FPSO operator Yinson with a contract to deliver a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) asset for the Agogo field development located offshore Angola. Under the firm contract, Yinson will provide, operate and
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is busy with bringing forward its Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS), a floating wind and wave energy technology test site which has been in development for several years now.
Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable (NBO) has commenced the construction of its Southern Manufacturing Base in Yangjiang, Guangdong. The facility covers 170,000 mm2 and represents an investment of over €136 million. According to Orient Cable, it has been designed to cater to both the renewab
UK-headquartered energy major BP and partners have confirmed the development concept for the second phase of the BP-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal. The partnership, which includes BP, PETROSEN, Société Mauritanienne
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has won a tender to provide support on the geotechnical detailed design investigation for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm (BAL02), located in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. The contract was awarded by Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 2 sp z o.o. OWC will act a
TechnipFMC has reported full-year inbound orders of $8.1 billion for 2022, a 20 per cent increase compared to 2021, said to be driven by $6.7 billion in orders from the Subsea segment. In Q4 2022, the total company revenue was $1,694.4 million, with an adjusted EBITDA, which excludes pre-tax charges
Neptune Energy, Sval Energi and Storegga have submitted an application for a CO2 storage project in the Norwegian North Sea which has the potential to store up to 225 million tonnes of CO2. The application was submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy following the announcement of
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has decided that all electricity interconnector projects that submitted applications in its third cap and floor window will progress to the next phase. This third window was opened for electricity interconnectors able to start operations before the end of 2032 and th
Luna Innovations (Luna) has been awarded a contract to provide monitoring services for the largest offshore wind project in the United States, Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Luna’s EN.SURE long-range power cable sensing system will be used to monitor the wind farms’
NKT is set to commence the second cable installation campaign for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link in the North Sea in March. The £660 million project includes the construction of a 260-kilometer subsea cable from Shetland to the GB mainland, linking Shetland to t
Subsea 7 has secured a contract extension with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras for one of its pipelay support vessels (PLSVs). The agreement extends the existing contract for Seven Cruzeiro from February until November this year. Daniel Hiller, Vice President Brazil at Subsea 7, said: “This ex
First steps have been made towards building the first subsea power cable factory in Taiwan to support its growing offshore wind sector as the cable manufacturer NKT and Taiwan’s conglomerate Walsin Lihwa announced they were establishing a joint venture. The factory, which will specialise in the prod
