Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II Offshore Wind GmbH have issued a contract notice seeking contractors to install inter-array cables for two wind farm projects offshore Germany. The two projects, Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II, are located in the German North Sea, in the N-7.2 and N
UK-headquartered ADC Energy has secured a contract with a “major operator” in West Africa for the provision of operational assurance and rig acceptance, said to be worth $250,000. ADC Energy stated it is set to provide a focused approach to operational assurance, and acceptance services for rig equi
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has put into operation Askeladd natural gas development in the Barents Sea two years after the project was originally completed. Askeladd is a satellite field of the Snøhvit field and was developed as a subsea tie-in to the Snøhvit facility and Hammerfest LNG. Equinor
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The Spanish government has decided that the future subsea pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille, which was initially supposed to carry gas in its first phase, will only be carrying green hydrogen. The pipeline, now dubbed H2Med, was proposed in October as a substitute for the so-called MidCat pip
SEA-KIT has agreed the sale of its Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to ThayerMahan, a US-based company specializing in autonomous maritime solutions.
After recently being selected to provide export cables for the 1.4 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, DEME Offshore and LS Cable & System have now also signed a contract with Vattenfall for the same work on the 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm, both in the UK. The consortium will be res
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of companies to cooperate on the development of a CO2 hub in Denmark. The consortium plans to establish a CO2 hub called Greenport Scandinavia on the Danish North Sea coast, which is, among ot
Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso has arrived in Norway where it will undergo the installation of cable carousels, as well as other finishing touches. Work on the first of two cable carousels has already started at VARD’s Brattvaag shipyard in Norway, where the construction of Calypso will
Aker Carbon Capture is joining UK recycling, renewable energy and waste management company Viridor on a pre-FEED study for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project nearby Liverpool, which is set to be one of the first large-scale carbon capture projects at an energy-from-waste facility in the worl
NKT has introduced a new long-term storage solution for submarine power cables, said to enable faster offshore repair operations. The new solution is said to use specialized storage baskets and provide easier logistics and faster mobilization in case of unexpected cable repairs. With this, NKT said
BP, Equinor and Ithaca Energy have inked a deal to explore electrification options for their West of Shetland portfolio of oil and gas assets.
Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project, is moving forward with submarine cables being delivered by Prysmian Group. Prysmian’s cable laying vessels, Cable Enterprise and Ulisse, arrived in the US with submarine cables manufactured and tested at the company’s centres of tec
Prysmian Group’s cable-laying vessel Leonardo da Vinci has commenced the offshore installation campaign of the subsea link that will connect the Greek Crete island and mainland Greece. The Crete-Attica project will comprise a total submarine length of 336 kilometers to be laid at a maximum depth of
