The UAE-headquartered oil and gas EPC contractor National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has appointed STATS Group to carry out a major subsea pipeline intervention scope. STATS Group’s scope of work includes the hot tapping and double block and bleed isolation of multiple pipelines with diam
Norwegian seismic companies PGS and TGS have secured pre-funding for the Santos Sul MultiClient 3D project in the southwest Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The survey will cover more than 15,000 square kilometers of both open acreage made available by ANP via the new Permanent Offer mechanism (POR), a
“It is quite clear that liquid hydrogen is the cheapest option. It is much cheaper than ammonia when you look at the whole cycle of putting the hydrogen into the ammonia and taking the hydrogen out. If you can have liquid hydrogen which is stored without loss or very low loss, then liquid hydrogen i
Equinor has submitted a plan for the development and operation (PDO) of a Norwegian Sea field to Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
TDI-Brooks has installed the Starlink Maritime platform on two of its four research vessels, both currently working on offshore wind projects in the U.S. The platforms were installed on RV Brooks McCall and RV Miss Emma McCall, which are currently performing geological and geophysical surveys on the
UK-headquartered subsea technology specialist Ashtead Technology has acquired the entire share capital of Hiretech for a total consideration of £20 million on a cash and debt-free basis, expanding its mechanical solutions service offering. Established in 2011, Hiretech is a management-owned, Aberdee
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has taken delivery of the first two robotic vessels that will form part of the high-tech Armada fleet. The two ships have left Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam and are headed to Norway and Vard Søviknes. “Armada 7801 and 7802 have set sail from Vietnam and are
North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy has started production from a subsea tie-back to its FPF-1 facility located in the UK North Sea.
The Danish Energy Agency has granted the first-ever permit for a CO2 storage project in Denmark. The project includes the injection and storage of up to 15,000 tonnes of CO2 in a former oil field over a four-month period. INEOS E&P and Wintershall Dea have been granted permission to begin a time- an
Balfour Beatty has laid the final piece of land cable on the UK side of the Viking Link interconnector project which will connect the British and Danish power grids. Balfour Beatty reeled the final piece of land cable into position near Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, marking the 118th cable laid in th
South Korea’s ocean exploration company, Geoview, has completed the marine geophysical survey for Equinor’s Firefly floating offshore wind farm in Ulsan. In the first half of 2022, Geoview won an ocean exploration project from Equinor for the first time as a Korean company. Geoview specializes in ma
Jan De Nul Group has completed the first part of the cable installation works to connect the offshore wind farms Hollandse Kust (noord) and (west Alpha) to the Dutch mainland. The 220-kV high-voltage tests of both sea and land cables for Hollandse Kust (noord) were completed as well, from the onshor
Norway’s DeepOcean and Akvaplan-niva, a subsidiary of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), have partnered up to cooperate on the potential use of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and unmanned glider vehicles (USVs) for environmental studies for offshore wind and oil & gas developments
Aberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec has completed the installation of its manufacturing plant at its new composites facility at Montrose Port that will produce composite structures for subsea and offshore renewable energy sectors.
