Fugro has signed a contract with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, for geotechnical site investigation for the North Sea I offshore wind development. The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4 GW by 2030, and the geo-data acquired by Fugro will be used to inf
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders under which it will award a framework agreement for cable testing and fault-finding services for its offshore wind farms in Europe. The tender is divided into three lots. The company is looking to award a framework agreement with a maximum of five contractors
Prysmian Group has won a €60 million contract to lay the submarine cables for the Project Lighting interconnection project in the United Arab Emirates. Prysmian entered into a €220 million limited notice to proceed in January with Samsung C&T, as part of its EPC consortium with Jan De Nul, for the p
UK-based Aquaterra Energy has unveiled a new CO2 management platform for long-term monitoring and sustained integrity of underwater carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The integrated solution is said to provide monitoring of both sub-surface fiber optic seismic arrays, as well as dissolved CO2 g
Scottish company Mocean Energy has secured patent protection for its floating hinged raft wave energy technology in China.
UK-headquartered AIS has acquired CRP Subsea as part of its growth strategy and with the aim of expanding its range of subsea offerings. Based in Skelmersdale, England, CRP Subsea, formerly Trelleborg Offshore UK, delivers polymer and syntactic foam-based buoyancy and protection products for the off
Norwegian seismic company Magseis Fairfield has signed an agreement with a repeat customer for a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the North Sea. The project is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2023, with an expected duration of approximately one month. Activities will see the utiliza
During the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, currently underway in Egypt, a call to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement echoed once again, as severe geopolitical conflicts and tensions seem to demand actions that are not fully in line with the Paris rul
As part of its development of the 2.9 GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK, Ørsted is also required to implement compensation measures for the protection of the Black-legged kittiwake. Now, the company is starting surveys at the locations where artificial nesting structures for kittiwake ar
Shell has joined a joint industry project dedicated to developing and testing advanced 3D printing technologies as an in situ, metal-to-metal, repair method for subsea assets. Shell joins project partners Kongsberg Ferrotech, Equinor, Gassco and SINTEF who have been working on this industrial projec
TDI-Brooks has completed the third geotechnical support project for Phase 2 of the pipeline route investigation and site survey campaign at the Sakarya gas field offshore Türkiye. The program consisted of gravity cone penetrometer (gCPT) and T-Bar tests. During this second leg of phase two, 78 gCPTs
US-based marine energy company C-Power has prepared its SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS) for shipping to Hawaii, where it will undergo a demonstration at US Navy’s wave energy test site.
Van Oord has selected the Port of Blyth as the location for the storage and mobilisation of inter-array cables for the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The installation of the inter-array cables is set to begin in 2024, in which 350 kilometres of cable will pass through the Port’s Battlesh
German Ambassador to the UK Miguel Berger and UK Trade Commissioner for Europe Chris Barton have joined an industry event to help celebrate continued progress on the NeuConnect project that will create the first direct connection between the UK and German energy markets. Led by Meridiam, Allianz Ca
