Saipem has revealed a new, sustainable subsea pipelaying method which allows forming vertical cold bends in the pipeline in a strictly controlled way and directly underwater by means of a specially designed remotely operated underwater bending machine. The Underwater Cold Bending technology is said
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a tender looking for a contractor or contractors to deliver bathymetric survey services at offshore wind sites. Vattenfall plans to sign a framework agreement with the selected company/companies for scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys at offshore wind pro
DOF Subsea has secured a contract extension for the 160-meter long high-end subsea vessel Skandi Africa. The new commitment will commence in direct continuation with the current commitment and will run until February 2024. DOF Group CEO, Mons S. Aase, said: “Skandi Africa is the most sophisticated v
G-tec has completed the UXO detection and clearance campaign at the Calvados offshore wind farm in France, covering an area of more than 2,200 kilometers. After cross-evaluation of the multi-sensor datasets, combined with historical and site data, the number of anomalies was reduced to few UXO-like
Subsea 7 has won a “substantial” contract for the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) of flowlines and umbilicals offshore West Africa. According to the company, project management and engineering have commenced, while offshore operations are scheduled to take place from
The University of Plymouth and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have partnered up to establish a new research facility to accelerate the development and deployment of new offshore renewables products and services.
iXblue has completed the bathymetric survey at the site of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm using its DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). The purpose of the bathymetric survey inspection was to verify the seabed conditions before the deployment of Jan De Nul Group’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent.
PGS has secured solid industry pre-funding for a large MultiClient survey on the Northwest shelf of the Norwegian Sea. The Ramform Atlas is currently mobilizing for the survey, with the acquisition scheduled to start around 10 May. “This is the first large-scale MultiClient survey we are acquiring o
Three organisations have decided to renew their collaboration to explore the potential of carbon capture and storage on the UKCS.
PanGeo Subsea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken Robotics, has secured several cable depth of burial campaigns, valued at more than $3 million, in Europe using its 3D acoustic Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI). Under these contracts set to be completed throughout 2022, the SBI will be used as the cable dete
Baker Hughes has launched a new subsea wellhead technology, the MS-2 Annulus Seal, expected to save substantial operational rig costs by helping lower overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips. The MS-2 Annulus Seal integrates with Baker Hughes’ existing MS-800 wellhead system and
TechnipFMC has secured an additional contract and received notice to proceed from ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The new flexibles contract covers six risers said to be qualified for high pressure and
Norwegian operator Aker BP has appointed DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of subsea operations related to inspection, intervention, repair, survey and emergent operations together with associated onshore engineering and project management services. The parties have a joint commitment to cooperate
Nauticus Robotics and Wood have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on developing combined services with cost-efficient and environmentally friendly maintenance of end customers’ subsea infrastructure. Nauticus and Wood stated that their shared objective is to increase the value creat
