Equinor and BP have selected a consortium between Van Oord and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) for subsea rock installation works for their Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms in New York. The consortium plans to start operations at the offshore wind farm sites in the mid-2020s, wit
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has completed the factory acceptance test and cable load out of 60 kilometers of 230kV subsea cable for the Negros-Panay interconnector project in the Philippines. ZTT is in charge of delivering marine survey, design, supply, and lay-off of three submarine XLPE c
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has signed a two-year contract for continued riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services onboard the offshore support vessel Island Venture. The new contract follows a previous agreement in which the Island Venture performed interventi
UK-headquartered Subsea Technology & Rentals has officially opened its new facilities in Houston, the United States. According to STR’s CEO Steve Steele, the investment of over $1.5 million in the new purpose designed facilities will provide the company with the platform to attract the best talent,
Washington-based All American Marine (AAM) has won a contract to build a research and hydrographic survey vessel for Geodynamics, an NV5 company, that will be used in the offshore wind market. The R/V Shackleford, named after the southernmost barrier island in the Cape Lookout National Seashore chai
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has delivered the first medium-voltage cable from its new subsea cable factory in Shanwei, Guangdong Province. The medium-voltage production lines at the new factory were calibrated and put into commercial operation on 9 September 2021. The first local medium vol
Oil and gas major BP is moving ahead with plans for the development of the Murlach field in the UK North Sea.
TechnipFMC has signed a frame agreement with TotalEnergies for the delivery of subsea production systems offshore Angola. Under the agreement, TechnipFMC is set to deliver its Subsea 2.0 production systems for brownfield developments in Block 17 in Angola. “Subsea 2.0 products use standardized compo
‘Actions, not words’ perfectly summarizes the general feeling of environmental activists who took the front line in fight against fossil fuels industry and its supporters. Living up to their creed, however, is the maritime sector which has also stepped up efforts on a global level to adopt more envi
Ørsted now expects costs to reinstate the integrity of inter-array cables affected by cable protection issues at some of the company’s offshore wind farms to amount to up to DKK 1.3 billion (around EUR 175 million) and not up to DKK 3 billion as initially anticipated. As reported, Ørsted discovered
A Dublin-headquartered company has made an application to Ofgem for a licence that would allow it to participate in the operation of a new subsea and underground electricity interconnector.
Xlinks is in discussion with the UK Government about Contract for Difference (CfD) support for the planned interconnector between Morocco and the UK. According to Xlinks, the power project will be capable of supplying 8% of Great Britain’s electricity needs at £48/MWh for 25 years under the current
Offshore construction work has now officially started on what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm with the installation of the first length of the HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast. NKT has commenced work on the laying of the nearshore cable for Dogger Bank A, the first of the
Huisman has won a contract from the USA-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) for the delivery of rock installation equipment to be fitted on the company’s newbuild subsea rock installation vessel. The equipment will support GLDD’s ability to play a significant role in the development
