Verlume, intelligent energy management and storage technologies firm, has joined with consortium partners to progress the development of an autonomous underwater robot that moves like a fish to enable efficient offshore inspection regimes in harsh and hard-to-reach environments.
UK-based Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and subsea communications company Aquatec Group have formed a joint venture to reduce the cost of subsea installation, maintenance and decommissioning in the offshore wind and oil and gas industry.
Helix Energy Solution has secured a one-year contract extension with Trident Energy for field decommissioning services offshore Brazil. The project, located in the Pampo and Enchova Clusters in the Campos Basin, is expected to commence late this year for a period of two years with multiple options t
iXblue is ramping up its production of DriX uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) to, as it says, meet the growing industry need for sea-proven autonomous platforms. According to the company, the strong increase in order intake has led to reviewing the whole industrialization process for series production
Italy’s Prysmian has completed the North Sea Link (NSL) interconnector between Norway and the UK ahead of schedule. In 2015, Norwegian system operator Statnett and UK’s National Grid awarded Prysmian with a €550 million project to deliver approximately 950 kilometers of subsea HVDC cables (1400MW, ±
Fugro Netherlands Marine has won the contract to carry out geophysical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver V and VI offshore wind sites in the Dutch North Sea. The IJmuiden Ver V and VI areas are located in the northern part of the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone, and the investigation area covers approx
Japan’s Furukawa Electric and Philippines-based S.L. Development Construction Corporation have secured a contract to deliver a subsea power transmission project in the Philippines. Furukawa Electric will supply 230 kV AC XLPE-insulated 1,600 mm2 triple-core submarine cable, and cable temperature and
IOG has achieved the first gas from another field which is part of its Saturn Banks Project – Phase 1, located in the UK North Sea.
Subsea 7 has won what it defines as a “substantial contract” with an undisclosed client for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of offshore facilities, subsea pipelines, and associated infrastructure. The award, made to a consortium including Subsea 7, will be recorde
Norwegian seismic company PGS and Australia’s deepC Store Limited (DCS) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to co-develop a commercial-scale carbon storage project offshore Australia. Under the agreement, PGS will be in charge of providing geological and geophysical advisory services. The two compa
Claxton, Acteon’s drilling and decommissioning segment, has inked a deal with Oceaneering to acquire its decom personnel and assets.
Van Oord has placed a new order with Demcon unmanned systems for an unmanned autonomous survey vessel suitable for challenging offshore conditions. The DUS V5750 model, set to be delivered in one year, can be used in support of dredging operations, installing offshore wind farms, and constructing ma
Norway-based subsea and marine services provider DOF Subsea has secured contract extensions with compatriot Equinor and UK’s Shell for three of its vessels. Equinor Energy has exercised options to extend the firm periods of the contracts for platform supply vessel (PSV) Skandi Mongstad for three yea
After securing new deals, Island Offshore, a Norwegian offshore vessel owner, now has all 25 vessels in its fleet under contract.
