Irish offshore engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has opened its first office in the Netherlands, with the aim of expanding its presence in the European offshore wind market. By adding a base in the Netherlands, GDG said it is looking to strengthen its connections with client
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is providing industrial sponsorship for Proserv Controls’ Electro Cable Guard (ECG) disruptive subsea cable condition monitoring system for the offshore wind market. The sponsorship agreement will see SPR provide its expertise and resource both from a cable owner and o
Hellenic Cables has secured its first contract with Vattenfall under which it will deliver the inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farms in Denmark. The Greek company will design, manufacture, test, and supply approximately 70 kilometers of 66kV XLPE insulated i
The Netherlands-headquartered WIND has secured a five-year agreement with an undisclosed client for its cable storage yard in Taiwan. The agreement includes the storage of cable, accessories and related logistics and handling services. WIND did not reveal more information on the client nor any detai
MAN Energy Solutions has secured a contract by Aker Solutions to deliver five subsea compression units for the Chevron-operated Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) Project offshore Australia. Three Subsea HOFIM compressor units will be installed into the subsea modules, while the remaining two will serve as
CRP Subsea has delivered distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs), said to be the biggest in the world, to be used in protecting steel pipelines.
Universal Subsea Inc. (USI) has developed and deployed what is said to be the industry’s first high-density subsea equipment preservation and hydrate prevention fluid. Defender Stasis HD was formulated specifically to protect subsea tree mandrels, tree access bores, tubing head spools and similar su
Rotech Subsea has completed de-burial and post-lay trenching works on a key interconnector cable in the southern North Sea.
DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cable for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cable will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. According to DEME, the project included the crossing of
Norwegian energy giant Equinor started production from the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea off Norway on Friday 27 August.
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has commenced the installation of the inter-array cables at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The inter-array cable installation is being carried out by cable-laying vessel Wind of Pride. Prysmian is in charge of the production and delivery of the inter-array
Unique Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AMC Search (AMCS), the training and consultancy division of the Australian Maritime College, to jointly develop a maritime industry accredited Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) Coxswain’s course. This industry-academia collaboration will s
Perma-Pipe has secured a contract from LLOG Exploration Offshore to supply 5 miles (some 8 kilometers) of subsea insulated pipeline for the Taggart project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract scope covers overseeing engineering support, pipe coating, and supplying the FLOW-THERM pre-insulated pipe s
Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carryi
