Fugro has secured a contract to conduct geophysical and environmental site investigations at the Five Estuaries project, the extension of the operational Galloper offshore wind farm. Fugro Mercator has been appointed to carry out the geophysical survey at the UK project, which will start on 5 August
A key research, published by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at the University of St Andrews, has found that harbour porpoises exhibit localised evasion of an operational tidal turbine at the Meygen tidal energy site offshore Scotland.
DOF Subsea has mobilized Skandi Neptune for the ocean bottom node (OBN) 4D seismic campaign on the Jubarte field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. As reported in May, Skandi Neptune will support the seismic surveys that Shearwater GeoServices will carry out on Petrobras’ Jubarte, Tupi and Iracema
NKT has begun the installation of the 10-kilometer onshore cable for the 600 MW Shetland HVDC project in Scotland. The onshore cable will run from the converter station at Kergord in Shetland and the Switching Station at Noss Head in Caithness to the subsea cable landfall points. NKT has also starte
RINA, in a joint venture with the Tunisian subsidiary Comete Engineering, is carrying out a marine feasibility study for the 600 MW Italy-Tunisia interconnection. The submarine survey project, which started in April, will run for one year and will identify two possible landfalls at either end of the
Kraken Robotics has signed a contract with an undisclosed international energy company to provide underwater inspection of the subsea assets in West Africa.
Neptune Energy has deployed a data visualisation platform based on 3D gaming technology to digitise its portfolio of subsea wells in Norway.
Aker Solutions reported an order intake of NOK 12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2021, said to be the strongest in several years, of which about 60% is related to energy transition work. Aker Solutions saw its orderbook go up almost 30% in Q2 2021 compared to the same period last year, equaling
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has submitted the planning application for the Celtic Interconnector to An Bord Pleanála. The application includes a full Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement, as well as other plans and particulars. An Bord Pleanála will
Goleniów-Lwówek pipeline, the longest element of the Baltic Pipe project in Poland, has entered the advanced stage with welding and backfilling in trenches underway. The Goleniów-Lwówek gas pipeline will enable the distribution of gas supplied from the Norwegian Shelf via the offshore gas pipeline i
Subsea 7 has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with an undisclosed client in the Middle East.
UK-based Ardyne is launching a new joint industry project (JIP) with Norwegian energy company Equinor to further develop its well decommissioning technology TITAN RS.
Denmark’s Energy Complaints Board has completed the processing of a number of complaints filed against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) authorisation of Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. The Energy Appeals Board confirmed the DEA’s decisions from 14 December 2020, when the autho
The global unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) market generated $4,104.2 million in revenue in 2020, according to research by P&S Intelligence. The market is said to be driven by the increasing requirement for maritime security equipment, advancements in underwater inspection systems, and surging sp
