The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has secured £670,000 in funding for a research project that will take robot submarine Boaty McBoatface around end-of-life oil and gas fields. The Autonomous Techniques for infraStructure Ecological Assessment (AT-SEA) project will trial the concept of using sub
A shallow geotechnical survey is about to begin within the export cable area at the Seagreen Phase 1A wind farm offshore Scotland.
Two cable repairs have been completed at the BritNed interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands following recent faults. The second cable repair was completed on 7 June after two faults caused by impact damage were recently reported. However, the repaired section although trenched is still in
Crown LNG has granted Aker Solutions a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Kakinada LNG terminal in India.
A fire on the ocean surface dubbed the “Eye of fire” that broke out early on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico near Pemex’ Ku Maloob Zaap oil development was put out.
The latest developments from the offshore energy industry related to the ongoing energy transition.
Aker Solutions has won a contract from OKEA for modifications on the Draugen platform to enable the processing of gas from the Hasselmus discovery. The contract includes engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of new equipment. The scope covers hook-up of a new
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have outlined their support for the NeuConnect interconnector between Germany and the UK. The two European leaders spoke about the NeuConnect project today, 2 July, as part of Merkel’s visit to the UK to meet Johnson. “Collaboration
Chevron, the operator and the Gorgon joint venture, will proceed with the approximately $4 billion Jansz-Io Compression project in Australia.
Chevron Australia has selected Aker Solutions to provide subsea compression technology for the Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) project offshore Western Australia. The companies remain in ongoing discussions to finalize the contract, after which a further announcement will be made. The value of the contr
The Letter of Intent (LoI) for the construction of a Windfarm Development Vessel (WDV) – issued last year by Triumph Subsea Services to InfraStrata plc – has been formally cancelled, Triumph Subsea said after InfraStrata reported the LoI had been set aside as the shipbuilder was not confident the pr
Nexans has inaugurated a new cable harness production facility in the city of Tianjin, China, dedicated to the local wind energy industry. The facility has 3,000 square meters of production and storage space and will manufacture M12 sensor cables, valve connectors, and customized solutions specific
Equinor has secured regulatory consent to start-up facilities and modifications associated with the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea.
The Australian Government has released a Request for Expressions of Interest for Phase 1 works to decommission the Northern Endeavour FPSO.
