Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, pe
Oregon State University has started construction works on a wave energy testing facility PacWave South that will be located about 11 kilometres off the coast of Newport in Oregon.
Offshore installation work is set to start this month on a new offshore wind farm to be built off the Scottish coast, for which one of Saipem’s crane vessels and Prysmian’s cable laying vessels will soon mobilise. The DP2 heavy lift vessel S3000 is currently in the Port of Schiedam and will be mobil
Bourbon Offshore Surf has won a tender to supply and manage the crew and nautical activities of two deep-sea vessels owned by the French Department of Underwater Archaeological Research (DRASSM). Bourbon will support DRASSM with risk management (QHSE), crew and technical management for the André Mal
MMA Offshore has secured a new contract to carry out survey work at an offshore wind project in Taiwan, as well as a contract extension for the Australian Ichthys natural gas field. MMA will use two third-party chartered vessels to undertake geophysical and visual surveys to understand elements such
Australia’s Karoon has taken the Final Investment Decision to proceed with the development of the Patola project located offshore Brazil.
Acteon has secured a contract with Saipem to provide casing installation and drilling support at the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind project in France. The work scope includes creating 64 open-hole sockets for casing installation, providing a bespoke drilling system to suit the socket specificatio
TechnipFMC has won its first integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract in Brazil by Karoon Energy for the Patola field. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea trees, flexible pipes and umbilicals. The project wi
OKEA has awarded CCB Subsea with a five-year agreement for subsea life extension services on the Draugen field offshore Norway. In relation to OKEA’s strategy to maintain production until 2040 on Draugen, the company selected CCB Subsea as the service provider for overhaul and refurbishment of exist
Solstad Offshore has signed a new contract with DeepOcean for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean. Normand Ocean, which has been on contract with DeepOcean since 2014, will now be on firm contract until the end of 2023. The CSV will be utilized on DeepOcean’s inspection, maintenance,
McDermott has completed work on Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 Satellite Cluster Project, off the east coast of India.
Subsea Integration Alliance, the partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea, has officially secured the EPCI contract with Equinor for the Bacalhau field in Brazil. The work scope covers the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the subsea pipelines (SURF) and production
Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be com
Blue Abyss is bringing what is said to be the world’s biggest and deepest pool to Cornwall, UK, for testing the latest underwater technology and advancing subsea robotics. The £150 million Blue Abyss facility will be an extreme environment research, test, and training center serving the offshore ene
