Ross Offshore has secured a contract with OMV (Norge) to carry out a site survey on the PL 644 Iris/Hades discoveries to the Aasgard C pipeline route in the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian company will conduct a reconnaissance survey, as well as provide management expertise and a survey spread from Fug
TenneT, Statnett and KfW have officially commissioned the 1,400 MW NordLink interconnector between Norway and Germany. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg launched the NordLink submarine cable today, 27 May. The so-called ‘Green Cable’ will facilitate the exch
Kraken Robotics has received a second order from Teledyne Gavia to equip the SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with its AquaPix SAS Sonar. To remind, last week Kraken revealed it had secured a new order for AquaPix, but did not disclose the client’s name. The sonar will be featured on th
CGG has signed an R&D collaboration agreement with Geoptic to research and assess a novel borehole solution for monitoring the spread of CO2 in subsurface storage sites for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The collaboration is focused on delivering a new continuous long-term subsurface monitoring s
Green Rebel Marine is planning to carry out geophysical survey operations off the South Coast of Ireland starting from 3 June. The survey will be conducted by the semi-SWATH catamaran Roman Rebel, which will conduct 24-hr operations, and the Lady Kathleen catamaran, which will conduct 12-hr operatio
DNV and South Korean LS Cable & System have signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to target emerging subsea cabling opportunities in the offshore wind industry. DNV and LS Cable & System will cooperate in identifying and reducing risk early in the cable manufacturing process, impr
Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured an acquisition contract in the Black Sea for its recently reactivated seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard. The Ramform Vanguard will acquire the survey using an exploration configuration towing a 12×8000 meter spread, PGS stated. Work is scheduled to sta
U.S.-based marine energy company ORPC has contracted Sustainable Marine’s Swift Anchors division to provide its novel rock anchoring system for ORPC’s Advanced TidGen project set to launch in Maine later this year.
Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge to the previously agreed work scope for Maersk Intrepid.
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has taken delivery of two EdgeTech 2050-DSS tri-frequency side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler systems at its Perth facility in Australia. The systems are currently being prepared for their debut in the Asia Pacific, STR said. “Our continuous investment, and stro
The underwater industry is a hugely important asset for the UK, creating highly skilled jobs, driving economic growth and helping to level up across the country, UK Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said at a recent Subsea UK event.
Nexans has won a contract to supply the umbilicals for Equinor’s Bacalhau ultra-deepwater oil project offshore Brazil. Nexans will design, manufacture and supply a total of 44 kilometers of gas-lift, static and dynamic steel tube umbilicals for installation at water depths reaching 2,100 meters. Thi
The subsea industry must act now to capitalize on the energy transition as the road to net zero is already underway and companies need to meet the change of pace required, according to Tom Heggarty, principal analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice. Opportunities include facilitating
Equinor and its partners have selected a concept for developing six discoveries in a joint unitisation project on Haltenbanken.
