The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a ship involved in building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as the Trump administration sought to raise pressure on the project on its last day in office.
Partners in Israel’s largest natural gas fields Leviathan and Tamar will invest in new pipeline system to export the fuel to Egypt. Chevron, as the operator of both gas fields, has entered into an agreement with Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL) for the provision of transmission services of natural ga
Halliburton booked a loss in 4Q 2020. While the loss is bigger compared to 3Q 2020, it is significantly smaller in a year-over-year comparison.
Classification society Bureau Veritas has completed the proof of concept project for underwater remote surveys using the Seasam technology ecosystem from Notilo Plus on a Corsica Linea ship Mediterranée. Efficient underwater inspection of shipping vessels is important as a substitute for docking sur
Marine surveyor MMT has recently commenced the geophysical survey operations along the Seagreen offshore wind farm export cable route. The export cable route is approximately 100 kilometres in length and will run from the proposed Seagreen 1A offshore wind farm to a landfall location at the former C
Subsea technology firm Rovco has recently secured a contract to carry out work at Scotland’s Beatrice offshore wind farm. The Edinburgh-based company will deliver inspection and survey work across nominated subsea jacket locations on the wind farm, including export and inter-array cables. The goal o
The University of Strathclyde, in conjunction with National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) and Subsea UK, have announced a new foundation-level course for the offshore renewable energy sector. Specifically, the course provides a balance of applied engineering and business, targeting technical and
CORRECTION NOTE: The article has been updated to say that the tenders to be launched in March will be for offshore grid connections in the Netherlands. Tenders for 2 GW offshore grids in Germany will follow later. TenneT will launch tenders for at least two new offshore grid connections in the Nethe
Boskalis has awarded a charter contract to Bourbon and Oceanteam jointly-owned construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean. According to Oceanteam, works on this contract should commence in February 2021 for a period of approximately two months. Boskalis’ primary activity under this contract wi
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has introduced new and future-proof, sustainable solution for subsea services. The project, named Reach Remote, is a cooperation with industrial partners Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly, and also gets support from Innovation Norway. The first stage of Reach Remote
Four companies Air Liquide, Air Products, ExxonMobil and Shell have registered for a total of €2 billion from the sustainable energy transition subsidy scheme (SDE++) as part of the Porthos project for CO2 capture and storage in Rotterdam. Port of Rotterdam CO₂ Transport Hub and Offshore Storage (Po
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for subsea works on the cable protection systems (CPS) and bolt exchanges at diffusor plates at the Trianel Windpark Borkum project in Germany. The selected company will be in charge of installing 20 preventive CPS retrofits, four corrective CPS retro
Japanese cabling specialist Sumitomo Electric recently won a contract for the Stikine Crossing submarine cable replacement project. Specifically, the project takes place in the Stikine Crossing (approximately 5 kilometres) between Vank and Woronkofski Islands, near Wrangell, Alaska. The purpose of t
Oceaneering’s Subsea Robotics segment has won multiple contracts during the fourth quarter of 2020, with anticipated aggregate revenue in excess of $225 million. These contracts are with international oil and gas operators and marine construction companies, and range in duration from several months
