Advanced Insulation is strengthening its subsea division with the acquisition of French-based SURF specialist Bardot. As part of the acquisition, a new company, AIS Bardot has been created. They will operate independently but collaborate with Advanced Insulation to bring a wider range of products to
This downturn’s impact on offshore pipeline demand is lighter than that of 2016 and recovery is likely to be swift, led by projects in the Middle East, Rystad said on Monday.
Subsea cabling specialist JDR has won a contract to supply a 5.5-kilometre 33kV fiber optic power cable and a steel tube subsea isolation valve (SSIV) umbilical for a BP platform project offshore Azerbaijan. The cable will connect an existing platform to the new platform to provide power share as we
Marine seismic player Polarcus has taken delivery of geophysical exploration vessel Ivan Gubkin. Ivan Gubkin (previously Polarcus Amani) has been on charter to Russian shipping company Sovcomflot since 2017. In light of the extension to the Vyacheslav Tikhonov charter, the companies agreed that Sovc
UK-based Next Geosolutions has recently taken delivery of its new multi-purpose subsea vessel in Dover, UK. The Pacific Worker, formerly Seabed Worker, will now become NG Worker and operate under Italian flag. The NG Worker is an 88.8-metre LOA Norwegian-built high specification and SPS-Code certifi
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore, has acquired the controlling interest in Caltex Oil Tools. Houston-based company has a core management team with more than 65 years of experience in deep water, remote technologies and intervention solutions. The Caltex team should enable C-I to f
Subsea engineering firm Oceaneering and partners recently deployed their PECMAG power take-off technology at Port of Montrose for testing. The Power Electronic Controlled Magnet Gear (PECMAG) is one of the projects in Wave Energy Scotland PTO call. The PECMAG PTO system is a modular all-electric sys
Community interest company behind Marine Energy Wales, Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF), has appointed Steve Hall as CEO. Hall brings with him over 30 years of experience in ocean science, technology and policy. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, a Chartere
French oil major Total has installed two new jackets for the Tyra field redevelopment project located in the Danish North Sea.
Aker Solutions has secured a subsea production system contract from Equinor for the Breidablikk development in the North Sea. The contract value is about NOK 2.5 billion, including options. It covers the delivery of four subsea templates and up to 23 subsea trees and associated components. Specifica
DEME Group’s jack-up vessel Innovation is set to begin the monopile installation at the Hornsea Two offshore wind project next month. In total, 165 monopiles and transition pieces will be installed at the offshore site in the UK in preparation for the Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW turbines. With a height fr
Fugro Netherlands Marine B.V. has won the contract to carry out a geophysical survey at the proposed Hesselø wind site offshore Denmark. Located in Kattegatt, Hesselø is the second of the three offshore wind farms proposed in Denmark’s Energy Agreement 2018, the first being the Thor project. Both He
Cable installation and maintenance player Global Offshore recently commissioned MakaiLay software for a power cable replacement project. The SSEN Pentland Firth East project was also the first for Global Offshore to use the MakaiLay Power Module. The company already utilises the software for telecom
EDS HV Group has won a five-year framework contract with RWE Renewables to provide cable fault response and repair services across the energy company’s wind farms offshore the UK. Under the framework agreement, EDS will manage all aspects of cable fault response by mobilising engineers to test and i
