Kraken Robotics has added Sam Allen as a strategic advisor. Sam will help the company refine its strategy for the international offshore energy market with a focus on landing additional pilot projects and converting pilot projects to longer-term recurring revenue contracts. Allen is the former presi
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz and Belgian TSO Elia have issued a call for tenders, under which they will award framework agreements for external resource services for offshore projects and regional centres in the two countries. The TSOs are looking to enter framework agreements f
Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the C
Maritime Developments MDL has completed a North Sea tie-back, which included delivery of solution for handling reels of 12-metre diameter. The work scope covered installation of 3 reels of flowlines, jumpers and an umbilical using MDL Third-generation Reel Drive System. The reels measured from 9.2 m
Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.
Okeanus recently delivered an active heave compensated umbilical winch and skid mounted A-Frame style LARS to Japan’s NiGK Corporation (NIGK). NiGK’s end customer, JOGMEC, deployed the system on two separate deep-sea mining missions. The campaign as a result recovered cobalt crust core samples using
The Leicestershire based Nylacast has acquired subsea engineering firm Supergrip. Nylacast Group specialises in the design, development and supply of precision engineered polymer solutions. The company employs over 400 staff at its headquarters. Group services a global market through its two divisio
Solstad Offshore has received a contract from an undisclosed EPIC contractor for the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Baltic. The vessel will be utilized in the development phase of an offshore wind project in Taiwan. The contract, with a duration of up to 220 days, will begin during 1st ha
Hayle Harbour Authority has partnered with Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) to help with the development of robotic vessels in performing hydrographic surveys in Hayle Harbour. The aim is to monitor the effects of dredging, sluicing and periodic natural changes to the depths of the harbour in fulfilm
Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) has invested in new sonar technology for its survey works throughout its district. The HYPACK Max technology has been supplied by Hayle-based survey support company Swathe Services. Colin Trundle, principal scientific officer at Cornwall I
Norwegian subsea contractor Ocean Installer has established a new business segment – developer of offshore wind. Consequently, the company has appointed Olav Hetland to the role of director Offshore Wind Farms to lead this strategy. This follows the appointment of Even Larsen as the director of Offs
Prysmian has started installing the export cables which will connect the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm to the French grid. The Italian cable manufacturer deployed its cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise on the project. The cable pull-in operations started off the Courance beach on Sunday,
NKT has secured a turnkey contract by TenneT, worth below EUR 250 million, to deliver and install a high-voltage direct current (DC) XLPE power cable system for the BorWin5 project in Northern Germany. The order comprises the manufacturing of approximately 230 km of 320 kV high-voltage DC on-and off
FASTsubsea and Petronas’ subsidiary Petronas Research signed a Joint Industry Project contract to develop and test a low-cost, topside-less subsea multiphase pump. FASTsubsea is a joint venture between Aker Solutions and FSubsea. The new company combines Aker Solutions’ multiphase hydraulic technolo
