Aberdeen-based energy consultancy Xodus has expanded its role on a decommissioning program in Australian waters, supporting environmental approvals for the next phases in the removal of one of the country’s largest offshore oil field developments.
Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has secured its third contract with Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras in less than a year, this time for the provision of inspection, preservation, maintenance, and operational readiness services for subsea interconnection, mooring and anchor
Greece’s Asso.subsea has reported it was purchasing the inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach from the joint venture of Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, following the sale announcement from earlier today. It was reported today, August 4, that Eidesvik Reach, in which Eidesv
Bourbon’s new inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) vessel has entered into service and is starting its first long-term contract offshore India. Bourbon Evolution 810 has diesel-electric propulsion, is fitted with two active heave-compensated cranes with lifting capacities of 40 and 150 tons, an
ExxonMobil has selected Sercel, Viridien’s sensing and monitoring business line, to deliver a software tool to optimize maritime operations and support pipelay and mooring installation campaigns at a deepwater oil development project offshore Guyana. Under a one-year contract awarded by ExxonMobil G
Eidesvik Reach, the joint venture of Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, is selling its 2009-built, 85-meter-long inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach. The joint venture, in which Eidesvik holds a 50.1% ownership interest and Reach Subsea 49.9%, has entered into a memorandum
Greek Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Belgium-headquartered Cenergy Holdings, has achieved qualification of its 525 kV HVDC XLPE cable systems for both submarine and underground applications. The qualification covers cable systems designed for continuous operation at 80°C using XLPE insulatio
Decommissioning work has started on the TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind project at the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) site off Karmøy, Norway, with the dynamic export cable disconnected and placed in wet storage, clearing the site for the next demonstrator project. The decommissioning ca
Italian startup Sizable Energy has begun testing an offshore energy storage technology designed to store electricity generated by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources at the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory (NOEL) off the coast of Calabria, Italy. The demonstrator, installed in
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem and the Luxembourg-domiciled Subsea7 have made progress in advancing their proposed business combination with a U.S. antitrust milestone; however, the merger’s fate remains uncertain pending the review of potential offshore market
Huisman has been selected to deliver advanced lifting and handling systems for an offshore installation vessel being built for the joint venture (JV) of Norwegian Solstad Offshore and Netherlands-based SBM Offshore. Awarded by CIMC Raffles Offshore, the contract will see Huisman deliver an integrate
Subsea7 has secured a contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), a joint venture company between the Brunei government and the UK-headquartered Shell, covering subsea installation for a pipeline replacement project offshore Brunei. Subsea7’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, cons
The first of two hybrid power ocean energy construction vessels (OECVs) that Norwegian shipbuilder VARD is building for compatriot shipping group Island Offshore has arrived in Norway from Romania for the final phase of outfitting. Island Offshore placed an order with VARD for the design and constru
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has reached an agreement with Hungarian multinational oil & gas company MOL Group for the sale of its 100%-owned subsidiary BG Cyprus Limited for up to $720 million. BG Cyprus holds a 35% non-operated interest in the Cyprus Offshore Block 12, containing the Aphrod
