The first section of the export cable for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm has been pulled ashore, making landfall at Bawdsey in Suffolk. NKT, which is supplying and installing the export cables for the project under a turnkey contract secured in 2022, started working on East Anglia T
Van Oord has signed a contract with SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at the 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm in Germany. Under the contract, SPIE Wind Connect will be responsible for the termination and testing of 21 61 kV inter-array cables o
Australian offshore vessel player MMA Offshore has officially rebranded to Cyan Renewables, following the acquisition by the Singapore-headquartered company last summer. To remind, Cyan Renewables, a portfolio company of Seraya Partners, closed the agreement to acquire MMA Offshore in July 2024 for
The UK National Grid has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries as the preferred bidder to supply and install 138 kilometers of subsea cable for Sea Link, a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk. Sumitomo Electric will perform the work out of its manuf
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has selected the UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC for work on its project in the Norwegian North Sea.
Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer Strohm has completed the first field trials with Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras for its TCP design, performed at water depths of approximately 1,500 meters offshore Brazil. According to Strohm, the testing and engineering assessments were conduc
Texas-based 3U TECHNOLOGIES has been added to the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) facility network. According to TEAMER, the company name refers to “Underground Underwater Under-Ice,” reflecting its capability to support a wide range of subsea numerical modellin
Taihan Cable & Solution has completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind project in South Korea. The export cable installation, covering two 28-kilometer lines and carried out by Taihan’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) PALOS, was performed in two phases. Th
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to deliver marine warranty survey (MWS) services for a 750 MW, 345-kilometer-long power interconnector project in Australia. ABL’s operations in Australia will provide MWS services to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) campai
The new cable-laying vessel (CLV) that joined Prysmian’s fleet earlier this year, Monna Lisa, has begun installing its first submarine cable at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project site in the U.S., where Dominion Energy is building the country’s largest offshore wind farm. Dominion Ene
Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid to perform surveys for a project that will develop offshore electricity substations and export cable routes to connect Ireland’s future offshore wind farms on the south coast to the national grid
As offshore oil and gas exploration mission continues in Uruguay, the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company Challenger Energy Group (CEG) is moving forward with its plans to make its assets drill-ready.
U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions has secured a plug and abandonment (P&A) agreement with U.S. energy major ExxonMobil in the Gulf of America. The company’s Louisiana-based shallow water abandonment group Helix Alliance was awarded the three-year framework a
U.S. subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering International has secured a contract with an affiliate of U.S. energy major ExxonMobil to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services and integrated solutions at an offshore block in Angola. Oceaneering Angola and Oceaneering Marin
