After two years of development, offshore surveys and public engagement, Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission has submitted a marine cable license application for the Spittal-Peterhead subsea link in Scotland. The 2 GW bi-pole, 525 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) link w
Shortly following the addition of a new Saab remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its fleet, the UAE-based CCC (Underwater Engineering) has contracted the UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) for the delivery of two work-class ROVs. The FET Perry XLX-C 3,000-meter systems will be used for construction
A short geotechnical survey is scheduled to begin at the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm site in the UK this month. The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Connector will be deployed to carry out the work within the array area and the export cable route. The works will be performed in a single campaign, e
Geotechnical surveys are scheduled to begin in July at the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway that will link the south-east of Scotland with the north-east of England. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable is being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NG
Ministers of Norway and France have signed an agreement enabling cross-border transport and storage of CO2.
A geotechnical seabed survey has started at the project site of Ørsted’s Mooir Vannin Offshore Wind Farm in the Isle of Man’s territorial waters. Ørsted has commissioned GEO to carry out the work six to twelve nautical miles off the coast of Maughold, the area for lease granted to the Danish offshor
The final inter-array cable was installed at the 488 MW Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France, developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer Services. The 61st and final inter-array cable was installed at the EMYN site located 11.7 kilometers from the island of Yeu and 16.5 kilometers f
Greek Corinth Pipeworks, part of Belgium’s Cenergy Holdings, has launched a “rigorous” testing program that puts its pipe materials and welds under extreme conditions to evaluate their long-term performance for carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications. The program, done in collaboration with No
Aberdeen-headquartered Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has supported Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem during flex-lay campaigns in West Africa. Under its contract, MDL was in charge of providing specialist equipment and operational support to enable Saipem’
OneSubsea has delivered the 21st and final subsea tree for Petrobras’ Búzios project in Brazil, said to be the largest deepwater oil and gas field in the world, concluding a four-year journey for the project. OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, announced today, June
Dutch Fugro has been awarded contracts to conduct geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for the development of TotalEnergies and RWE’s two large-scale offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Windbostel Ost and Windbostel West, being developed by a joint venture between RWE and TotalE
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has completed one and started another ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America, previously known as the Gulf of Mexico. TGS announced last week that it had in collaboration with Viridien started Laconia Phase III in the Gulf of Ameri
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a contract defined as large for the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for drilling operations in Qatar, representing over $50 million in potential revenue. According to the company, the agreement includes the supply of carbon steel
Norway’s state-owned energy company Equinor has contracted compatriot marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices to perform a 4D survey over its Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea. Located 25 kilometers southeast of the Åsgard field in water depth of 270 meters, Tyrihans was di
