Navantia UK has cut the first steel at its recently-purchased Arnish facility for subsea structures destined for Shell’s project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, earlier than planned. It was reported in February that Navantia UK had won a contract with McDermott Trinidad Ltd. for the delivery of subsea
BW Energy has taken a final investment decision (FID) for a project that aims to up the oil production ante at its field in the Espírito Santo Basin off the coast of Brazil.
Prysmian has completed the installation and HV testing of the export subsea cables that connect the Sofia offshore wind farm to the UK mainland. The 1.4 GW offshore wind farm comprises more than 440 kilometers of ±320 kV offshore export cables with XLPE insulation, manufactured in Prysmian’s Pikkala
Norwegian vessel operator Sea1 Offshore, formerly known as Siem Offshore, is selling its 11-year-old offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) as part of its fleet renewal program. Sea1 Offshore has signed an agreement to sell the 2014-built OSCV Sea1 Spearfish, currently on contract with PXGEO, to
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has received a notice of award to supply oil country tubular goods (OCTG) to Algeria’s national oil & gas company Sonatrach. Vallourec will deliver carbon steel OCTG threaded with its VAM connections, set to be manufactured across several of the company
RWE, in collaboration with Hydrotechnik Offshore, a Germany-based bubble curtain developer, has deployed the underwater noise abatement technology during monopile installation at the Sofia offshore wind farm, marking the first time the technology has been used in the UK. Currently under construction
A joint venture company of Subsea7 and Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension with Subsea7 that could keep a 2013-built subsea vessel busy until 2028. As part of the agreement with the joint venture company Eidesvik Seven Chartering, Subsea7 has extended the firm option for the 106.5-met
UK energy market regulator Ofgem is considering whether to grant a penalty exemption for the joint venture (JV) developing the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway due to a 16-month delay said to be caused by supply chain constraints. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable
ConocoPhillips is laying the groundwork to kick off seabed surveys this month ahead of exploration drilling activities for which a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean has arrived in the Otway Basin to find commercially viable natural gas reserves to keep fears of shortfalls at bay.
ZTT Submarine Cable & System (ZTTSC) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Yangjiang Fanshi II offshore wind project in China. As part of this initiative, ZTTSC will deploy a 500 kV three-core AC submarine cable system, stretching 92 kilometers to tran
Luxcara has signed an inter-array cable contract with Twentsche Kabelfabriek BV (TKF) for the Waterkant offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under this contract, TKF will be responsible for the 66 kV inter-array aluminum core cables and accessories, totaling 130 kilometers. The supply scope i
Jan De Nul Group has decided to implemented the use of Wirescan Digital, a real-time subsea cable monitoring system, to its entire cable-laying fleet. The technology, developed by Wirescan AS, enables the continuous monitoring of cable integrity from the factory through handling and installation. “W
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group is staying with its multi-purpose vessel Skandi Hercules in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to perform subsea mooring installation services. The new substantial contract, worth between $25 million and $50 million, will see Skandi Hercules provide related moorings and
Valaris’ rig has come to the North Sea to help a gas field and its infrastructure to get a new lease on life off the coast of the Netherlands as the first CO2 transport and storage project in the European Union (EU).
