Aker BP has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use two of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) for work on its operated portfolio in Norway.
Finland-headquartered propulsion specialist Steerprop has been entrusted with equipping a new subsea rock installation vessel with a complete propulsion package. Once constructed, this ship is destined to join the fleet of Jan De Nul, a dredging and offshore contractor.
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has embarked on a mission to slide into place many tens of thousands of tons of rock for Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor in the North Sea, using a subsea rock installation vessel, which previously worked mostly in Taiwan and Australia.
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured an extension for its current contracts with what it says is a major international energy company, for reservoir monitoring and source services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The contracts cover the provision of reservoir monit
The hull of Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra has been launched from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in Norway, marking the start of the finalizing phase of testing and tuning before delivery next year. The vessel is nearing the completion of the outfitting phase, which has include
A construction support vessel (CSV) owned by Norway’s Solstad Maritime is set to return to work for DeepOcean in 2027 instead of beginning a five-year contract with Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group as announced in 2024. Under a contract defined as very large, meaning it is worth between $50 mill
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has established a joint venture company in Equatorial Guinea with the African country’s national oil company GEPetrol S.A for services in the oil & gas industry. The primary activity of the j
One of the largest construction support vessels (CSVs) in the Solstad fleet has won a contract award that will keep it fully committed until the end of 2027. As Solstad Maritime (SOMA) reported, the CSV Normand Sentinel secured the award with an international subsea contractor for operations worldwi
Norway’s state-owned oil & gas giant Equinor has awarded DeepOcean with a contract for subsea construction and installation activities for a project that aims to extend the production life of an oil & gas field operational since 1992. DeepOcean’s scope of work includes the installation of a subsea s
Cyprus-headquartered SeaBird Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of SED Energy Holdings, has secured a contract extension for its source vessel for work in the Western Hemisphere. The three-month contract extension for the 2009-built Fulmar Explorer, which joined the company’s fleet in 2019, will
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a geotechnical survey later this month for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England. The marine survey activities for the 2 GW EGL5 are expected to commence on November 23
Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has won a €8.5 million contract with compatriot engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem for survey and support to installation activities for an offshore gas project in North Africa. NextGeo will deploy the vessels NG Worker and NG Surveyor t
Greece’s Asso.subsea has placed an order with a firm headquartered in Finland for an Integrated Automation System (IAS) to be delivered for its DP 2 cable-laying vessel (CLV) currently being built in China. Valmet will supply its automation technology for the vessel named Althea, which the China Mer
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a three-year firm, with two-year options, contract with UK-headquartered energy giant BP for subsea services in the Atlantic region. DOF said it would deploy a high-capability subsea vessel to support BP with subsea construction, installation, repair, and
