Deepwater Installation
DeepOcean-chartered Volantis performs its first task in US waters
After introducing its jet trenching system to the U.S. market, DeepOcean has completed the burial of a fuel support pipeline in the US Gulf of Mexico for Genesis Energy. DeepOcean’s trenching system, UT-1, was utilized for the burial of a portion of the High Island A5 fuel support pipeline. Accordi
Floating substation installed at French pilot wind farm site
Bourbon Subsea Services installed a floating electrical hub (FEH) at the EolMed pilot floating wind farm site in France in Autumn 2023, the company revealed on January 9. The FEH will be connected to the project’s three floating wind turbines on one side and to the export cable on the other to enabl
Tracerco secures million-dollar contract in Gulf of Mexico
Tracerco has secured a million-dollar contract in the Gulf of Mexico, under which the company will deploy its pipeline inspection technology, Discovery, across a number of oil and gas platforms in the region. This new technology will be utilized by three leading U.S. energy companies, all of whom op
BP and Equinor halt rock installation contract for US offshore wind project
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with its consortium partner Van Oord, has been informed by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between BP and Equinor, of the termination of the rock installation contract for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project which was set to commence in 2026. In 2022, th
‘World’s first’ subsea power hub for floating wind to be tested in Norway
Aker Solutions and the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway have signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a pilot project which will see Aker Solutions testing its new power transmission technology at the METCentre’s offshore test area that houses demonstration floati
Chinese heavy lift pipelay vessel completes sea trial
The 216-meter-long heavy lift pipelay vessel JSD 6000, designed by Ulstein and built at the ZPMC shipyard in China, has completed its sea trial and has returned to the ZPMC Changxing Base. The completed sea trial includes the testing of the marine equipment, while the sea trial to test the mission e
Jan De Nul consortium bags BalWin4 and LanWin1 cable contracts
Jan De Nul Group, together with its consortium partners LS Cable & System and Denys, has signed contracts for two 525 HVDC cable systems serving the two grid connection systems for BalWin4 and LanWin1. These mark the first two contracts signed under the long-term framework agreement that TenneT and
ROV for DEME’s new vessel passes factory acceptance tests
Seatools has completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) for what it describes as a highly innovative fall pipe remotely operated vehicle (ROV) developed for DEME Group. The ROV will be deployed on DEME’s upcoming subsea rock installation vessel Yellowstone, scheduled to join the fleet in the first hal
Saipem scores $1.9 billion contract wins offshore Guyana and Brazil
Saipem has tucked under its belt two new offshore contracts worth approximately $1.9 billion for work with ExxonMobil and Equinor.
Countdown begins: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 opens in one week
Industry giants, experts, policymakers, innovators and start-ups from the offshore energy sector will meet at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam one week from now. The backdrop to two full days of discussions, insights and updates is the exhibition floor that w
Shell’s Norwegian gas field pioneers remote data harvesting
Sonardyne, working with XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vehicles (USV), has delivered remote acoustic data harvesting services to Shell at its Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea that does not have conventional surface operation platforms. Without surface platforms, acoustic data from the subsea se
Balmoral launches new scour protection system for jacket foundations
Following the launch of its HexDefence scour protection solution for monopile foundations earlier this year, Balmoral has now launched a HexDefence system specifically designed for offshore wind jacket foundations. At the beginning of this year, the Scottish engineering company introduced HexDefence
Allseas wins pipelay contract for BP’s ‘biggest project’
UK energy giant BP has awarded Allseas with a contract to perform the subsea pipelay scope for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The contract includes the installation of circa 75 kilometers outstanding on the two 16-inch export pipelines with fiel
Van Oord begins cable installation activities at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle
Van Oord has commenced inter-array cable installation activities at Iberdrola Deutschland’s 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. After Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen completed the installation of all 50 monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, Van Oord now c