Deepwater Installation
Van Oord sets new world record for subsea rock installation
Van Oord has set a new world record by carrying out subsea rock installation works in a water depth of 1,364 meters, a distance said to be comparable to almost five times the length of the Eiffel Tower. The activities were conducted by the company’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes at the Sangomar f
First inter-array installation campaign completed at Neart na Gaoithe
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has completed the cable layout for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations (OSS) within the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site in Scotland. The works began on Wednesday, 12 Apr
Seaway 7 starts installing Changfang & Xidao inter-array cables
Installation of the inter-array cables started on the 589 MW Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. According to the AIS data, Seaway 7’s cable-layin
With $1.2 billion first-quarter revenue, Subsea 7 on track to meet full-year guidance
Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $1.2 billion for the first quarter of 2023, a 4 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, stating it is on track to achieve a higher whole-year revenue than in 2022. The revenue increase is said to reflect strong growth of 18 per cent in […]
‘World’s longest HVDC cable project’ backed with £30 million funding
Xlinks has secured £30 million in funding for the development of what is described as the world’s longest HVDC subsea cable that will link Morocco to the UK. In the early development funding round, £25 million comes from Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and £5 million from energy techno
Scana trio reels in over €8.7 million in new contracts
Three companies owned by Norway’s Scana have secured new contracts with a total value of approximately NOK 100 million (over €8.7 million) that will be delivered next year. Seasystems has secured a contract for the delivery of an anchoring system to an FSO project outside West Africa valued at close
Cable stabilisation work to start at two Ørsted offshore wind farms in UK
Rock placement operations are set to start this month at Walney 1 & 2 and West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farms in the UK to stabilise several sections of subsea cables at the wind farms, both owned by Ørsted. The work will be carried out by DEME’s DP2 fallpipe vessel Rollingstone. At West of Dud
Another firm joins LLOG’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico project
Texas-based oil and gas service company Trendsetter Engineering has won a contract with LLOG Exploration Offshore for the provision of subsea hardware for a project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Trendsetter will design and manufacture the subsea production manifold featuring its TCS subsea connectors,
Inter-array cable installation soon to start at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Limited (NnGOWL) has announced that it is planning to conduct a pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and commence cable lay out for the first campaign of six inter-array cables and one interconnector between the two offshore substations, within the wind farm’s site in Scotl
The Netherlands chooses site for world’s largest offshore wind-to-hydrogen project
The Dutch government has designated an area for what will become the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. That area is Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden (the North of the Wadden Islands), identified earlier for offshore wind development and deemed most suitable for providing 500 MW
In focus: A case for a European offshore hydrogen backbone
300 terawatt hours (TWh) of green hydrogen could potentially be produced using electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea by 2050, and used not only to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors but also to boost the security of energy supply in Europe, a new study has shown. The “Specification of
Ocean Installer lands Hywind Tampen cable installation gig
Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the installation of dynamic inter-array cables on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. The Norwegian company has been contracted to transport and install five 2.5-kilometre-long dynamic inter-array cables in water depths between
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg take aim at floating offshore wind
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The main objective of the study is to identify gaps in capabilities of existing marine operation methodologies and equipment, to e
Spain-France subsea interconnector to be developed in spite of ‘sharp’ rise in prices
The Spanish regulatory authority the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) and the French counterpart the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) have reached an agreement on the distribution of financing for the electricity interconnector that will link France and Spain taki