Deepwater Installation
DEME places order for sustainable fallpipe vessel
DEME has taken the decision to invest in a new DP fallpipe vessel by purchasing and converting a bulk carrier, as part of its commitment to rejuvenate its fleet for the offshore energy industry. DEME has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Pax Ocean Shipyards and the vessel will enter the yard in l
Gas transmission starts through Baltic Pipe
Gas transmission from Norway to Poland via Denmark has started through the new Baltic Pipe pipeline, Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM announced on Saturday, 1 October. The flow started at 6:10 a.m. and nominations as of 1 October totaled 62.4 million kilowatt-hours/day. Baltic Pipe
Series of contracts to keep DOF fleet busy for over 680 vessel days
DOF Subsea has secured multiple contracts in the Atlantic region and in the Gulf of Mexico totaling more than 680 vessel days and bringing in around $108 million. DOF Subsea will use its Skandi Acergy, Skandi Constructor, Skandi Seven, Skandi Skansen, Skandi Hera and selected third-party vessels for
Helix Alliance Decom taps US duo for plug and abandonment services
C-Innovation (C-I) and Grand Isle Shipyard (GIS) have secured a plug and abandonment contract with Helix Alliance Decom to provide pre-feed services for the decommissioning of three offshore platforms for a “major deepwater client”. In the first phase of the project, C-I provided ROV services to del
New deal to take Siem OSCV to oil and gas sector
Siem Offshore has secured a new three-year contract for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Stingray with Subsea 7 as charterer. Subsea 7 will employ the vessel supporting its clients predominantly within the oil and gas sector, undertaking projects within offshore construction and i
Baltic Pipe launches, full start-up expected one month earlier
Polish gas transmission system operator (TSO) GAZ-SYSTEM and its Danish partner Energinet have held the opening ceremony for the Baltic Pipe project at the gas compressor station in Goleniów. Energinet recently announced that the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline can be put into full operation from the end o
Pipes for world’s southernmost gas project to come from Greece
Corinth Pipeworks has secured a contract to manufacture and supply steel pipes for the Fenix Phase 1 gas export pipeline offshore Argentina. Corinth is in charge of delivering approximately 40 kilometers of 24″ longitudinally submerged arc welded steel pipes for the project. The pipes will be manufa
Financial close in place for $3.8 billion decarbonization project in UAE
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) have completed the financial closing of what is said to be the first-of-its-kind subsea transmission network in the MENA region. The $3.8 billion strategic project is set to power and significantly decarbonize A
TechnipFMC wins EPCI contract for Shell’s North Sea gas project
Shell has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the Jackdaw development offshore the UK. The contract covers pipelay for a 30-kilometer tieback from the new Jackdaw platform to Shell’s Shearwater platform, as well as the delivery of an
Vos Prodect secures cable hang-off deal for Hollandse Kust Noord
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been awarded a contract by Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. VPI will manufacture and deliver the low cable hang-off system to secure the inter-array cables in the
Allseas to install 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline offshore Mexico
Allseas has won a contract with TC Energy (TCE) to install the offshore stretch of the Southeast Gateway Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline will run south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. Allseas’ scope covers
European countries eye stronger energy security with Black Sea interconnector
A feasibility study has been initiated for a new electricity subsea interconnector project that will link the South Caucasus region to the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, with the purpose of strengthening energy security in Europe.
German firm secures major order for Mexico’s new deepwater gas pipeline
Germany-based EUROPIPE has received an order from the North American TC Energy (TCE) to supply the pipe for the Southeast Gateway Pipeline project in the Gulf of Mexico. TCE is building the $4.5 billion offshore gas pipeline in partnership with the Mexican state-owned power utility Comisión Federal
TechnipFMC gets EPCI subsea contract with TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for its Lapa North East field in the pre-salt Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Under the contract described as “significant”, TechnipFMC will reconfigure and install umbilicals and flexi