Havfram, formerly known as Ocean Installer, has won a contract with Saipem to provide SURF support work offshore Egypt. Havfram will support Saipem with its installation of 160 kilometers of umbilical product in over 1,400-meter water depth on the Zohr North development this year. The scope includes
NOV, a provider of technology solutions, has signed an agreement with a group of energy players in a joint industry project (JIP) to work on an economical subsea storage solution for the market.
Neptune Energy and RWE have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop a green hydrogen project which will use offshore wind energy for the production of hydrogen in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and an existing pipeline to transport the hydrogen to land. The project, called H2opZee and sup
Makai Ocean Engineering, an ocean technology and engineering firm based in Hawaii, U.S., will develop new mooring and anchoring methods for grid-scale floating offshore wind turbines and hydrokinetic systems, according to the US Department of Energy, which just awarded the company $849,952 to develo
The Basque Government has allocated a grant to a project dedicated to developing floating wind operation and maintenance technologies, including underwater image recognition technology for subsea asset integrity. The Integrated solutions for Floating Wind O&M through the development of new technolog
UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has granted InterMoor, the lead brand for Acteon’s mooring and anchors segment, a Fit for Offshore Renewables status. Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR) is a programme that verifies that UK service providers are equipped and have the key management systems
Aberdeen-headquartered Boskalis Subsea Services has opened a new regional project office at the Port of Sunderland. Boskalis Subsea Services said it will use the base to expand the presence of its business vessel operations in the UK, as it looks to cater for growing demand for its offshore, IRM, co
Sumitomo Electric Industries has received a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) from Samsung C&T Corporation to deliver a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable for what will be the first of its kind submarine HVDC network in the Middle East. Under the $200 million deal, Sumitomo will deliver its 400
Researchers at the University of Malta have kicked off research to assess how the significant amounts of CO2 available from carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities may support offshore energy storage systems co-located within the same footprint of wind farms. The Investigating the thermal perfor
U.S.-headquartered subsea equipment specialist Deep Down has received an order to deliver installation equipment and services in the Gulf of Mexico to an undisclosed client. The order is valued at more than $1.7 million and all activities are scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. Part o
Worley has secured £765,000 support from Scottish Enterprise for an enhanced subsea gas tieback project which is said to reduce operational CO2 emissions in gas fields by more than 90%. The funding will be used for full pre-production testing of Worley’s pseudo dry gas (PDG) liquid removal system wh
Mermaid Subsea Services has entered into a two-year charter-in contract for the DP2 diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Van Gogh. The vessel, already delivered to Mermaid Subsea Services, will be immediately deployed to support the company’s subsea projects. Van Gogh will undertake inspection,
Aker Solutions is acquiring Unitech Power Systems, a Norway-based electrical power systems consultant, as part of its growth strategy and with the aim of further accelerating its transformation. Aker Solutions states that the acquisition is an important step towards the company creating an engineeri
U.S. company Subsea Cloud has completed pressure testing which is said to prove feasibility for data centers to be placed subsea. Subsea Cloud said its centers will be installed in a modular fashion providing green, affordable data center infrastructure. The first ten pods to be deployed are expecte
