Deepwater Installation
Final Needs Case submitted for first Scotland-England subsea link
SSEN Transmission and the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) have submitted a Final Needs Case (FNC) to Ofgem for the first of two subsea electricity transmission HVDC links that will connect Scotland and England. If the Final Needs Case is approved, it will be followed by the Project Ass
Equinor taps Blue Logic for subsea equipment
Blue Logic has signed a frame agreement with Equinor for the delivery of subsea docking stations, subsea equipment and services to the Norwegian energy giant. According to Blue Logic, Equinor has been an important customer and partner for the company in the process of developing the Universal Subsea
Hitachi goes big with contract for first Middle East subsea transmission system
Hitachi Energy has won a major contract for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind high-voltage, direct current (HVDC-VSC) subsea power transmission system in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As part of the order from Samsung C&T Corporation, Hitachi will connect ADNOC’s offshore op
Fugro’s autonomous environmental landers hit the water off Saudi Arabia
Fugro has deployed two new autonomous environmental landers offshore Saudi Arabia to collect oceanographic data in deep and remote areas of the Red Sea. The KAUST Red Sea program is being performed in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) with the aim of bette
GC Rieber sells SURF vessel to Taiwanese offshore wind company
Norwegian shipowner GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with the Taiwanese offshore wind company Dong Fang Offshore for the sale of its SURF, construction vessel Polar Onyx. The delivery of the 130-meter long vessel, built at Ulstein Verft in 2014, is expected to take place in the first
World’s first offshore hydrogen storage concept unveiled
Tractebel and partner companies have developed what they describe as the world’s first offshore infrastructure and processing facilities concept for the storage of hydrogen in offshore caverns. The design study, unveiled by Tractebel Overdick GmbH, is said to outline an innovative solution for large
Inter-array cabling preps completed at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm
Preparations for the installation of inter-array cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site, located some 15 kilometers off the Fife coast in Scotland, have been completed while several other offshore activities are ongoing, including the pile installation for the jacket foundations bein
Industry first: Strohm delivers TCP with integral weight coating to Trident
Strohm has developed and manufactured what is said to be the industry’s first thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) with an integrated weight coating which provides on-bottom stability on the seabed.
Seaway 7 adds Zhong Neng contract to firm orders
Seaway 7 has confirmed the award of a contract by China Steel Power Corporation for the transport and installation of the submarine cable system for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan.
Petrobras rehires Skandi Santos
Petrobras has awarded Akastor’s affiliate AKOFS Offshore with a three-year contract for its subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) Skandi Santos to perform a scope of subsea services in Brazil. Under the $107 million contract, AKOFS Offshore will be performing the operations with its partners Bravan
Aker Solutions to reuse existing equipment for new Asgard subsea compression module
Aker Solutions has secured a contract with Equinor to deliver engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a subsea compression module to be installed at the Åsgard gas field offshore Norway.
TechnipFMC delivers fourth subsea tree for Lambert Deep project
TechnipFMC’s team in Perth, Australia, has delivered the fourth Subsea 2.0 tree for Woodside’s Lambert Deep project located offshore Northwestern Australia.
TechnipFMC’s Ghana team marks first subsea tree assembly in five years
TechnipFMC’s Takoradi base in Ghana has completed the assembly of its first subsea tree in five years, destined for Tullow Oil’s Jubilee South East development. The tree is the first of ten being manufactured in Dunfermline, the UK, then assembled and tested in-country for Tullow’s full field develo
Proserv and Trendsetter join hands for subsea services and equipment
Proserv Controls and Trendsetter Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint supply of integrated subsea hardware and controls.