Maersk Supply Service has secured an integrated FPSO tow and mooring installation project for an operator in the North Sea. The work scope includes project management, engineering and offshore execution involving six anchor handling tug supply and subsea support vessels. Maersk Supply Service will p
GSP Offshore has completed the removal of Gloria jack-up rig for OMV Petrom, from its production location in the Black Sea. The Gloria platform was transported to Agigea harbor in Constanţa. This represents the first removal of an offshore production platform in Romania. The platform was used in oil
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has become the latest renewables operator to adopt Mermaid software to assess weather risk and accurately plan its construction and operation and maintenance activities. CorPower will use the software to support decision-making in the early planning stage
Electrical installation company Correll Services has recently been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul for the subsea & land cable termination & testing works on the Changhua Demonstration offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This is the company’s second job only weeks after completing its first project in Ta
Ocean data company, XOCEAN, has completed a €7.9-million funding round. The purpose of this funding is to support the company’s international scaling plans and was fully subscribed by existing shareholders. XOCEAN has recently delivered projects for clients including BP, Equinor, PX Group and the UK
Nexans has received EUR 115 million contract from RTE France to supply and install 67km offshore and 93km onshore power export cables for the 496 MW Saint Brieuc offshore wind farm. Located in the English Channel, some 16 km off the coast of Saint Brieuc Bay, the wind farm is expected to generate en
Norwegian provider of hull cleaning technology ECOsubsea said it has been given green light by the Dutch regulatory body Rijkswaterstaat to offer hull cleaning services to vessels at all Dutch Ports including Europe’s biggest port, the Port of Rotterdam. ECOsubsea also secured similar permissions in
Rovco has completed an extensive remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspection contract for the Galloper offshore wind farm. The circa £1 million contract has resulted in completion of the baseline asset integrity survey at the Galloper, a 353MW installed capacity wind farm which lies 30km off the coas
NOV Flexibles and Ocean Installer have signed a contract for the supply of flexible pipes and ancillaries for the redevelopment of the Vår Energi-operated Balder field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract covers more than 90 km of flexible pipe systems, including 10 dynamic risers, five
CGG has taken on a new project to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever conducted in the UK Central North Sea (CNS). Planned to start in early 2020, the survey is being prefunded in part by BP. In the first phase of this multi-year program, CGG aims to acquire over 2,000 sq. km of [&helli
Magseis Fairfield has entered into an agreement with an unnamed multi-client company to participate in a multi-client project, expected to start late in the first quarter of 2020. “This is the first phase of a multi-year campaign which will bring industry leading nodal acquisition and data processin
Terna, the company that manages the Italian electricity grid, has inaugurated new power line that will connect Italy with Montenegro and, therefore, connect the Balkans to Europe for the first time. The power line, linking Cepagatti and Kotor, was inaugurated in the presence of the president of the
Saipem is reportedly considering a merger deal with market competitor Subsea 7 to create a larger oilfield services player. Such a merger would create the fourth-largest oilfield service company, after Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, Norway-based energy research and business intelligence
Fugro is set to begin geotechnical surveys over the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm export cable corridor in UK. The survey work will be carried out using Fugro’s ‘walking’ jack-up barge, Wavewalker 1, which will be towed to site by the Neptun 10 tug. The jack-up barge will be both towed b
