Norwegian vessels owner and operator Solstad Offshore said it has secured extension with a number of its key creditors for the suspension and deferral of payments. In December 2018 and April 2019, a number of the companies in the SOFF group entered into agreements for the suspension and deferral of
Optime Subsea has completed a two well plug & abandonment campaign on the Jette field for Aker BP, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The work was completed utilizing Optime Subsea’s Subsea Controls and Intervention Light System (SCILS). Aker BP chose to demobilize the SCILS after its two wel
Rotech Subsea has been awarded contracts for two significant scopes of work for Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (previously VBMS). The dual campaign will see Rotech Subsea’s TRS1 and TRS1 LD tools deployed for cable deburial and reburial scopes on a southern North Sea sector offshore wind farm. T
DNV GL has won a contract to provide independent verification services for Energinet’s section of the Baltic Pipe project, offshore Denmark. The Baltic Pipe project aims to enable the transport of gas from Norway from a tie-in to the existing Europipe II in the Danish North Sea to the export facilit
Subsea Services group Acteon has completed the acquisition of geosciences survey company TerraSond. Headquartered in the USA, TerraSond will continue to be led by Tom Newman and his management team. Newman, the president of TerraSond, said, “We are excited to be joining Acteon; leveraging their reso
The NordLink power cable has now been pulled in on the Germany coast marking a key milestone in the project connecting the power grids of Norway and Germany. Covering a total of 623 kilometers, NordLink is an HVDC interconnector is meant to increase energy security in both countries, Norway and Germ
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has opened its transformed Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Montrose at an inauguration ceremony with Minister for Energy, Paul Wheelhouse. The CoE will deliver engineering, manufacturing, test and assembly and services to advance deepwater technology for customers. The expa
TechnipFMC has been awarded a number of subsea contracts by Anadarko for its Mozambique Golfinho/Atum development. The (EPCI) contract, said to be over $1 billion, is for the subsea hardware system. TechnipFMC will execute the offshore installation scope with its consortium partner Van Oord and in c
ACE Winches has increased its global presence through working partnerships with Hendrik Veder Group in Norway and the Netherlands, and a strategic alliance agreement between ACE and Emirates Safety Services in the Middle East. ACE Winches said it will strengthen its offering by providing a full suit
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the supply of a cable lay spread. The contract lasts until mid-October 2019, with extension options. The scope includes the hire of one of Oceanteam’s 2000t and 4000t turntables, two 10t tensioners and technicians for opera
Marine consultancy ABPmer has been commissioned by The Crown Estate for data handling tasks critical to the effective management of Marine Data Exchange (MDE). MDE supports the marine renewables industry with shared offshore survey data to inform future development projects. Supporting seabed manage
Prysmian has been awarded a grid connection project worth in region of €140 million by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT which will enable the connection of multiple offshore wind farms to the German grid. “The Dolwin5 project continues our valued long relationship with the major TSO TenneT and
Deep BV has secured an operations and maintenance contract for subsea surveys at the Gemini offshore wind farm. Deep will carry out the O&M service agreement for a period of three years at the 600MW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Located 85km north of the Groningen coast, Gemini comprises 15
Rotech Subsea Ltd. has completed a three-phase inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM) scope at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Rotech mobilized its TRS1 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) tool to carry out cable de-burial and retrenching at the project, while also deploying its new RSG1 cab
