Scotland’s new leasing round for offshore wind projects is likely to fully launch in October 2019, Crown Estate Scotland, the public body responsible for leasing Scotland’s seabed, has announced. There will also be a ‘pre-launch’ in the summer which will provide further details about the leasing and
Maritime Developments (MDL) has concluded a flexible installation project offshore West Africa. The work scope, commissioned by DeepOcean, saw the company’s third-generation Reel Drive System (RDS) used on board the Polar Onyx for installation of a 2.5 km flowline in the EN-09 field. The flowline wa
McDermott has been awarded a contract by ENI México for engineering, procurement and construction of wellhead platform one (WHP1) to be installed in the Amoca field offshore southeast Mexico. The four-deck topsides will have two main decks and will weigh approximately 2,924 tons. The four-legged jac
Synterra Technologies has started preparations in Perth for the Xanadu seismic survey scheduled to start by the end of May. The survey is anticipated to be completed within four weeks of startup, with data processing and interpretation bringing results during Q4 2019, Norwest Energy, the operator of
Norwegian industry initiative GCE Ocean Technology (GCE Subsea) has become a member of the Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals (NMM). The membership, among other things, should enable GCE to contribute to strengthening the Norwegian environment’s international contacts and influence in the field of
Houston-based McDermott has reported quarterly loss of $70 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, compared to profit of $35 million, or 37 cents per diluted share in the first quarter of 2018. Excluding $73 million of restructuring, integration and transaction costs, the adjusted profit for the fir
Seismic player Polarcus has booked quarterly loss when compared to first-quarter 2018, despite major revenue boost of some 145 percent in Q1 2019. The Oslo-listed company reported net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 of $5.3 million, versus profit of $2.8 million in Q1 2018. The Q1 2018 res
McDermott has recently completed the final offshore campaign for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project, located offshore Western Australia. This was the second of two remaining work packages left under McDermott’s contract, which was the largest subsea contract ever awarded at the time. Most of the
Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar, has designed, manufactured, tested and delivered two diver-installed 10-inch pipeline repair clamps to an undisclosed client. The clamps were designed in accordance with Subsea Innovation’s recently-acquired DNV GL Type Approval for temporary and permanent structur
Ørsted has awarded Boskalis the offshore export cable installation contract for the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. The contract has a value over EUR 100 million and consists of three export cable circuits with a total length of approximately 380 kilometers. The project scope includes the preparation
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DEME Offshore has installed the last two of 174 foundations for the Hornsea One – the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. Four jack-up vessels were involved in the execution of the project, for which EEW produced the monopile foundations. DEME’s unit Tideway previously completed the export cabl
OceanGate said it has broken yet another deep-sea diving record, by transporting a crew of four on an abyssal descent of nearly 4,000 meters. With only a handful of submersibles in the world that can reach these depths, OceanGate’s Titan is said to be the only submersible capable of carrying five pe
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro has seen its revenue increased some 9 per cent from €350 billion in Q1 2018 to €395 million in Q1 2019. Fugro’s marine division, with revenue at €244 billion in Q1 2019, generated some 10 per cent more than in Q1 2018. Marine division backlog for the next 12
