South Korean Taihan Cable & Solution has opened the first phase of its submarine cable plant that will supply the offshore wind industry. The submarine cable plant, covering around 44,800 m2 behind Godae Pier at Pyeongtaek’s Dangjin Port, is being constructed in two phases. The first phase, which fo
Norwegian Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured contracts with a combined value of approximately $3.4 million with Equinor and partners for surveys in Norway. EMGS reported at the end of May that it had entered into several agreements with Equinor and partners for fully pre-funded multi-cli
Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has exercised the option to extend the contract for one of Havila Shipping’s inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), survey, and construction vessels, on improved terms than previously agreed. Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement with Havila Shipping to ext
PGS has taken over the work on the Norwegian Sea GeoStreamer X survey, providing more coverage and understanding of this area.
Cyprus-headquartered seismic firm SeaBird Exploration has secured a contract with a repeat client that will take its seismic research vessel Eagle Explorer to the Western Hemisphere. The duration of the contract is six months, including options to extend by another 6+6 months. Mobilization has start
Denmark-based power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has named its new cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, meaning shining light. According to NKT, the name is a reference to the company’s central position in transmitting power through its cable solutions and to the bright future
Chinese state-owned port and naval machinery manufacturer ZPMC has held the completion ceremony for the latest generation vessel for offshore heavy lifting, construction and pipelaying, set to be delivered to Saipem. The completion ceremony of the JSD6000 was held at ZPMC’s base in Changxing and the
The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German [&
Norwegian seismic company PGS has received the final permit for a large 4D survey for Petrobras in the Campos basin off the coast of Brazil.
Solstad Offshore’s subsea construction vessel (CSV) Normand Navigator is preparing for a new project with the mobilization of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The 2015-built Normand Navigator arrived at Husøy, Karmøy in Norway, this week for the mobilization of ROVs from Omega Subsea Robotics, a j
Italy-headquartered Prysmian has completed the installation of the export cable for the 30 MW Gruissan/EolMed floating offshore wind project in France. In 2021, Prysmian signed a contract with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) for the engineering,
U.S. technology company Oceaneering has carried out a pipeline inspection industrial pilot using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for TotalEnergies, as part of the French energy giant’s ambition to become a net-zero company. The North Sea pilot using the Freedom AUV saw the inspection of over
Subsea7 has secured a contract worth over $1.25 billion with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for a field located at 2,000 meters of water depth offshore Brazil. Under the contract defined as “super-major”, Subsea7 will perform engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and
Preparations are currently underway for a CO2 injection test at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) license in the North Sea that encompasses the “UK’s largest depleted gas field”. Perenco UK and Carbon Catalyst Limited secured a license to progress their Poseidon CCS project at the Leman gas fields
