Subsea power cable manufacturer NKT has reported a record-high order backlog for high-voltage cables for 2023, with 45% of orders coming from offshore wind. At the end of last year, NKT’s order backlog was at €10.8 billion, more than double the company saw at the end of 2022. In its full-year 2023 r
Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables has joined a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project that aims to develop a one-stop solution in a multi-use platform (MUP) that will produce electricity and freshwater using wind and wave power for small islands. The MUSICA project will provide a full suite of Blue G
Allseas has completed the infield pipelay scope for BP’s ultra-deepwater Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, two months after arriving at the field. The pipelay scope comprises approximately 75 kilometers of two 16-inch export lines and 10 kilometers of four 10-
ROV services supplier ROVOP and Boskalis Subsea Services, provider of IRM, construction and decommissioning services, have established a long-term global partnership to deliver integrated subsea solutions to the energy industry. According to ROVOP, the partnership provides five diving support vessel
UTEC, part of Acteon, has completed trials for its Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in Western Australia, following upgrades and the addition of new modules. The trials come as the AUV underwent significant upgrades and the addition of new modules including the subsea ultra-short baseline (
Norwegian clean energy company Horisont Energi is about to wrap up corporate restructuring, transferring all rights and obligations related to clean ammonia, CO2 transportation and storage, and CO2 infrastructure into three separate and wholly-owned subsidiaries. The corporate restructuring was prop
Two Japanese players have inked an agreement to pursue the creation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Malaysia and Japan. Tokyo-headquartered Mitsui & Co. and the Hiroshima-headquartered Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) concerning
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has appointed Norwegian Kanfa, a Technip Energies company, to deliver an offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) study. KANFA said its scope includes the delivery of a significant study for its Canopy Marine, a compact column, amine-based, post-com
Researchers from the Spanish University of Oviedo have developed a new offshore solar energy concept that combines a dual-axis tracking system and a tension leg platform (TLP), deemed as a “promising solution for offshore solar energy”. The novel offshore FPV system named HelioSea leverages the comb
UK-based materials management and logistics firm ASCO has secured a five-year contract with BP Trinidad and Tobago, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant BP. Under the contract that came into effect at the start of the year, ASCO is providing supply base and pipeyard management services
Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas have entered into an agreement to build a new, low-emission construction support vessel (CSV) that will be equipped to perform inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) work. The vessel will be owned by an entity to be named Eidesvik Agalas AS, where Eidesvik will be the
In the year in which it saw “considerable progress” on its sustainability agenda, Nexans has reported a “historic high” adjusted EBITDA of €665 million for the 2023 financial year, a +8.2% increase year-on-year, outperforming the target. Nexans’ EBITDA including share-based payment expenses amounted
A series of public consultation events is being held this month to discuss the proposed MaresConnect electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales. MaresConnect will comprise a cable route of approximately 245 kilometers under the sea and underground between Dublin in Ireland and Bodelwyddan,
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has received a decision on the environmental conditions from the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk for the implementation of the FSRU terminal with a subsea gas pipeline at the Port of Gdańsk. According to GAZ-SYSTEM
