Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has acquired 100% of the share capital of Oslo-headquartered AmpSeis, a geophysical company said to have developed an advanced ocean bottom node (OBN). PXGEO said that the acquisition of AmpSeis is a step forward in its strategy to be the technology leader i
The 216-meter-long heavy lift pipelay vessel JSD 6000, designed by Ulstein and built at the ZPMC shipyard in China, has completed its sea trial and has returned to the ZPMC Changxing Base. The completed sea trial includes the testing of the marine equipment, while the sea trial to test the mission e
Solstad Offshore has exercised its option to purchase a construction support vessel (CSV) from Norwegian Mpsv at what it finds are attractive terms. The vessel Normand Tonjer was sold to Mpsv for a gross amount of $10 million in 2021 and leased back on a bareboat agreement for a firm three-year peri
Oslo-headquartered TGS has secured an ocean bottom node (OBN) data acquisition contract in the North Sea for a repeat customer. The three-month proprietary OBN data acquisition is set to begin in the second quarter of 2024. TGS did not reveal any other information about the work scope or the contrac
Swiss-based construction company Allseas has commenced work on UK energy major BP’s ultra-deepwater Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquified natural gas (LNG) project offshore Mauritania and Senegal, with its vessels executing the subsea pipelay scope. According to Allseas, its construction support ve
Canadian oil and gas player Trillion Energy has completed 3D seismic reprocessing for a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye which is said to have shown significant implications for exploration potential. 3D seismic reprocessing has been completed for the SASB gas field and Trillion Energy
Reusing existing pipelines for offshore hydrogen is the best solution that can be used, however, this does come with certain challenges, according to Bart Steuten, Product Development Manager at Strohm, Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) producer. During Strohm’s presentation at The Stage at t
DOF Group has secured multiple subsea service contracts for one of its construction support vessels (CSVs) in the Asia Pacific region. Skandi Hercules has won three subsea service contracts with Australian-based operators for offshore execution in 2024. The contracts will add approximately six month
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has signed a contract with compatriot oil and gas giant Petrobras for the acquisition of oil and gas fields in the Santos Basin off Brazil and natural gas pipeline infrastructure. The company is also set to acquire the FPSO operating in the fields. Enauta is acqui
Norway’s PASSER Group has secured a contract to deliver a vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for the first-ever subsea power cable factory in Taiwan. PASSER Products announced it had been awarded the contract for the delivery of the VLM to the new factory in Kaohsiung. The factory, which will specialize
In order to supply decarbonized hydrogen to its long-term customers, Air Liquide has decided to build, own, and operate a carbon capture unit that will be installed at its hydrogen production plant in the port of Rotterdam and will be connected to Porthos, one of Europe’s largest carbon capture and
Italy-based Prysmian Group is investing approximately €350 million for two new cable-laying vessels (CLVs) that it says will reinforce its submarine project execution capabilities. “The market is tremendously growing, and we are facing an increasing demand for submarine cable systems for interconnec
Fugro is planning to repurpose two platform supply vessels (PSVs) into geotechnical vessels. This news comes as the Dutch company is currently in the process of repurposing two other PSVs into geotechnical vessels. Fugro announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the Wartsila-designed Sea Gold
Van Oord has completed the installation of all foundations and inter-array cables at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen installed the final monopile in September and the company has now put all the transition
