Prysmian Group has developed and tested its first 525 kV extruded submarine full cable system for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) applications. The company said that this innovation in cable technology will enable a massive increase of the maximum transmission capacity of bi-pole systems up to mo
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has issued a tender seeking a provider of an after installation survey along the Viking Link cable between Denmark and the UK. The main purpose of the survey is to confirm the vertical and horizontal position of the cable location. The survey activ
TEPCO Power Grid is set to participate in the NeuConnect project – the first UK-Germany subsea interconnector – as it has entered into a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of FI1 Limited, a minority shareholder in the project. TEPCO Power Grid signed the agreement with the shareholders v
Initial surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government designated for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed there is suitable for the development of this type of project. Geophysical and geotechnical investigations of the seabed are being carried out by Geobaltic an
InterConnect Malta (ICM) has commenced offshore works of the preliminary marine route survey (PMRS) for the second Malta-Italy interconnector. Fugro is in charge of delivering the work using the 60-meter vessel Urbano Monti, which sailed out of the Grand Harbour on 25 August to start surveying the 6
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract with North Sea Natural Resources (NSNR) to conduct a 3D survey of the Devil’s Hole Horst prospect in the Central North Sea. The towed streamer survey covers approximately 1,586 square kilometres. It is expected to commence imminently and will continue fo
Norwegian seismic company PGS and oil and gas major Shell have entered into a multi-year agreement for access to a significant part of PGS’ multiclient data library. Under the agreement, Shell will gain rapid and easy access at scale to the PGS multiclient library which will play an important part i
An offshore geophysical survey campaign will soon start at the Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 located off the Wicklow coast in the Irish Sea. The goal of the survey is to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park. Work is anticipated to start at
HMH Holdings has completed the acquisition of Electrical Subsea & Drilling (ESD), a Norwegian company that holds a portfolio of patents and technology with applications in the oil and gas industry. HMH stated that ESD’s most promising technologies are those related to electronic blowout preventers a
DEME Offshore and Havfram have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway, starting with projects to be selected through the upcoming lease auction for the Sørlige Nordsjø II area. The companies say they plan to play a
Norwegian oil and gas producers Equinor and Vår Energi have joined FASTSubsea’s program to develop and test a low-cost topside-less subsea multiphase pump, a project also supported by Malaysian operator Petronas. Under the agreement, Equinor and Vår Energi will support the development and testing pr
Danish engineering company Ramboll and its Dutch counterpart Primo Marine have been awarded contracts for consultancy services on the subsea cable routes for the two energy islands planned to be established in Denmark. The contracts, valued at a total of €828,362 and awarded by the transmission syst
Fugro has completed a series of trials and testing configurations for its new ultra ultra high resolution (UUHR) seismic system off the coast of the Netherlands. The SeisWind 3D system is designed to offer an efficient data acquisition footprint with the highest resolution to enable detailed ground
N-Sea Group has taken full control, ownership and management of the multipurpose support vessel Geosea, after having completed vessel updates. N-Sea announced in April it had entered into an agreement with DOF Subsea Rederi to acquire Geosea. The aim of the acquisition is to strengthen the company’s
