Aker Solutions has secured a contract with Aker BP to provide the subsea production system for the Trell & Trine field development, located in the Alvheim area of the North Sea. With a planned investment of about $700 million, the project involves a subsea tie-back of approximately 21 kilometres to
Aker BP has submitted a PDO for the Trell & Trine project in the North Sea to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE).
AKOFS Offshore has ordered a bespoke active heave compensated (AHC) launch and recovery system (LARS) from Hydramec and Scantrol to be used for subsea basket deployment. Working directly alongside AKOFS for the first time, Hydramec and Scantrol have teamed up to deliver the LARS which required some
Starting on 11 August, oil and gas exploration services provider Perenco Gas UK Ltd. is planning to cut and remove decommissioned pipeline ends from the Pickerill gas field in the North Sea. As part of the decommissioning project, Perenco will undertake all pipeline operations at Pickerill A and Pic
Scana-owned Subseatec has secured a contract with an “international energy company” for the delivery of riser joints for an offshore field development. Under the “sizeable” contract, Subseatec will deliver ready-to-use riser joints in low alloyed steel, as well as provide engineering, manufacturing,
Fugro has secured a contract with ScottishPower Renewables to carry out UXO geophysical surveys within the East Anglia Hub offshore wind area in the southern North Sea. The start of the activities is 20 July, with all operations expected to be concluded by 31 October at the site offshore Lowestoft t
Following a recent new contract award, Aberdeen-headquartered subsea specialist ROVOP has been supporting survey and trenching operations for Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group. According to ROVOP’s social media update, the company is deploying its remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to support Prys
Vermilion Exploration & Production Ireland is about to commence pipeline and subsea structure inspection at the Corrib gas field. The works are part of a maintenance campaign and are expected to begin in field on approximately 14 August and take up to 21 days, weather dependent. The vessel EDT Jane,
Seaway 7 has signed a Letter of Award with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to start early works on the Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) of inter-array grid cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway 7’s scope is under final negotiation and
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued guidance looking at different methods of measuring the depth of burial of subsea cables and pipelines together with factors influencing the depth of burial. Named ‘Guidelines for the Measurement of Depth of Burial’, the guidance is a
Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM will hold the opening ceremony for the Baltic Pipe project on 27 September. The announcement comes as the technical commissioning of all three gas compressor stations that will distribute gas imported from the Norwegian Shelf in Poland has been comp
The last weeks witnessed the major industry players joining forces for energy transition programs and decarbonising their operations and production. By working together, they will be able to achieve the climate goals faster, ensuring that energy transition mechanisms become more attainable and cheap
Eiffage Génie Civil, together with ETMF, has installed the second export cable for the 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm in France. The installation of the three-kilometre long export cable was done in collaboration with Antares Ingenierie, Ar Ganol, Logic Master, and Abeko Marine. The French trans
Nexans has completed the construction of the new XLPE insulation tower at its subsea cable factory in Halden, Norway. Nexans began the expansion of the Halden factory about two months ago and after 69 days the raising of the tower is completed, the company said. The tower is 152.89 meters tall, whic
