Norwegian offshore vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract with an undisclosed client for its offshore support vessel Subsea Viking. According to the company, the new contract will begin in the third quarter of 2022 in direct continuation of the current contract. Eidesvik did not re
Norwegian seismic player TGS has made its first renewable energy venture investment with the acquisition of an equity stake in NASH Renewables, a start-up developing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the prospecting, construction and operations of wind energy projects. Led by former Siemens
France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a contractor to carry out offshore geophysical studies on submarine cable routes of offshore wind farms. RTE is looking to conduct geophysical surveys along the submarine cables, approxima
Kongsberg Maritime has secured more than NOK 450 million (around €43.7 million) in new contracts for its Hugin autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). The Q2 2022 order income consists of a mix of recurring business with existing customers and new customers that will use the Hugin platform in their op
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded TechnipFMC with a new contract for the delivery of technical services in Norway. The Technical Service Agreement (TSA) builds on an existing contract that is said to have been optimised to fit Neptune’s future requirements. TechnipFMC will continue prov
Fugro has completed a geotechnical site investigation at the IJmuiden Ver (Noord) V and VI offshore wind farm sites in the Dutch North Sea for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), as part of the geophysical survey package the company was awarded earlier this year. Fugro worked from a third-party
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has approved the Final Needs Case (FNC) for the proposed Eastern HVDC electricity transmission projects, conditional on the projects securing the necessary planning consent. National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), SP Transmission and Scottish Hydro Electric Tr
Rovco has signed an agreement with Vroon Offshore Services for the charter of offshore support vessel VOS Star for the delivery of its offshore wind projects. The 68-meter long DP2 multi-purpose support vessel will support Rovco’s offshore wind campaigns throughout 2022, including the provision of s
Shell has received approval from Norway’s authorities for a development plan for its gas subsea compression project in the Norwegian Sea.
Offshore geophysical and geotechnical site investigations will soon begin at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The investigation will be carried out on the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline, covering an
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved a plan for the development and operation for Aker BP’s field in the North Sea.
A pre-construction survey for the Greenlink Interconnector, which will link Wales and Ireland, is set to commence in mid-July. The pre-construction survey is expected to be carried out between 16 July and 2 August, weather dependent. The work will be conducted by the GEOxyz-owned multi-disciplined s
United Oil & Gas’ North Sea discovery, envisioned as a subsea tie-back, has been valued at £109.1 million on an unrisked basis.
Vos Prodect has secured a contract by TKF to deliver the cable hang-off systems for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea. A tailored load test program has been created specifically for the project that will be executed at Vos Prodect’s bespoke test facility in Klazienaveen
