The fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier destined for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been christened in China. Northern Purpose has been custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It was buil
Adura Operations, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK’s Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has selected Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices to perform ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition at its field in the UK North Sea. Shearwater’s scope covers approximately 220 km2 of seismic acquisi
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured two additional line pipe orders from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) for delivery to the Stabroek Block, under the long-term agreement the companies signed in 2021. The combined scope includes the supply of over 145 kilometers of coated lin
The final batch of the inter-array cables for Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm was loaded onto Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexus in Eemshaven on May 15, according to TKF (Twentsche Kabelfabriek). Under the contract for the 760 MW offshore wind farm, TKF is responsible for t
TDI-Brooks’ 2003-built multi-use oceanographic research vessel Miss Emma McCall is on its way to Honduras to complete its reflagging exercise, before being deployed for a geotechnical project in this country. The 153-meter-long vessel completed its full term ABS shipyard period and is currently en r
An underwater data center (UDC) connected directly to an offshore wind farm has been put into operation off the coast of China’s Lingang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Chinese media reports. The project, said to be the world’s first of this kind, was officially launched in J
Boskalis will invest in a new high-capacity cable-laying vessel (CLV) targeting the offshore wind and interconnector markets, the company said on May 18. According to the company, the vessel is designed to support growing demand for long-distance cable installation, particularly for high-voltage dir
Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra to French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans, purpose‑built for the transport, laying, protection, repair and jointing of subsea power cables. Nexans Electra was ordered as the second vessel by Nexans at No
A UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider has completed a survey campaign supporting the subsea cable installation work for a project that will link Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Island to the country’s main electrical grid. Sharjah-based Geosonic performed the offshore survey campa
Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month. The LirIC interconnector project wi
Carnegie Clean Energy and its supply chain partners have completed the fabrication and manufacture of many key components of the scaled CETO wave energy unit to be deployed at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the ACHIEVE Programme, with the final component fabrication work packages u
An arbitration regarding a disputed 2024 charter hire related to the largest vessel in Solstad Offshore’s fleet has been resolved in the favor of the Norwegian offshore vessel owner, the company reported. Solstad reported yesterday, May 14, that arbitration proceedings related to a disputed charter
Malaysia’s state-owned oil & gas heavyweight Petronas has awarded a local company a five-year contract for the delivery of tubular running services (TRS). Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Destini Oil Services, the energy arm of Destini Group, officially secured the contract on March 30, 2026, with it endi
Fugro is set to deploy its geophysical vessel in a couple of days to carry out a maintenance survey of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The 2 GW IFA 2000 high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical interconnector is approximately 70 kilometers long, w
