Wintershall Dea has secured all approvals from the Norwegian authorities to start production from a field in the North Sea off Norway.
Vår Energi has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Aker Solutions, Havfram and Saipem for the delivery of subsea production systems for all upcoming subsea projects for the next five years. As disclosed, the partnership covers the fabrication, delivery, and installation of subsea pro
The North Ayrshire Council Planning Committee has granted planning permission for XLCC to build the first HVDC subsea cable factory in the UK. The HVDC subsea cable manufacturing facility, which will be located in Hunterston, Scotland, received the planning approval on 29 June. Construction is expec
UK-based subsea engineering and offshore technology company Osbit has delivered a new well intervention tower system to FTAI Ocean, a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (FTAI). The system comprises 1,300 tonnes of equipment and stands at 40 metres tall. According
C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services BV has been contracted for Balance of Plant (BOP) services for the 108 MW Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the five-year contract, C-Ventus’s annual scope of work will consist of above and below water inspections and seabed surveys inclu
UK’s Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM) has expanded its cable-laying hire fleet for pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and route clearance operations as the renewable energy sector prepares for a busy period offshore. Recent additions include two acoustic release hooks and a de-trenching grapnel with a 1.8-mete
German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has submitted application documents to construct and operate a submarine cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connection sy
HydroSurv and Sonardyne have completed a demonstration project involving HydroSurv’s Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) and Sonardyne’s acoustic communications technology, whose combined capabilities the two companies showcased at the site of the Valorous floating wind project, developed by TotalEnergies
Norwegian seismic data company TGS has made an offer to buy compatriot Magseis Fairfield in a deal that values the seismic player at NOK 2.33 billion (approximately $237 million). The two companies entered into a transaction agreement whereby TGS, on and subject to certain terms and conditions, will
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has given approval to competitors Shell and TotalEnergies to collaborate on CO2 storage in empty natural-gas fields in the North Sea. Shell and TotalEnergies plan to store CO2 on a large scale as part of the Aramis project, collaborating with
Scana-owned PSW Technology has signed a one-year extension of the frame agreement with Odfjell Drilling for the provision of maintenance and recertification of marine riser and subsea equipment for all of Odfjell’s drilling units. The agreement includes inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) of m
Fugro CEO Mark Heine has taken over as chair of the IRO, the non-profit organization for Dutch suppliers in the offshore energy industry. Heine was presented as the new chair during the celebration of IRO’s 50th anniversary on 23 June. Fugro’s CEO took over from previous chair Pieter van Oord, CEO o
The consortium behind the FLOating RAdar (FLORA) project has held the kick-off meeting to formalize the start of a scheme that will develop and demonstrate an industrial-scale prototype of a multi-purpose ocean station with renewable energy generation and operational oceanography capabilities: the F
TGS has kicked off a new seismic reprocessing project in the Western Margins of the Central North Sea, said to be designed to secure exploration success. The project will see the reprocessing of 3,500 square kilometers of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Se
