UK offshore wind pioneer Venterra Group is acquiring two compatriot companies as part of its goal to build a service offering across the wind farm lifecycle, including engineer, build and support services. Venterra revealed it is buying Balltec, a provider of high-integrity connectors for subsea and
McDermott has held the christening ceremony for its newly converted Amazon vessel in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced upcoming calls for tenders through which the Dutch Government will procure geophysical surveys and archeological assessment of new areas that have been designated to accommodate the country’s increased offshore wind target. Around 24 June, RVO pl
Nexans has completed the floating operations at Fiskebøl, Vesterålen in Norway for Statnett’s Hadselfjord project, according to the company’s recent social media update. According to the developer, the Hadselfjord project aims to secure the power supply in the region and facilitate future electrific
Norwegian seismic company PGS has received a conditional award for an acquisition contract over the Equinor-operated Smeaheia carbon storage site in the North Sea. On 5 April, Norway’s energy ministry awarded Equinor the operatorships for the two CO2 storage licenses referred to by the company as “S
James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) has completed a subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) scope for NEO Energy’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Global Producer III (GPIII) in the Balloch field in the Central North Sea. JF Subtech said its responsibility was to ensur
After securing the FEED contract, Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock will work together on a proposed power station with CCS.
Bourbon has entered into a strategic partnership with IWS Fleet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), under which it will be able to provide subsea services in the French offshore wind market, among other things. The primary aim of the partnership is to allow Bourbon to offe
Marine survey contractor Argeo has launched its first uncrewed, remotely supervised survey and inspection vehicle Argus for offshore and coastal applications. The Argus uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) will perform mapping and inspection services using robotics and autonomous ocean space technology fo
Seaway 7 ASA, part of the Subsea 7 Group, has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the UK. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore in th
Rovco has commenced year three of its survey campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. Rovco’s UK-based team will deliver survey work on all inter-array cable and subsea jacket locations across the 588 MW wind farm, with activities commenci
The Norwegian Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean and Østensjø have teamed up to fast-track the adoption of remotely managed services with the aim of reducing operating costs and emissions for the offshore energy industry. The companies have established two joint ventures (JVs) to support the remote operati
JDR Cable Systems has reached the final grant agreement under the UK government’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme (OWMIS) on financial support for its new subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland. The agreement means the 69,000 sqm facility is on track to begin c
Orcadian Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator, has entered into a seismic licensing deal with the energy data company TGS to access high-quality seismic data for evaluating the multitude of development opportunities and prospects within its North Sea portfolio. Under the agreement, Orcadian will
