Offshore construction will soon continue on the South Fork offshore wind project in New York with the installation of the project’s 68-nautical mile (about 126 kilometres) submarine cable to kick off in early 2023. The work installing South Fork Wind’s submarine cable involves six stages: seabed pre
Prysmian has kicked off the construction of its new cable-laying vessel with a steel-cutting ceremony at VARD’s shipyard in Romania. The construction of the sister vessel to cable-layer Leonardo da Vinci began on 16 February at Vard Tulcea in Romania. “Prysmian Group had the honor of hitting the but
OEG Offshore has made a multi-million investment in SEAJET Systems, the developer of a trailblazing electric subsea excavation solution that is said to reduce CO2 footprint by 40 per cent. OEG Offshore said that the commitment to SEAJET is a further development in its move into the clean-tech sector
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has awarded TechnipFMC with contracts for the delivery of subsea production systems for two of its development projects located in the Norwegian Sea. The contracts, awarded under a framework agreement with Equinor, will see TechnipFMC supply and install sub
Energean Egypt and Shell Egypt have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a mutually beneficial decarbonisation solution. According to Energean, the MoU is designed to support the decarbonisation and the energy transition of the Arab Republic of Egypt, contributing to global efforts
France-headquartered Bourbon and Canada’s Horizon Maritime have established a new company with a base fleet of seven vessels dedicated to providing marine services and operations with a focus on the North Sea and Canadian offshore markets. Incorporated in Norway, Bourbon Horizon is strategically pos
Asso.subsea has completed the installation of the 150 kV submarine cable system which will connect a 330 MW onshore wind farm on the Greek island Evia to the country’s mainland grid. The company announced on 16 February the completion of the submarine export cable installation and protection for the
Japan’s exploration and production company Inpex has signed a joint collaboration agreement with Malaysian oil and gas exploration firm Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) for the potential development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Sarawak, Malaysia. The CCS project will target CO2
Nexans has reported an all-time high adjusted backlog of €3.5 billion for its Generation & Transmission business in 2022, an increase of 51 per cent compared to 2021, said to be pulled by the Celtic Interconnector project. In the “record financial year” for the French cable maker, Generation & Trans
A consortium comprising BeeX, Sulmara, and the University of Strathclyde has secured Enterprise Singapore – Innovate UK grant to develop a next-generation autonomous integrity inspection capability for offshore wind turbines. Autonomous robotics specialist BeeX, offshore survey and inspection specia
American classification society ABS has revealed that it will class a hydrogen-fueled research vessel commissioned by the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Normand Ships, a wholly owned subsidiary of Solstad Offshore, has delivered the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarl to an undisclosed new owner.
Seaway 7, the Renewables & Heavy Lifting business unit of Subsea 7, has been awarded a contract worth between $300 million and $500 million for an undisclosed offshore wind farm project. Under the contract, Seaway 7 will be responsible for the transportation and installation of inter-array and expor
Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has achieved “record” high revenue and operating profit for the full year and fourth quarter of 2022, with its order backlog seven times higher than in the year earlier. For the full year of 2022, revenue grew to NOK 1,163 million (around €107.3 million) whereas EBI
