Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), comprising SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7, has been tasked by U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil with the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) scope of work at an oil project in Block 15 off the coast of Angola.
DNV has been selected as the independent certifier for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, and will verify that the project’s construction and operation comply with the carbon dioxide transport and storage licence (CO2 T&S license)
UK-based JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has secured a contract with Australian independent operator Amplitude Energy for the supply of subsea control umbilicals. JDR will supply approximately 18 kilometers of hydraulic control umbilicals, with options for a further 13 kilometers, subject
Energy technology company Baker Hughes has opened a new subsea services center and manufacturing plant in Norway as part of its ambition to strengthen its North Sea capabilities. Located in Dusavik near Stavanger, the 49,000-square-meter facility features a 12,000-square-meter workshop, multiple tes
Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), a strategic alliance between SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7, has won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor for a deepwater oil project offshore Canada. The FEED contract for the Bay du Nord project builds on the lo
Irish and Spanish ministries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for a future electricity interconnector between the two countries. The MoU was signed by Ireland’s Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment and Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transitio
Swedish offshore survey company Njord Survey has signed a framework agreement with Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor for the delivery of pipeline inspection and integrity services offshore Europe. Under the three-year framework agreement, Njord Survey said it would deliver high-resolution ge
Fugro is set to begin a geotechnical survey campaign at the Caledonia offshore wind project site in May, following earlier geophysical investigations. According to a Notice to Mariners, the first survey vessel is expected on site no earlier than May 9, with a second vessel scheduled to arrive from M
After establishing joint venture companies in Taiwan and Equatorial Guinea, Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has done the same in Brunei. The primary activities of the entity named Serikandi Mermaid SDN BHD are offshore tran
As part of its fleet optimization journey, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is selling a 14-year-old vessel that has been in lay-up since 2021 to be converted into a dedicated source vessel. Through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement with an und
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Canada’s Cellula Robotics has traveled over 2,000 kilometers submerged, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, exceeding its published performance specification. During the mission, the Envoy AUV made over 4,000 turns and manoeuvres, which used more ener
Nauticus Robotics, an ocean robotics developer based in Texas, has been awarded a contract to carry out an offshore archaeological investigation along the U.S. East Coast for an offshore wind project. The company said on April 23 that mobilization was scheduled for early May, with offshore operation
Five European transmission system operators (TSOs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on offshore cable infrastructure in the North Sea. The agreement was signed at WindEurope’s Annual Event in Madrid by Elia (Belgium), Energinet (Denmark), 50Hertz (Germany), and TenneT, wh
Texas-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions and Hornbeck Offshore Services, a Louisiana-headquartered supplier of offshore transport services, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction, establishing what they say will become a pr
