Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso is en route to the VARD Brattvaag yard in Norway for construction finishing, following its launch at the VARD Tulcea shipyard in Romania last week. Van Oord placed an order with VARD for the 131-meter-long vessel at the end of 2020 as part of the strategy t
DOF Subsea Australia has been convicted in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia of three counts of an employer “negligently breaching” health and safety duties under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Auth
Scottish marine energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched a tender for the geophysical survey services at the site located offshore Orkney Islands.
NKT Victoria has completed cable laying works for the Shetland HVDC Link as part of the first cable installation campaign which begins at Noss Head, North of Wick. The trenching vessel, Grand Canyon III, has also completed trenching the cable to the required burial depth in the seabed as part of Cam
The installation work on the export cable for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S., has now begun with Prysmian’s cable laying vessel (CLV) Cable Enterprise set to start installing the offshore part of the project’s link to the grid on land after a pre-lay grapn
Norway’s Magseis Fairfield and the Dutch Fugro have signed a global cooperation agreement to work on project opportunities including wide area 3D ultra high-resolution surveys (3D UHR) for the offshore renewables and carbon capture and storage (CCS) markets. The companies said they will jointly purs
Schlumberger is rebranding and changing its name to SLB to pursue a new identity that will represent the transformation from a giant oilfield services provider to a technology company focused on energy innovation and decarbonization. Schlumberger announced that nearly all of its affiliated brands wi
MaresConnect Limited, the company behind the interconnector that will link the power markets of Ireland and Great Britain, has appointed former chief executive of ESB Pat O’Doherty as chairman and non-executive director of its board. MaresConnect Interconnector will comprise a cable route of approxi
The 1,400 MW North Sea Link (NSL) interconnector that links the UK and Norway has paid off its carbon cost of construction after operating for six months, said the UK National Grid, which operates the project together with the Norwegian Statnett. This first power interconnector between Norway and th
Norway’s PGS is set to mobilize the seismic vessel Ramform Titan for a new 3D exploration acquisition project offshore Namibia. PGS did not reveal any details about the project but did state that it had secured the contract with a “major energy company”. Ramform Titan will mobilize for the survey an
Winter is at our doorstep and concerns over the security of energy supplies are growing with each passing day. Over the past several months, governments and industries put their efforts into finding ways to tackle both energy and climate crises at the same time. The struggle continues with new regul
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract to develop an integrated ground model as part of a tender for geotechnical soil investigations at two offshore wind farm sites within the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ) in the Dutch North Sea. The total value of the contract, which
Several EU Member States have increased their offshore wind ambitions – with some also making joint vows to install massive amounts of new capacity by 2030 and beyond – and invitations to tender released this week show Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands are actively working to prepare the stage f
Safeen Offshore, part of AD Ports Group, is acquiring a new support vessel with the aim of enhancing its subsea service capabilities. The vessel, built in 2014, will operate under the name Safeen Surveyor and will undergo an extensive conversion, including the installation of an integrated dive syst
