Subsea
WIND buys Offshore Cable Equipment
The Netherlands-headquartered WIND has completed the acquisition of Offshore Cable Equipment (OCE). According to WIND, OCE is a rental/retail company that operates five offshore subsea cable carousels from 300 mt up to 7,000 mt capacity. OCE is set to further develop the engineering of carousels and
Lundin starts production from Edvard Grieg tie-back
Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has started production from the extended well test (EWT) at its Rolvsnes offshore field – the first subsea tie-back development for the Edvard Grieg platform.
Aker BP installs Hod topsides just 14 months after first steel
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has installed the Hod platform topsides in the North Sea, offshore Norway, just one year and two months after the first steel cut.
Novel marine connector links multi-use wind and wave offshore platform
Spanish company Ditrel Industrial has provided its novel marine connector Konekta2 to link a dynamic cable to the Blue Growth Farm project’s multi-purpose floating platform installed offshore Italy.
New boulder clearance vessel coming to Neart na Gaoithe
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. (NnGOWL) is set to replace the boulder clearance vessel Sartor with Vos Sweet at the 450 MW UK offshore wind project. Vos Sweet is expected to replace Sartor from 10 August to undertake the remaining seabed preparation works within the project site. The work
Prysmian takes delivery of Leonardo da Vinci
Prysmian has taken delivery of its new 170-meter long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci’s first deployment will be the installation of the Viking Link submarine cable connection between the UK and Denmark. The vessel has just arrived at Prysmian’s Arco Felice production
Bureau Veritas wraps up first-ever remote in-water hull survey
Bureau Veritas has completed, together with MaDfly – Marine Drone Services, the first full in-water ship’s hull survey with a mini remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
In focus: The energy transition in high summer
Although we are in the midst of the summer holidays and mails are returned with out-of-office messages, some moves were made on the offshore energy chess board. Moves that show that the strategy of the game is changing towards a more sustainable future. In this weekly update recent developments from
Baltic Pipe: Over 70% of offshore pipeline installed
Saipem’s pipelay vessels Castorone and Castro Sei have installed over 70% of the Baltic Pipe offshore gas pipeline.
MMT Sweden on UXO survey duty offshore France
RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has selected MMT SWEDEN AB to carry out the unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable route of the Calvados offshore wind farm. The 448 MW Calvados offshore wind farm is being developed by Éolien Maritime France (EMF) and wpd. EMF is a joint ventur
Van Oord orders Tekmar CPS for Baltic Eagle OWF
Van Oord has selected Tekmar Energy to provide Generation 10 cable protection system (CPS) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.
Skye-Harris subsea cable replacement campaign at full throttle
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has begun its work programme to replace the submarine electricity distribution cable between Skye and Harris. The cable replacement project, which received marine licence approval from Marine Scotland on 23 July, includes the installatio
Equinor improves Vigdis recovery by 16 million barrels
A pump on the seabed gives the Equinor-operated Vigdis field in the North Sea a boost that increases production by around 16 million barrels.
FORCE welcomes multi-sensor platform for in-stream tidal energy monitoring
A multi-sensor platform developed by DP Energy to track environmental effects of in-stream tidal turbines has been deployed in the Minas Passage in Canada’s Bay of Fundy.