Subsea
Prysmian ready to launch production for three German HDVC cable projects
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has set up its organisation for the development of the three German power transmission HDVC cable projects SuedOstLink, SuedLink and A-Nord.
Vallourec to provide tubes for Norwegian CCS project
Tubular solutions provider Vallourec has won a contract to deliver tubes for umbilicals on a Norwegian carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
Seagreen offshore wind farm set for geotechnical survey
A geotechnical survey is set to begin along the proposed export cable route at the Seagreen Phase 1A offshore wind farm.
Metocean studies underway for first Welsh floating wind farms
Metocean studies for the Erebus and Valorous projects, the first floating wind farms to be built in Welsh waters, are now underway, the developer Blue Gem Wind reported on 27 July. The studies, which will support the design of the two floating wind projects, are being performed by ABPmer, which will
Chantiers de l’Atlantique to maintain substations it is building for three French OWFs
Atlantique Offshore Energy has signed long-term maintenance contracts for three offshore substations its parent company Chantiers de l’Atlantique is building for three offshore wind farms in France. Chantiers de l’Atlantique reported on 27 July that its Marine Energy Business Unit, Atlantique Offsho
UKEF backs First Subsea offshore wind contracts
Scottish firm First Subsea has secured several offshore wind contracts in overseas markets with financial backing from UK Export Finance (UKEF).
TechnipFMC’s figures increase as subsea activities ramp up
TechnipFMC’s Subsea division has reported an adjusted EBITDA of $154.1 million in the second quarter of 2021, a 14% increase compared to the first quarter of the year. The division saw a revenue of almost $1.4 billion, a modest improvement, and an operating profit of $72.4 million, a significant inc
In focus: Energy transition drives development of zero-emission fuels across all sectors
Renewable electricity has been a remarkable success over the past 20 years, but the same cannot be said for other energy uses. However, the global energy transition trend stands to change this as witnessed in a week behind us by a number of collaborative initiatives launched to address the challenge
Work ramps up on German large-scale offshore hydrogen plant
AquaSector project partners RWE, Shell, Gasunie and Equinor want to intensify their collaboration on the first large-scale German offshore hydrogen park.
Van Oord to install foundations, inter-array cables on Iberdrola’s German OWF
Van Oord has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of monopile foundations and the supply, transportation and installation of inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The offshore construction specialist will deploy its heavy lift installation vessel Sva
Offshore activities about to start at TotalEnergies’ UK wind farm site
TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG) are set to commence survey work at a site offshore the UK where they plan to build a wind farm through a newly set up joint venture company, whose name was revealed in the project’s update on the upcoming offshore activities.
Kawasaki SPICE AUVs to sport Sonardyne navigation
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has chosen a suite of subsea navigation, positioning and communications technologies from Sonardyne to navigate, track and control its first commercial SPICE autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The SPICE AUV will be using Sonardyne’s hybrid navigator SPRINT-Nav, co
DeepOcean rebooks Solstad’s Normand Jarstein
Solstad Offshore has secured a new contract with DeepOcean for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarstein. The CSV will support DeepOcean’s inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), light construction, offshore renewables and recycling projects. The contract will commence in the first q
Nexans backs business continuity for Scottish subsea transmission link
SSEN Transmission has appointed Nexans to provide consultancy services to support a business continuity strategy for the high voltage subsea transmission link between Kintyre and Hunterston. The consultancy services will identify the optimum monitoring, repair and restoration regime to keep the link