Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd and its partner EXCEED Energy are awaiting the arrival of DP2 construction vessel Olympic Challenger to kick off a landmark multi-operator vessel-based plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign in the North Sea. According to a social media update, the Olympic Challenger wi
PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has signed an agreement to acquire offshore construction vessel (OCV) BOA Deep C from BOA OCV with an aim of bolstering its service capabilities. With the addition of the vessel, the company will complement the existing fleet with capabilities including subsea
Equinor is planning to conduct seismic exploration activities in the Argentine Sea but the environmentalists claim that the development of the offshore oil industry there would be disastrous.
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) has installed all 80 inter-array cables at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. A consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the 80-turbine Saint-Naza
Magseis Farifield has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil affiliate for what is said to be a large ocean bottom node (OBN) project offshore Guyana. The contract was signed with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL). The project is expected to be conducted using Magseis’ ZXPLR techno
Corio Generation and TotalEnergies have selected a consortium comprising Technip Energies, Subsea 7, and Samkang M&T to perform Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their 504 MW floating wind project in South Korea. The contract covers engineering for the floating foundation, mooring, and inter-a
Norwegian subsea and offshore wind contractor Havfram has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) in an effort to further strengthen its financial focus and move forward in the industrial energy transition. As of 16 August, Ingrid Due-Gundersen has been appointed by the board as the new CEO to
Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract with Well-Safe Solutions to utilise its flagship intervention system and technical services for UK North Sea abandonment. Under the contract, Trendsetter will deploy its Trident Intervention System which was designed for rapid reconfiguration in the fie
Energy services provider Hunting PLC has secured a contract to provide titanium stress joints for Beacon Offshore Energy’s Shenandoah development in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Under the contract, Hunting will provide two 10.75” Titanium Grade 29 stress joints utilised for production, one 16” Titanium
Offshore substation engineering company Semco Maritime has selected Roxtec to deliver cable and pipe seals for low, medium and high-voltage applications to multiple offshore wind projects in the US and Asia. Following the long cooperation, the companies have entered into a three-year agreement under
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted Beach Energy’s environmental plan (EP) for the offshore activities related to the Otway gas development. According to NOPSEMA, the plan was submitted on 3 September 2021 and it has been accep
Bombora Wave Power has awarded a contract for pre-installation surveys at East Pickard Bay for its mWave wave energy device demonstration.
Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured an order from Subsea 7 for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) distributed buoyancy modules to be used at a ‘major’ deepwater project in South America. According to Matrix, the purchase order for the subsea production buoyancy system is worth ap
A group of Greenpeace activists blocked the freighter Emma Oldendorff at the German port of Brake, on Friday, August 12. The ship was carrying pipelines slated for delivery to Western Australia for use in Woodside Energy’s Scarborough offshore gas project. Around 20 activists in rubber dinghies bloc
