Subsea
Greeks gather South Kavala underground gas storage technical team
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has awarded a trifecta of contracts for the planned underwater natural gas storage (UGS) at the South Kavala gas field offshore Northern Greece. The South Kavala gas field covers an area of 5 square kilometers and is located in the Gulf of Kavala,
Interventek to supply additional valves to Trendsetter
Interventek has received a repeat order from Trendsetter Engineering to supply additional 6-3/8”, 15,000 psi, open-water Revolution shear-and-seal valves.
CPS defect on inter-array cables hits RWE’s UK offshore wind farm
One more developer has joined the battle with inter-array cable issues that continues across the offshore wind industry, as RWE and its consortium partners behind an offshore wind farm in the UK have discovered a defect in the cable protection system on multiple locations along several inter-array c
Ørsted devising ‘band-aid’ solution for €403 million cable issue
Ørsted is developing a solution that could potentially save the company from spending as much as €403 million to repair damaged inter-array cables across up to ten of its offshore wind farms. As previously reported, Ørsted discovered an issue with Cable Protection Systems (CPSs) on the Race Bank win
Germans select offshore wind survey team
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected the companies to carry out geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys at the N-10.1 and N-10.2 wind energy areas in the German North Sea. Fugro Germany Marine GmbH is the winner of Lot 1 which covers geophysical subsoil i
TGS and Earth Science Analytics collaborate to boost seismic data offerings
TGS has made a collaboration agreement with the analysis and machine learning company Earth Science Analytics to expand and promote innovation in data-driven geoscience.
VARD begins construction of Ocean Infinity robotic vessels
Norwegian designer and shipbuilder VARD has started the construction of the first of the eight marine robotic vessels for Ocean Infinity’s Armada fleet.
UMACK bolsters anchoring expertise with University of Dundee partnership
The UMACK (Universal Mooring, Anchor & Connectivity Kit) project has teamed up with the University of Dundee’s Geotechnical Engineering Group to support the development of a new ‘vibro-installed’ anchor system for marine energy applications.
Fugro presents real-time monitoring solution for floating wind
Fugro has introduced a new system that monitors mooring line fatigue on floating wind turbines, designed in a consortium between Fugro, AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde, and funded by the Scottish Government. The mooring line fatigue tracker fuses the motion and position measurements of f
OWIC launches cable centre in Eemshaven
Offshore Wind Innovation Center (OWIC) has launched Cable Centre Eemshaven (CCE), an initiative that focuses on all aspects of the cable installation and maintenance process, both onshore and offshore.
In focus: Challenge accepted by oil major while Norway answers offshore wind calls
As the energy transition is unravelling, the industry is paving the way to net-zero by pushing for further emission cuts and new fuels and vessels.
Nord Stream 2 ties first line to land despite Republican outrage
Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom and operator of the Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline, has confirmed that the offshore part of one line of the pipeline has been mechanically completed.
Cable laying and burial underway at Viking Link UK landfall
Cable laying and burial works are currently underway at the Viking Link landfall in Lincolnshire, UK. The work covers the first campaign of 51 kilometers starting from the UK landfall at Boygrift. Prysmian PowerLink began the cable laying works on 10 May using Cable Enterprise, with work expected to
Industry first: DEME drills XL monopile into French seabed
DEME has installed the first drilled XL monopile at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm offshore France. This is the first time this technique has been used to install an XL monopile on an offshore wind farm. Although the first monopile foundations had to be conventionally driven, 73 of the wind farm’s 80 X