Subsea
Shell, RWE & co move forward with German offshore wind-to-hydrogen project
Project partners Shell, RWE, GASCADE, and Gasunie have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the German North Sea directly to the continent. It is part of the AquaVentus initiative
Schlumberger, Equinor to collaborate on data platform project
Schlumberger and Equinor, in collaboration with Microsoft, have partnered up on a strategic project to deploy the DELFI cognitive E&P environment, with seamless integration to the OSDU Data Platform.
Siem Offshore bags MPSV contract in North Sea
Norwegian marine contractor Siem Offshore has been awarded its first contract with Dutch subsea services provider DCN Diving for the multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Siem Dorado.
Geophysical surveys about to begin at Irish offshore wind farm
A series of geophysical surveys is set to kick off at the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland on 26 April. Vessel LB Jill will undertake geotechnical operations to characterize the project site located approximately 13 km off the East Coast of Ireland, near Wicklow. The surveys are planned to b
Jan De Nul books new subsea trenching vehicle
Jan de Nul Group has signed an agreement with the UK offshore technology supplier Osbit for the design and construction of a new subsea trenching vehicle.
Archer signs offer to buy DeepWell from Moreld
Offshore services provider Archer Limited has signed an offer letter with Moreld laying out principle terms to purchase 100 per cent of the shares in DeepWell AS.
In focus: Energy and shipping sectors in symbiosis for net-zero
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not
BW Offshore to demolish laid-up FPSO despite previous re-use plans
BW Offshore has decided to recycle its laid-up FPSO Berge Helene despite previous plans to use it on a project development located in Brazil.
Equinor’s Troll West electrification to cut CO2 emissions by almost half a million tonnes per year
Equinor and partners have decided in favour of Troll West electrification and are submitting the plan for development and operation.
Argeo secures survey work, orders newbuild AUV
Norwegian marine survey contractor Argeo has ordered a newbuild SeaRaptor 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from Teledyne Gavia, in parallel with securing a deep-water survey contract in the Pacific region.
Equinor and partners to invest $384 million in Barents Sea project
Equinor and its partners Petoro, Total, Neptune, and Wintershall Dea have decided to develop the Askeladd Vest project off Norway.
Tekmar’s cable protection for Gode Wind 3 grid connection
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract by cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its cable protection system (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection in Germany. The 16 km long submarine cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and will connect the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to T
3D at Depth delivers Subsea LiDAR metrologies for Subsea 7
Subsea services specialist 3D at Depth has completed a series of 31 metrologies for Subsea 7 at eight locations on Equinor’s Snorre field expansion in the North Sea.
Fugro bags offshore wind contracts in South Korea and U.S.
Fugro has been awarded contracts in the offshore wind sector in South Korea and the U.S., according to the company’s results for the first quarter of 2021. In South Korea, Fugro has won a contract for a site investigation programme for a floating offshore wind farm. The company did not disclose any