Subsea
NOC extends 36-year climate change study in Northeast Atlantic Ocean
The National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) RRS Discovery has set sail for an expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO), aimed at understanding the long-term changes in the oceans.
DeepOcean charters Volstad’s Volantis vessel
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Volstad Maritime has extended a charter contract with subsea services provider DeepOcean for the Volantis vessel.
Partners share tidal energy tripod’s decommissioning know-how
A collaborative decommissioning project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has completed the forensic analysis of a tidal energy tripod.
Prysmian links Crete to mainland Greece
Prysmian Group and Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) have completed the subsea interconnection between the island of Crete and the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece.
TechnipFMC concludes share purchase deal with Bpifrance
Bpifrance, a substantial shareholder of TechnipFMC, has agreed to an investment of $100 million in Technip Energies, which has been acquired from TechnipFMC’s retained stake in the company.
ION set for second phase of North Sea survey
ION has finalised plans to launch the second phase of its North Sea 3D multi-client program, selecting Shearwater GeoServices again to acquire the survey data.
Giant Pioneering Spirit vessel gets second lift system
Allseas has equipped its Pioneering Spirit vessel with a second lift system capable of removing and installing complete jackets in one go.
Boxfish Research appoints European ROV distributor
New Zealand-based Boxfish Research has named Transmark Subsea as its European distributor for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems.
Robots could save billions in drilling costs but risk oil & gas jobs, Rystad says
Robots could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas jobs and save billions in drilling costs by 2030, according to a report by Rystad Energy.
Fugro agrees $16M Seabed Geosolutions sale
Dutch survey contractor Fugro has reached a binding agreement with PXGEO Seismic Services to sell certain assets and the related business of its non-core subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions for $16 million in cash.
Prysmian inks € 200 million export cable contract for Sofia offshore wind farm
Prysmian Group and RWE Renewables have finalised the contract for the export cable connection of the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm, worth more than € 200 million. The contract, which follows the preferred bidder agreement from November 2020, includes the development of the turn-key high voltage su
PGS secures 3D survey work offshore Egypt
Norwegian seismic player PGS has been awarded a high-fidelity 3D exploration program by a supermajor offshore Egypt.
Nexans, Bureau Veritas join forces to lower offshore wind export cable risks
Bureau Veritas (BV) and Nexans have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms to onshore grids. With insurers’ studies confirming that high voltage power cables are among the mo
SMD conducts SeaRex upgrade for Prysmian
Subsea robotics design and manufacturing specialist Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has delivered a multi-million-pound upgrade to the SeaRex trenching vehicle for the Italian cabling giant Prysmian.