Norwegian Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) has acquired Norvalves, a compatriot company that designs and manufactures subsea valves and connectors. The Norvalves workforce of 16 people based in Ågotnes will be transferring to CSS with immediate effect. The acquisition is said to supplement CSS’ subs
Van Oord has contracted Peritus International to perform a study on inter-array cable stability for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope consists of calculating the on-bottom stability for the inter-array cables in challenging environmental conditions and shallow water. According to P
A lot of companies involved in the offshore energy sector have already introduced their plans on how to reach the net-zero emissions status by a certain point in the future. In this week’s In Focus, we are spotlighting the most recent projects aiming to achieve these goals.
The Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) has been launched in Scotland with the aim to transform large-scale manufacturing for energy transition-related sectors.
Prysmian Group has launched an innovative share-based variable remuneration and profit-sharing plan in company shares, aimed potentially at more than 25,000 employees between blue and white-collar workers in over 35 countries. Approved by a majority at the Shareholders’ Meeting, the plan will run ov
Repsol has experienced production interruption at its operated Yme field located offshore Norway but the field has now been restarted.
Saipem has revealed a new, sustainable subsea pipelaying method which allows forming vertical cold bends in the pipeline in a strictly controlled way and directly underwater by means of a specially designed remotely operated underwater bending machine. The Underwater Cold Bending technology is said
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a tender looking for a contractor or contractors to deliver bathymetric survey services at offshore wind sites. Vattenfall plans to sign a framework agreement with the selected company/companies for scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys at offshore wind pro
DOF Subsea has secured a contract extension for the 160-meter long high-end subsea vessel Skandi Africa. The new commitment will commence in direct continuation with the current commitment and will run until February 2024. DOF Group CEO, Mons S. Aase, said: “Skandi Africa is the most sophisticated v
G-tec has completed the UXO detection and clearance campaign at the Calvados offshore wind farm in France, covering an area of more than 2,200 kilometers. After cross-evaluation of the multi-sensor datasets, combined with historical and site data, the number of anomalies was reduced to few UXO-like
Subsea 7 has won a “substantial” contract for the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) of flowlines and umbilicals offshore West Africa. According to the company, project management and engineering have commenced, while offshore operations are scheduled to take place from
The University of Plymouth and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have partnered up to establish a new research facility to accelerate the development and deployment of new offshore renewables products and services.
iXblue has completed the bathymetric survey at the site of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm using its DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). The purpose of the bathymetric survey inspection was to verify the seabed conditions before the deployment of Jan De Nul Group’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent.
PGS has secured solid industry pre-funding for a large MultiClient survey on the Northwest shelf of the Norwegian Sea. The Ramform Atlas is currently mobilizing for the survey, with the acquisition scheduled to start around 10 May. “This is the first large-scale MultiClient survey we are acquiring o
