Subsea
MDL delivers 8-month North Sea campaign
Back-deck equipment specialist Maritime Developments MDL has completed a multi-project campaign in the Norwegian and UK Continental Shelves with an international contractor. The campaign commenced in May and covered installation of umbilicals and flexible jumpers in 3 different fields on both sides
Pipeshield scores record contract
Subsea asset protection expert Pipeshield has secured its largest contract win to date. The deal will see Pipeshield design, engineer, and manufacture a subsea scour protection solution for a major quay development project. According to its parent company Tekmar, the contract has a value of more tha
Teledyne Marine rolls out new ultra compact modem
Teledyne Marine has launched its new ultra compact modem (UCM). Sized at just 60 x 50 milimetres, and weighing in at just 55 grams, the OEM version of the UCM is the smallest acoustic modem that comes from Teledyne Benthos. The UCM is based on Teledyne Benthos signal processing technology to address
COBRAcable back in business
The COBRAcable interconnector between Dutch and Danish electricity networks is back in operation, Tennet reported on Friday. The 700 MW submarine interconnector was out of operation due to a failure in the cable since the end of September. The repair operation has been successful, enabling the impor
TechnipFMC split set to wrap up in Q1
TechnipFMC has relaunched its plan to split into two publicly traded companies aiming to complete the proceedings in the first quarter of 2021. Initial separation was put off in March last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported earlier, the move will result in TechnipFMC, a fully integrated
ASN wins Northern Lights contract
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has signed a contract with Equinor to build a DC/FO subsea control infrastructure for Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project. The ASN DC/FO will provide independent high electrical power and fiber connectivity to the subsea CO2 injection wells. Specificall
James Fisher ups outlook on better Q4
Marine services player James Fisher and Sons has upgraded its outlook on annual performance following improved results in the fourth quarter of 2020. “Whilst the fourth quarter continued to be challenging, we saw an improvement in trading over the third quarter with revenue ahead sequentially by 7 p
Express Engineering divests aerospace unit to focus on O&G
UK subsea energy products company Express Engineering has sold off part of its business to focus on expanding its capabilities in the oil and gas market. Namely, the Gateshead-based firm has sold its aerospace division for an undisclosed sum to Paralloy a Nimbus LLC company, which has operations in
Equinor picks ASN for Breidablikk cabling
Equinor and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have signed a new contract for the roll out of the submarine cable for subsea control infrastructure for Equinor’s Breidablikk field development. Breidablikk is a large oil discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf located north-east of the Grane field
Norwegian offshore wind-to-hydrogen project gets financial boost
Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, with the hydrogen being stored on the seabed. A consortium led by TechnipFMC is working on a pilot project that will see a green hydrogen offsh
Kraken project delivers robotic arm for ocean energy IRM
Offshore renewables research centre WavEC and its partners have completed the ‘Kraken‘ project aimed at developing an ROV robotic arm for the inspection, repair and maintenance of ocean energy devices. The kraken project received financing from FCT, GOBCAN-ACIISI and SEAI through OCEANERA-NET (Ocean
Havila secures cash and equipment from DeepOcean charter termination
Oslo-listed Havila Shipping and companies in DeepOcean have signed an agreement about full and final settlement between the parties regarding contract termination for the subsea vessel Havila Phoenix. The subsea vessel Havila Phoenix has since 2013 served DeepOcen, under a charterparty with firm per
Innovation Norway Supports Eelume
Eelume has secured NOK 3 million from Innovation Norway to develop untethered operation for its resident robot Eely500. GCE Ocean Technology supported the feasibility study in 2020. Untethered operations is a prerequisite to enable Eelume’s subsea robot to carry out the missions and collect the data
UK: Resolution seismic survey set for 2022
A 3D seismic survey over the Resolution gas discovery in offshore licences P1929 and P2304 off the UK will most likely take place in 2022, Egdon Resources said on Wednesday. Namely, Shell, the operator of the above mentioned licences, has advised Egdon that the marine 3D seismic survey, planned over