Subsea
Authorities assessing Shell’s Gaupe tieback decommissioning plan
UK authorities are assessing the plan for the decommissioning of the infrastructure associated with Shell’s Gaupe field subsea tieback.
NKT delivers Baltic Cable fix
NKT has wrapped up a turnkey offshore repair of the Baltic Cable connecting the power grids in Sweden and Germany. The 250-kilometre interconnector suffered an anchor damage during the last days of April. The power cable was restored within 29 days from the initial fault notification and is now back
Innogy to start geophysical surveys at Awel y Môr offshore wind project
Fugro is set to begin geophysical surveys at innogy’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project in the UK. Survey works are expected to commence in mid-June, lasting up to eight weeks, a spokesperson from innogy told Offshore WIND. Three dedicated vessels will map the characteristics of the seabed and subsea
Rotech Subsea completes North Sea offshore wind job
Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase work scope at the Borssele and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms for a dredging specialist. Rotech provided its TRS1 and TRS1LD Jet Trenching tools to carry out pit clearing and cable lowering at the Borssele project in the Dutch North Sea, as well as grout b
Legasea set for expansion
Legasea is set to expand into international markets over the next 12 months, following support and advice from Business Gateway. The company is anticipating the growth of its team into 2021, with the addition of up to ten new roles. The business provides an alternative route for recovered subsea pro
Autonomous exploration of marine minerals
16 industry, research and public players have partnered in GCE‘s Centre for Deep Sea Innovation to step-change autonomous exploration. The main application is towards marine minerals, but the potential is far greater, GCE said. Specifically, the Centre’s main goal is to increase deep sea exploration
Red Rock delivers Nexans Aurora cranes
Norwegian company Red Rock has delivered a crane package to Ulstein for the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Red Rock was contracted by Ulstein in 2018 to provide a deck machinery package for Nexans’ vessel, consisting of knuckle boom cranes, fixed boom cranes and work baskets. The 150-metre DP3 c
Equinor hands in plans for partial electrification of Sleipner field
Equinor and its partners have made an investment decision to partly electrify the Sleipner field located offshore Norway.
Shepherd Offshore building one of Europe’s largest test tanks
Shepherd Offshore is constructing one of Europe’s largest offshore testing tanks at Neptune Energy Park in Walker, Newcastle. Located on the North Bank of the Tyne, the Neptune Enterprise Zone is one of the UK’s six centres for offshore renewable engineering (CORE) sites. This development to the fac
Enshore Subsea eyes seabed minerals market
Enshore Subsea is developing new solutions to responsibly recover minerals from the ocean floor. These minerals, among other things, are essential for Electric Vehicle batteries. This pioneering industry has the potential to create a billion-pound-a-year market in the North East of England, Enshore
Decommissioning plan for Shell’s Kingfisher field under assessment
UK authorities are assessing the plan for the decommissioning of Shell’s Kingfisher installations and fifteen associated infield pipelines.
Connector Subsea Solutions acquires Isotek Oil and Gas
Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) has completed the acquisition of Isotek Oil and Gas. The acquisition adds Isotek’s remote welding technology to CSS’s existing range of subsea pipeline repair capabilities which are primarily focused on mechanical clamp and connector pipe joining solutions. The Isote
BSH awards ecological survey contract for German offshore wind zone
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded BioConsult SH with a contract for ecological investigations of benthos and fish in the N-6.6 and N-6.7 offshore wind areas. The company will carry out the preliminary investigation of the areas to assess their suitability for the c
Spectrum Geosurvey to work on Hornsea Two offshore wind project
Spectrum Geosurvey has secured a construction survey support contract for Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. Under the two-year contract, Spectrum will provide on-demand geophysical survey capacity for the wind farm. “We are delighted to secure another long-term contract allowing