Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has begun its work programme to replace the submarine electricity distribution cable between Skye and Harris. The cable replacement project, which received marine licence approval from Marine Scotland on 23 July, includes the installatio
BHP has approved a total of $802 million in capex to execute the Shenzi North project and to move the Trion project into the FEED phase.
Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Petrobras to support exploration and production activities in the Brazilian continental shelf.
A pump on the seabed gives the Equinor-operated Vigdis field in the North Sea a boost that increases production by around 16 million barrels.
U.S. energy company Williams has reached an agreement with Shell and Chevron for the Whale deepwater project located in the Gulf of Mexico.
A multi-sensor platform developed by DP Energy to track environmental effects of in-stream tidal turbines has been deployed in the Minas Passage in Canada’s Bay of Fundy.
All crossings with gas pipelines and cables intersecting the route of the Baltic Pipe have been completed as part of the offshore pipelaying work, according to the latest update.
Colombo Dockyard has ordered an integrated ABB power and propulsion package for Orange Marine’s cable-laying and repair vessel that will support offshore wind farms. The vessel will be delivered by Sri Lanka’s shipbuilder in 2023, joining an Orange Marine France fleet which now accounts for 15 per c
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has secured a new contract with Petrobras to deliver deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals and specialized offshore and logistic services.
TSC Subsea has launched a scanning tool to be deployed on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and carry out tight access field joint inspection through difficult to penetrate pipeline coating.
The UK’s hydraulic subsea tools specialist Webtool has launched a new heavy-duty cutter, said to be designed to cut cable, umbilicals and risers in severe working conditions. The Webtool HCV220 can be deployed subsea mounted on a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and as a deck-mounted cutter for plann
Enersea has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Petrogas E&P Netherlands for the development of the A15 and B10 gas fields.
Van Oord’s underwater robot Deep Dig-It has returned to the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm to connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the mainland. TenneT is developing the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore grid for the connection of the 1.5 GW wind farm. Four offshore cables will be buried in the North
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published an AUV Audit Guidance Document (IMCA S 028) to advance a common approach to the auditing of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and their associated support systems.
