Malaysia’s oil and gas services provider Vantris Energy, formerly known as Sapura Energy, has opted to sell its interest in L&T-Sapura Shipping Pvt. Ltd. (LTSSPL) to its joint venture partner, Larsen & Toubro (L&T).
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a new deal with the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell for the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) products and services for offshore operations related to the development of a giant deepwater project off the coast of Brazil.
France’s TotalEnergies, Italian Eni, and QatarEnergy have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to enter an exploration permit offshore Lebanon. The consortium’s initial work program on Block 8 consists of the acquisition of a 1,200 km2 3D seismic survey, in order to further assess the ar
Japanese submarine cable installation specialist SEKIKAIJI Industry has purchased a trencher and advanced cable tracker technology from the UK’s subsea technology and services provider SMD, which will be used for the offshore wind market in Japan. The contract includes SMD’s high-power jet trencher
National Grid Ventures (NGV) has published updated proposals for the LionLink interconnector, which will connect the future Nederwiek 3 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands to the UK and Dutch grids. NGV, responsible for building and operating the UK side of LionLink, has now opened an eight-week p
Norwegian energy services provider Aker Solutions is set to make workforce and capacity cuts as a response to an anticipated decrease in activity levels this year. After several years of record-high workload, Aker Solutions announced yesterday, January 7, that it expects activity levels to decrease
South Korean LS Cable & System and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have entered into a strategic agreement to jointly commercialize and globalize an advanced HVDC asset management system. The partnership integrates KEPCO’s Smart Fault Locator – Real Time (SFL-R) technology into LS Cable & S
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has awarded oil services company Archer with a multi-year integrated contract covering the plug and abandonment (P&A) of 30 subsea wells, with options for the extension to other such projects across Equinor’s portfolio. The contract builds on the planning
The Scottish Government Marine Directorate has granted the variation to the existing marine license for the Western Isles high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable link, allowing the needed increase in capacity. The project is a key component of SSEN Transmission’s planned £22 billion investme
Nexans has connected Italy’s Sardinia and Sicily via a 480-kilometer-long cable as part of the Tyrrhenian Link, described as one of the country’s most significant electrical infrastructures. The 970-kilometer, 1,000 MW interconnector encompasses two sections: the west part, connecting Sicily and Sar
Carnegie Clean Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, CETO Wave Energy Ireland, has received two EuropeWave payments totalling €350,643, unlocked by completing several manufacturing deliverables for the ACHIEVE Programme. The payments were received under the EuropeWave Phase 3 Contract, which supports th
Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group has been hired for work on the second phase of Northern Lights, part of the Longship full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway.
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is expected to begin a geophysical survey for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England, in about one week. The marine survey activities are planned to commence on January 12 and to be comp
TechnipFMC has secured an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract by BP for a greenfield development in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico). The contract for the 20,000 psi (20K) Tiber project has been defined as large, which TechnipFMC says is
