MMA Offshore has secured a contract with OMV New Zealand to support the decommissioning works of three wells in the Maui field. MMA’s engineering team has developed a number of engineered connector recovery and wellhead cap replacement components to replace the existing capping mechanisms in place o
Helix Robotics Solutions has completed its second trenching campaign of the inter-array cables at the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The work was carried out by construction support vessel Grand Canyon III at the project site located some 22 kilometers off the Aberdeenshire coast. All
The BW Offshore-owned FPSO Umuroa has been disconnected from the Tui field, located offshore New Zealand, after spending 14 years there.
Brazilian SM Continental, part of James Fisher group, has won a contract to provide ROV services to oil and gas company Petrobras. The two parties signed the agreement for a period of two years. “These new services and the growing customer base mean that the James Fisher group now has a well-establi
RWE Renewables, itap, BioConsult SH, the University of Stuttgart, and Technische Universität Berlin are to research an innovative vibratory pile driving technique at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm. The new method for installing foundations is said to have the potential to significantly reduce unde
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has awarded four UK institutions with grants from its third Flexible Funding call for research projects focused on underwater offshore wind infrastructure. Southampton University received a share of the awarded £800,000 for a project aimed to identify
The Irish government has allocated €2.88 million for a project that aims to develop a prototype subsea robotic drilling system for the offshore wind sector, amongst others. Mincon Group and its partners Subsea Micropiles, the National University of Ireland and the University of Limerick will design
Subsea 7 has reported an adjusted EBITDA increase of 50 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, to $102 million, compared to $68 million from the same period in 2020. According to Subsea 7, the mentioned boost is driven by progress on Subsea and Conventional projects, high utilization of the PLSVs, a
Swedish wave energy company Seabased is optimising its electrical system that channels inputs from many generators, each absorbing power from different waves, into a single stream of electricity that is ready for the grid.
A new mooring, anchoring and quick connect solution optimised for marine energy systems is set for trials in the Atlantic Ocean, following a range of laboratory and on-land test campaigns currently underway.
FTAI Ocean’s new well intervention tower system has left the fabrication hall and loaded onto the test and shipping grillage in Teesside, UK. The next step for the Smart Tower System (STS) is to undergo final assembly and testing ahead of shipment and installation on FTAI’s offshore construction ves
The UK-based Fellows International has completed the UXO target investigation scope at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. After the completion of the marine geophysical survey, Fellows International gathered and recorded individual UXO target information using remotely operated vehicles
Aker Solutions has reported growth in both earnings and order intake in the first quarter of 2021, with about 35 per cent of new contracts related to the energy transition. In Q1 2021, Aker Solutions saw an EBITDA of NOK 427 million (approximately EUR 42.5 million), with a margin of 6.6 per cent, an
Aker BP has awarded FutureOn with a contract for its digital twin software with the aim of digitizing workflows within concept development and field development studies. Aker BP will use the software to visualize subsea data, map the design of digital twin fields, and foster greater digital collabor
