IKM Testing UK, a company within the IKM Group, has appointed Barry Summers as its new Regional Director, following the retirement of Mark Rasmusen. The move comes as the company reports £23 million (approximately €26,5 million) in new contract awards during the first half of 2025, just 14% short of
Prysmian has awarded two contracts to Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), one of which is in the Dutch offshore wind market, where NextGeo will carry out export cable route surveys for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore wind sites. The second contract NextGeo secured with Prysmian is for the B
Geotechnical surveys have commenced for the Lillebælt Syd offshore wind farm in Denmark, being developed by TotalEnergies, European Energy, and Danish utility company SONFOR. In the coming months, a jack-up will conduct test drilling for the eleven turbine locations at the Lillebælt Syd wind farm si
Denmark-based underwater technology specialist MacArtney Underwater Technology Group has completed production and assembly of 20 junction boxes and 1,000 meters of subsea cable for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE). “A significant milestone has been reached for the P-ONE project – and we
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has completed the Dawson Phase III 3D seismic survey in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, marking its first new multi-client seismic project in British Columbia since 2019. The survey is said to span 141 square kilometers and has been merged w
UK-based syntactic materials company Base Materials has become the first manufacturer of syntactic foam subsea buoyancy materials to achieve full DNV type approval across its entire Subtec range. The firm now holds type approval for all seven Subtec grades, following a testing program overseen by cl
Asso.subsea has been awarded a nearshore cable installation contract for three projects under TenneT’s 2 GW program in Germany. The offshore grid connection projects are BalWin4, LanWin1, and LanWin5, located off the northwestern coast of Baltrum Island, in northern Germany. The contract marks the b
UK-based manufacturer of subsea and power cables, JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has completed the manufacture and load-out of a 7.4-kilometer subsea control umbilical, including subsea umbilical termination assemblies (SUTAs), for Subsea7 as part of the Serica Energy-operated Belinda pro
UK-based Inyanga Marine Energy Group has assumed operational management of the newly built Tor Boreas, a hybrid utility vessel developed for offshore wind operations. According to Inyanga, the 26.95-meter vessel will be operated in partnership with compatriot company, Tor Group, and is designed for
Italy-headquartered marine geosciences and offshore construction support services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed a five-year framework agreement with French multi-energy major TotalEnergies for the provision of offshore investigation services. According to NextGeo, the non-exclusive
The pipelaying vessel Castorone, operated by Italian oilfield services provider Saipem, has completed the installation of an approximately 80-kilometer pipeline linking the Aasta Hansteen platform to Equinor’s new subsea tieback field, Irpa, formerly known as Asterix. The Irpa field, located at a de
Geotechnical survey work will soon commence along the North Falls export cable route and wind turbine array area in the southern North Sea. Mobilisation will commence on August 3, with the survey lasting approximately two months. The planned survey is expected to conclude no later than September 30,
A new project has been launched in the UK to improve the effectiveness of mooring lines and dynamic cables on floating offshore wind farms. Historically, mooring repair costs for oil production assets have exceeded GBP 400 million (approximately $542 million; €461 million) for a single incident, whi
TGS has completed an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHR3D) seismic survey for the Green Volt floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, developed by a consortium of Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn. According to TGS, the record-breaking survey integrated Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP
