Fugro has secured a contract to conduct a cable route survey for the New England Aqua Ventus I floating wind project offshore Maine. Under the contract, Fugro will carry out a combined geophysical, environmental and geotechnical cable route survey at the state-designated area two miles south of Monh
Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with Seaway 7 for the subsea offshore construction vessel Siem Barracuda. The renewables business unit of Subsea 7 will utilise the vessel for an offshore wind project in the Far East. The Siem Barracuda is currently mobilising to the area of operation, for
AqualisBraemar LOC Group is acquiring East Point Geo, a UK-based geoscience consultancy in the offshore and onshore renewable energy and oil and gas sectors. AqualisBraemar LOC, which has entered into a definitive agreement to obtain 100 per cent of the share capital of East Point Geo Limited, said
Norway’s Brunvoll has secured a contract to supply a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for Van Oord’s next generation of cable-laying vessels. In December last year, Van Oord placed an order with Norway-based Vard for a green cable-laying vessel. The vessel should be fully operational in 20
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger have launched the Egypt Upstream Gateway, an innovative national project for the digitalisation of subsurface information. This digital platform will also enable global access to the country’s subsurface data, kept evergreen by enhancing legacy dat
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea and its Swedish partner MMT have landed a three-year deal, with two one-year options from Nord Stream AG. This award follows on from the original contract for inspection of both lines of the Nord Stream Pipeline running through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany
Subseatec has won several contracts to deliver machined riser joints to field developments in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. The total contract value is approximately SEK 15 million ($1.8 million). Specifically, Subseatec’s scope includes assembly, testing and delivery of up to 10 riser joints. Manu
The U.S. electric transmission project developer Anbaric Development Partners will participate in an upcoming competitive solicitation process for an offshore wind transmission solution in New Jersey. The company has teamed up with DNV GL to prepare a bid for the solicitation announced in November 2
Premier Oil’s decommissioning plans for the Balmoral field, located in the UK North Sea, have been approved by UK authorities.
Castle Ship Management (CSM), a vessel ownership company based in Gibraltar, has taken control of operations formerly managed by offshore vessel company Atlantic Marine Offshore in the UK, through Castle Ship Technical Management UK. CSM has made the decision after a recent court ruling to proceed w
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog PSA has granted consent for manned underwater operations in 2021 to Vår Energi, Equinor, Gassco and Aker BP. Equinor has signed framework agreements with TechnipFMC and Subsea 7 for the performance of manned underwater operations in 2021. Through a pool agreement w
Offshore services provider TechnipFMC has signed a contract with AbuQir Petroleum, a joint venture between Energean and EGPC, for a subsea tie-back located offshore Egypt. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of four subsea wells as well as the subsea tie-
Tekmar Energy has secured contracts to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for two offshore wind projects located in the coastal province of Guangdong in southeast China. Tekmar Energy will supply its patented TekLink mechanical latch CPS technology to protect subsea cables as they transition from
Cabling specialist Nexans has finished the year 2020 in black despite revenue drop of close to 9 per cent. The company booked net income of 80 million euros in 2020, compared to a net loss of 118 million euros in 2019. This included negative 102 million euros of estimated Covid-19 impact and the pos
