The China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard has begun the construction of a DP 2 cable-laying vessel (CLV) ordered by Greece’s Asso.subsea for the offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for Althea was held today, November 5, at the CMHI shipyard on Mazhou Island, Shenzhen, China. “The firs
The UK National Grid is about to begin a marine survey of a damaged section of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The survey of the IFA 2000 submarine cable is scheduled to begin today, November 5, approximately 3 nautical miles offshore Folkestone, Kent,
Allseas has secured a contract for the installation of a new deepwater export pipeline for Shell that is set to significantly enhance oil transport capacity, flexibility and efficiency in the central part of Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico). The contract was awarded by pipeline operator She
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron have signed a three-year capacity agreement for marine streamer and ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition services. The parties plan to collaborate on seismic acquisition projects using TGS streamer and OBN
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has signed a heads of terms agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Jana Marine Services to establish a joint venture company that will offer integrated subsea solutions to the offshore energy industry in the Middle East. To be named JADE Subsea Services, the joint ventur
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been selected to support the installation of upgraded interconnectors in Greece that are set to improve the energy resilience of the Ionian islands. ABL will act as the marine warranty survey (MWS) services provider to support Hellenic Cables’ installation of su
Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a fast-track subsea recovery project in the North Sea for what it says is a major operator. The subsea campaign involved the internal and external severance of casing, conductor, guide pipe and cement lines, local seabed excavation, r
Three pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) owned by a joint venture of DOF and TechnipFMC have secured contract extensions with Brazil’s oil and gas firm Petrobras. The current contracts of the 142-meter-long Skandi Vitória and Skandi Niterói have been extended from the fourth quarter of 2025 until the f
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a contract with TechnipFMC for the supply of line pipes for a deepwater development offshore Brazil operated by Shell. The integrated contract covers over 20,000 tons of subsea seamless premium carbon-steel line pipes, intended for risers an
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured two engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts by PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), Thailand’s national oil & gas player, for the expansion of two fields offshore Malaysia.
Ocean services provider DeepOcean is set to support subsea infrastructure decommissioning at oil & gas fields off the coast of Australia, with the work to be carried out next year. The scope of work includes suspension of subsea trees, removal of flowlines, riser and dynamic umbilical, and removal o
Fulan Offshore Engineering’s cable-laying barge (CLB) Ai Lan Yi Hao (AL-1) has completed the installation of the first circuit of the 500 kV export cable for the Yangjiang Fanshi 1 offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China. The 1,176 MW offshore wind project, developed by CGN Wind Energy, includes two
McDermott has tasked EnerMech, an Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist, with an assignment for the development of a gas project off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, operated by Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell.
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Ingegneria dei Sistemi (IDS), and compatriot Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic collaboration for the development of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and related technolo
