Fugro UST21, a joint venture between Fugro and Underwater Survey Technology 21 (UST21), has completed offshore geotechnical site investigations for Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Incheon offshore wind farm in South Korea. Fugro’s geo-data will support the design of foundations and cable routes across the whole dev
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has made an investment in a cable lay barge from Dutch Boskalis, further strengthening its offshore cable installation tools and capabilities. NKT is planning to upgrade the Boka Constructor and modernize it for near-shore cable laying and bu
South Korea’s Haesong Offshore Wind has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to introduce Smart Fault Locator (SFL) technology for submarine cable fault detection. The Haseong Offshore Wind 1-3 projects are managed and funded by Copenhagen Infrastr
Jan De Nul has launched its first XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), Fleeming Jenkin, with the final vessel construction phase now starting, including sea trials. Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, followed by an order for
Fugro completed land and marine surveys for TenneT Germany’s LanWin1 and LanWin2 grid connections, which are part of the transmission system operator’s (TSO) 2 GW program. The LanWin2 cable route required a range of onshore and nearshore investigation activities to support project development. Fugro
DeepOcean as the project owner and its five partners have launched a joint industry project to commercialize an innovative subsea flowline heating technology designed to reduce manufacturing and installation costs by up to 35% and carbon emissions by 30% through the separation of pipeline and heatin
The delivery of a next-generation subsea vessel being built at the Turkish Sefine Shipyard for Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas has been delayed for the third quarter of 2026, instead of the initial plan for early next year. The 100-meter-long Viking Vigor will be powered by methanol and, upon
UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured an order from Nigerian oil & gas company Marine Platforms (MPL) for the delivery of two of its new generation work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs). The contract secured by FET’s Subsea product line marks the first sale of the XLX EVO III, whi
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured two new acquisition contracts, one in the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) and another in Africa, both expected to start by the end of the year. TGS has been awarded an ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition contract in the Gulf of America
Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has drilled an appraisal well for a veteran field in the UK sector of the North Sea to assess its potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
U.S. offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has delivered its first subsea project in Angola, as part of which it worked for TotalEnergies on the Begonia field development. McDermott announced on October 16 the completion of engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI),
The Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) has given its conditional approval for the import of renewable energy from Sarawak in Malaysia to Singapore through subsea cables spanning over 700 kilometers. Sembcorp Utilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, and Sarawak Energy Berh
U.K.-based Exail and its partner Thesta have delivered an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to Orlen Petrobaltic, part of Poland’s Orlen Group, for use in the Baltic Sea.
RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
