Following a number of recent contracts in the region, UK-headquartered Tekmar Group has won another one in the Middle East, this time for the provision of its cable protection system. Under the contract worth over $10 million with what is described as a leading international engineering, procurement
U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has secured an offshore subsea contract with PTTEP Sabah Oil Limited (PTTEP) for a gas field expansion project offshore Malaysia. McDermott is in charge of the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for a ca
Van Oord has completed the installation of 109 inter-array cables, which marks the conclusion of its full scope of work on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. Approximately 360 kilometers of inter-array cables have been installed and tested, connecting the wind farms’ 100 14 MW turbines t
Thailand’s national oil and gas company, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), has reached the final investment decision (FID) on a carbon capture and storage project (CCS) at a gas field in the Gulf of Thailand.
Norway’s Reach Subsea has acquired Subvision AB, a Swedish company founded in 1993, focused on the design of equipment for subsea environments. According to Reach Subsea, Subvision has extensive experience from military and offshore development projects and has, over the years, developed several adv
Norway’s VARD has cut the first steel for an offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) it is building for Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO). The 121.3-meter-long vessel of VARD 3 39 design is said to be a highly versatile platform designed and equipped for subsea operation duties, offshore wind
Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind project in Taiwan will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026 instead of later this year due to a damaged export cable. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is part of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project, currently under construction 35-60 kilometer
Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has opened a new entity in the Middle East, described as a strategic initiative as part of the company’s expansion plan, aimed at strengthening its operational capacity in a “region of crucial importance for the oil & gas sector”. Next Geosolutions Middle East (FZ
Marco Polo Marine has contracted Norway’s Salt Ship Design to develop what the Singapore-based company says is a next-generation commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV), dubbed CSOV Plus, set to serve offshore wind and oil & gas markets. The new vessel is expected to enter service in 2028. Th
Finland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transport of CO2 from Finland, whose soil is unsuitable for permanent CO2 storage, to Norway for geological storage under the seabed. The MoU was signed on September 4 by the Finnish Minister of Climate and the Envir
RWE and the global asset manager and infrastructure investor, Apollo Global Management, have signed an agreement under which Apollo will pay €3.2 billion to RWE in exchange for an equity stake in a to-be-established joint venture (JV), which will hold RWE’s existing 25.1% stake in the German transmi
After issuing notices to proceed to Prysmian and Hitachi Energy for cable and converter technology, Marinus Link Pty Ltd (MLPL) has named the preferred contractor for major civil and construction works for the namesake interconnector in Australia. A joint venture of DT Infrastructure and Samsung C&T
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has revealed that its subsea compressor system, which recently came online at a Shell-operated natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, will allow the operator to unlock new gas supplies for Europe.
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, have begun a 5,300 square kilometers multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Brazil. The joint venture partners announced on September 4 the commencement of the Megabar E
