Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has confirmed the end of an assignment for one of its diving support vessels (DSVs), which recently finished its first decommission work in hybrid mode. Boskalis’ saturation divers worked on subsea infrastructure for Harbour Energy in the North Sea, where th
Equinor has set its cap on bolstering its hydrocarbon arsenal by injecting tens of billions of dollars over the next decade into the oil and gas developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Shearwater GeoServices has signed up for further carbon footprint cuts thanks to an upgrade of main engines at one of its seismographic research ships, which is envisioned to result in more sustainable and efficient operations.
Norway’s Østensjø Rederi has entrusted the construction of its new ocean energy support vessel (OESV) to Astilleros Gondon, a Spanish shipyard.
A cable-laying vessel (CLV), which Norway’s ship designer and shipbuilder VARD is constructing for Denmark’s subsea specialist NCT Offshore, has come to Norwegian waters.
Dutch offshore services giant Boskalis has expanded its fleet with the addition of a DP2 vessel for offshore geophysical and geotechnical surveys, which the company describes as relatively new and enormously multifunctional. The Horizon Zenith vessel is deployed by Boskalis’ UAE-headquartered subsid
Dutch geo-data specialist, Fugro, has been awarded a long-term contract to provide construction support to its compatriot Van Oord for offshore wind farms across Europe for three years, with an option to extend. Under the contract, multiple remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems, construction equip
Amid the process of rebranding its offshore streamer fleet, Norwegian seismic company TGS has secured the extension of an existing ocean bottom node (OBN) data acquisition contract in North America. The four-month extension to the existing contract will build on existing operations, enhancing the cl
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a five-year contract extension with a Mexican company that provides services and solutions for the oil industry for its construction and subsea vessel. Thanks to the contract extension with Diavaz, DeepOcean’s Arbol Grande vessel will work o
DOF Subsea has secured a contract extension for its high-end subsea vessel that will keep the vessel busy until mid-2028. The new commitment for DOF’s Skandi Africa will run until May 2028 and will commence in direct continuation with the current commitment, which runs until February 2025. According
The Netherlands-headquartered Van Oord has taken a step seen as a milestone in its decarbonization efforts with the first delivery of biofuel for its 2011-built flexible fallpipe vessel. The biofuel delivered for the Stornes flexible fallpipe vessel in Norway is a B30 blend, consisting of 30% hydrot
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a new long-term contract with Brazilian oil and gas giant, Petrobras, for its pipelay support vessel (PLSV), as well as an extension of the contract for the PLSV Skandi Açu.
N-Sea Group’s recently launched dedicated subsea cable repair and installation vessel has completed its first cable replacement project and is carrying out another one for the same client. N-Sea and its partner Neptune Marine Service converted the anchored barge NP-459 into a dedicated cable repair
Norway-based ocean insights provider Miros Group has supported the laying of a 109-kilometer pipeline for the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage (CCS) project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Miros said it enhanced the efficiency and safety of pipelay operations by equipping project
