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Shell Hires Subsea7 for Work at Aphrodite Development off Trinidad

Jun 09, 2025

Subsea 7 has secured a contract by Shell for the Aphrodite gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago.The project involves the transportation and installation of subsea equipment at the Aphrodite development, located within Block 5a, at water depths of up to 290 meters…

Dutch Firm Orders New Multi-Purpose Vessel for Subsea and Renewables Work

Jun 05, 2025

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Kooiman Marine Group for the design and construction of a next-generation DP2 multi-purpose vessel (MPV).The 4716 MPV will incorporate the latest in IMO Tier III emissions and ULEV (Ultra Low Emission Vessel) compliance…

Sonardyne to Deliver Seabed Monitoring Kit for North Sea CCS Project

Jun 03, 2025

Sonardyne has secured a contract by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to deliver baseline environmental monitoring services for the U.K.’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) site.Sonardyne will provide environmental monitoring…

Huisman to Deliver Cranes for Olympic’s Subsea Construction Vessels

Jun 02, 2025

Huisman has secured a contract for the delivery of two Knuckle Boom Cranes, which will be installed on the new Olympic Group’s subsea construction vessels.The two 250 mt cranes will be installed on UT 7623 SEV series of Olymipic’s vessels.The…

Harbour Energy Brings Maria Field Subsea Tieback Project on Stream

Jun 02, 2025

Harbour Energy has achieved first oil from the Maria Phase 2 project in the North Sea, offshore Norway.Maria Phase 2 is a four well subsea tieback to existing infrastructure in Harbour Energy’s operated Maria field. Production from the first well was delivered safely…

Island Frontier MSV Wraps Up West Africa Campaign for Oceaneering

May 30, 2025

Island Frontier multi-service vessel (MSV), owned by Island Offshore, has completed another campaign in West Africa for Oceaneering, ahead of embarking on a new project in the region.As part of the campaign, Island Frontier MSV delivered spool…

SeaRenergy, Tethys Robotics Partner on Subsea Inspection Services

May 27, 2025

SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH and Tethys Robotics AG will partner to integrate the Tethys ONE system into SeaRenergy's offshore service portfolio, enhancing the efficiency and quality of subsea inspections.The Tethys ONE is an underwater…

DeepOcean Expands Subsea Market Scope with Shelf Subsea Acquisition

May 22, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has acquired Shelf Subsea, creating a ‘global subsea services player’ with an extensive portfolio of solutions, now also covering the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.DeepOcean has acquired 100% of the shares in Shelf Subsea…

Terradepth Lands Long-Term Offshore Survey Contract in Asia Pacific

May 22, 2025

Terradepth, a provider of Ocean Data as a Service (ODaaS), has secured a five-year Master Services Agreement with a major offshore energy company in Asia Pacific region.Terradepth will deliver autonomous hydrographic survey and data services…

Mission Specialist Technology: VideoRay’s Technological Backbone

May 21, 2025

The subsea technology market is changing via merger and acquisition, as the need for seamless connection and interoperability from space to the seabed increases for defense and commercial applications. Earlier this month it was announced that…

Subsea7 Secures Subsea Job for FPSO off West Africa

May 21, 2025

Subsea 7 has secured of a subsea contract in West Africa, worth up to $150 million.Subsea7 will be responsible for transporting and installing flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for the connection of a floating production…

ConocoPhillips Hires Subsea7 for FEED Work Offshore Norway

May 19, 2025

Subsea7 has secured a contract by the operator ConocoPhillips Skandinavia for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the Previously Produced Fields (PPF) development project, offshore Norway.The project is granted under a new framework agreement between ConocoPhillips and Subsea7…

Cellula Robotics Expands AUV Market Reach in Northern Europe

May 19, 2025

Canadian company Cellula Robotics has entered into a sales and representation agreement with Subsea Europe Services (SES) and its defense division, FLANQ to expand the market presence of its advanced autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technologies across Northern Europe…

Kraken Robotics’ Expansion Continues

May 18, 2025

Since it was founded in 2012, the Kraken Robotics story has been one of continual growth, both organically and via acquisition. A core premise of its business are enabling everyone, from subsea defense to commercial companies to explorers, to…

Inside Balmoral Comtec’s New Wave & Current Simulation Center

May 18, 2025

Balmoral Comtec recently invested more than $1.3m in a new wave and current simulation center, a facility that will be used to help develop Balmoral’s own subsea technologies, including its HexDefense, the proprietary scour protection system which mitigates the risk of subsea cable failure…

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