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DeepOcean Hires CRP Subsea to Protect Cables at German Offshore Wind Cluster

Sep 17, 2024

CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from ocean services supplier DeepOcean for the supply of cable protection systems for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German North Sea.Under the agreement…

X1 Wind and FibreMax Team Up to Enhance Moorings for Floating Wind Tech

Sep 17, 2024

Floating offshore wind company X1 Wind has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with mooring line manufacturer and cable developer FibreMax to boost performance of floating offshore wind solutions, with focus on tension leg platform (TLP) tendons…

OHSUK Secures Two New Helicopters for Offshore Energy Services

Sep 17, 2024

Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK), part of Ultimate Aviation Group, has secured the service in the offshore energy sector for the next decade with two new bespoke multi-million-dollar helicopters, developed with the input from the offshore energy industry…

Lloyd’s Register to Certify World’s Largest Tidal Energy Turbine

Sep 17, 2024

Lloyd’s Register, an IECRE accepted renewable energy certification body (RECB) with a scope in marine energy, has signed an agreement with Orbital Marine Power to start the certification process for the world’s largest tidal energy converter…

Principle Power Grows WindFloat Portfolio with Two New Products

Sep 17, 2024

Principle Power, provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, has unveiled two new semisubmersible floating wind foundation designs - WindFloat TC and WindFloat FC.The new designs, WindFloat TC (tubular, center column) and WindFloat FC (flat-panel…

Ocean Geophysics Sets Up New UXO Clearance Service for Dutch Offshore Wind

Sep 17, 2024

Renewable energy industry supplier Ocean Geophysics has established a dedicated team and is introducing CS-OOO certification support in the Netherlands in response to the growing demand for qualified professionals in the field of unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation for offshore operations…

Inch Cape Agrees 15-Year PPA with SSE Energy for 1.1GW Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 17, 2024

Inch Cape Offshore Limited, developer of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, has signed a long-term route-to-market power purchase agreement (PPA) with SSE Energy Markets.SSE Energy Markets will offtake 50% of the wind farm’s electricity output…

Johan Castberg FPSO Anchors at Barents Sea Field

Sep 17, 2024

Equinor, the operator of the Johan Castberg field, has anchored the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit at the field in in the Barents Sea, which is expected to start producing at the end of 2024.The hook-up of the FPSO to the subsea facilities…

Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Discovery in North Sea

Sep 17, 2024

Equinor and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery on the Gudrun field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig.The discovery was made in wildcat wells 15/3-13 S and 15/3-13 A…

TWP Hands in Offshore Scoping Report for 1GW Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 16, 2024

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has submitted the offshore scoping report for its Bowdun offshore wind farm to the Scottish Government.The report provides information on the proposed offshore…

Vallourec Boosts Pipe Coating Offering with Latest Acquisition

Sep 16, 2024

French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Matt’s subsidiary Thermotite do Brasil, a specialized provider of thermal insulation pipe coating services for the offshore oil and gas industry.The acquisition price is $17…

Nexans to Link Orkney Islands with UK Mainland via 220MW Interconnector

Sep 16, 2024

Following the capacity reservation agreement signed in November 2023, French cable maker Nexans has signed an agreement with SSEN Transmission to produce and install the cable that will connect Orkney Isles with the U.K. mainland.The contract…

Apollo Takes Share of BP’s Trans Adriatic Pipeline in $1B Deal

Sep 16, 2024

BP and Apollo have entered into an agreement for Apollo-managed funds to purchase a non-controlling stake in BP Pipelines TAP Limited, BP’s subsidiary that holds a 20% share in Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), in a transaction valued at approximately $1 billion…

Rovco and Vaarst Unite Under New Brand Beam

Sep 16, 2024

High-technology offshore wind companies Rovco and Vaarst have entered into merger, creating a new brand Beam to boost their offshore wind services.In uniting their capabilities across research, development, and deployment, Beam will provide…

Aker BP Extends Stay of Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 Drilling Rig Off Noway

Sep 16, 2024

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured contract extension with Aker BP for its Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig, in operation offshore Norway.The contract for Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 for has been extended until the end of 2026…

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