Fugro Gets Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Survey Job
RWE and Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) have appointed Fugro to conduct geotechnical seabed survey on 3 GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm.The findings will give a detailed and accurate picture of the ground conditions, which will aid in designing the optimal foundations and array cables for the sites, according to RWE.The Dogger Bank South (DBS) consists of two site - DBS East and DBS West – located over 100km offshore in the shallow area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank.Each project could will have installed capacity of up to 1.5 GW which, when combined, could potentially
Bourbon Orders Exail Tech to Streamline Subsea Fleet’s Services for Offshore Energy
UK-based Exail has secured a contract with French maritime services provider Bourbon to supply several units of its Octans Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for integration into Bourbon Subsea Services’s fleet.These units will be installed on multiple Bourbon Evolution 800 Series multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) dedicated to subsea operations at depths down to 3,000 meters.IMO-HSC certified, the Octans AHRS will enhance Bourbon vessels’ efficiency in installation, maintenance, and repair tasks for the oil and gas, and offshore wind industries, according to Exail.Providing
Asso.subsea Wraps Up Subsea Cables Installation at French Floating Wind Pilot
Subsea cable services company Asso.subsea, in partnership with Prysmian Powerlink, has completed the cable installation, burial, and protection operations for the 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France.The project, situated in the Mediterranean Sea and developed by EDF Renewables and its partners, 17 km off the coast, on a 100-meter-deep site, is a floating wind pilot project, designed to showcase the economic viability of offshore floating wind farms.Asso.subsea was entrusted with all marine works, including engineering, cable loading of export and inter-array dynamic
Mocean Energy’s Blue X Wave Device and Verlume’s Halo Battery Come Ashore
Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter, with project partner Verlume’s Halo storage system, have been retrieved to shore after more than 12 months of testing at sea as part of Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project.Orkney-based marine services provider Leask Marine was employed to help bring RSP technology back onshore.The next steps for the RSP project include removing all equipment from the marine site, ahead of inspection and clean down onshore in Orkney, and moving to Verlume’s operations facility in Dyce, Aberdeen.The project has given RSP's participants invaluable
Nexans and Equinor Cement Partnership with New Agreement
submarine cable systems by mobilizing highly-skilled teams to assess the fault and perform any necessary repairs.Nexans is committed to finding the most suitable solution and intervene as quickly as possible, ensuring continuity of power transmission. The areas of operation are located in Northern Europe but can be broadened according to the clients’ needs, the companies said
Prysmian Appoints New CEO
Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian has named Massimo Battaini as its new chief executive officer and general manager.The new CEO appointment also marks the entering into force of the new organizational structure, aimed at supporting the company’s strategic plan and value creation, Prysmian said.The new organization, as already announced in December, is composed of four business units — Transmission, Power Grid, Electrification and Digital Solutions — and is aimed at ensuring utmost coverage of the key market trends related to the energy transition and the
ABL Gets Neptun Deep Job for OMV Petrom in Black Sea
will be delivered by ABL’s local Black Sea operations.ABL’s wider global team will also support the project’s global supply chain, including its Indonesian operations based in Jakarta and Batam.“This energy infrastructure project will also play an important role in supporting Europe’s longer-term energy security. As such, we are pleased to offer our capabilities to support the delivery of the project,” said Sergio Leone, MWS Project Manager and Business Development Lead for Europe and Africa.To remind, OMV Petrom and Romgaz in June 2023 approved the development plan
Norway Clears TGS and PGS Merger
Norwegian seismic firms TGS and PGS have received merger approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA), brining them one step closer to establish a premier energy data company.The merger between the companies, first announced in September 2023, has been subject to review by the competition authorities in the UK as well as in Norway.NCA has on April 17, 2024, cleared the merger of the two companies, whereby in the UK, the UK Competition Market Authority (CMA) is still conducting its phase I review. The deadline for the CMA to announce clearance or phase II review is June 11, 2024."TGS
DEME Scoops ‘Most Extensive’ Cabling Contract in Its History
DEME has been awarded two contracts from cable solutions provider Prysmian for the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands, whose combined worth is over $315 million.This is the most extensive cabling award in DEME’s history and marks the company's first project involving Prysmian’s 525 kV HVDC cable technology, featuring increased transmission capacity, according to the company.The contracts encompass cable installation, landfall and rock placement, dredging, and infrastructure works.This includes the
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