Ørsted Orders Third Saab Seaeye Cougar ROV
offshore wind infrastructure, helping Ørsted assess the condition of submerged assets and maintain operational availability.“We are delighted to receive this order from Ørsted. Expanding its Saab Seaeye fleet with a third Cougar system reflects the confidence the company has in our technology and its ability to support inspection and maintenance operations across offshore wind assets,” said Jon Robertson, Seaeye Managing Director at Saab UK
Gennaker Offshore Substations Depart for Baltic Sea Installation (Video)
The topsides and jackets for two offshore substations serving Germany's 927 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm have departed the Netherlands for installation in the Baltic Sea as part of the OST-6-1 offshore grid connection project.The OSS Zingst and OSS Darß substations are being delivered by the HSI joint venture, comprising Smulders HSM and Iv, under an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract.The substations, each with a capacity of approximately 450 MW, will form part of the infrastructure connecting Skyborn Renewables' Gennaker offshore
TenneT Joins Subsea Cable Decommissioning Tool Development
TenneT Germany has joined DEME and Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) as a development sponsor of Frequensea's subsea cable decommissioning tool, which is being developed to recover buried offshore cables while reducing seabed disturbance.The technology uses patented vibration-induced fluidisation to reduce soil resistance around buried subsea infrastructure, allowing cables, umbilicals and pipelines to be recovered with potentially smaller vessels and lower energy consumption.TenneT Germany will contribute its experience as an offshore transmission system operator, particularly in subsea power cable
DNV Certifies Buchan Floating Offshore Wind Foundation Design
wind in Scotland,” Clare Lavelle, Buchan Offshore Wind Project Director.Buchan Offshore Wind is an equal joint venture between BayWa, BW Ideol and Elicio.The Damping Pool design has been developed specifically for the conditions at the project site and builds on BW Ideol's floating foundation technology, which has already been deployed in several floating wind projects internationally.The standard Damping Pool platform for turbines of 15 MW and above received DNV Basic Design Certification in May 2025.“DNV's certification of the Buchan-specific Damping Pool® design is a strong signal
Verlume Clears Key Test for Offshore Wind Subsea Battery
Verlume has completed hyperbaric testing of the enclosure for its Orah subsea energy storage system, clearing a qualification milestone ahead of its planned deployment at the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.The testing was carried out at JFD's hyperbaric facility in Aberdeen and subjected the enclosure to a controlled pressure profile representative of its intended subsea operating environment.The 10-tonne enclosure, measuring 7.2 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 2.4 meters high, was the largest vessel tested at JFD's hyperbaric center to date.Testing covered pressure and
Chevron Joins SLB, TotalEnergies Digital Subsurface Collaboration
. Chevron adds valuable experience and perspectives that will help strengthen how we address complex subsurface workflows and field development decisions,” said Rakesh Jaggi, president of SLB’s digital business.Subject matter experts from Chevron and TotalEnergies will work within SLB technology centers, bringing operator experience directly into technology development and shortening feedback loops between product development teams and operators.“Chevron is working to advance digital capabilities to unlock greater value from our subsurface resources. Through Arena, we are combining
Orcadian Terminates UK Offshore Data Center Development Deal
Orcadian Energy and an unnamed U.S. offshore data center developer have terminated an agreement to jointly develop an offshore energy-to-compute project using gas resources from Orcadian's Earlham and Orwell discoveries in UK waters.The companies ended the agreement because the development scope and timeline for Earlham did not align with the U.S. developer's near-term deployment priorities, Orcadian said.The Earlham Gigagrid concept envisages using gas resources within Orcadian's P2680 license to provide power and infrastructure for offshore computing capacity, disconnected from the UK
SLPE Takes Foundation Design Role at EnBW's German Offshore Wind Farm
SLPE, part of Smulders, has secured a contract by EnBW to provide wind turbine foundation engineering for the planned 1 GW Dreekant offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.The scope covers concept engineering, front-end engineering design and detailed design of the wind turbine foundations. SLPE is also expected to support the project through fabrication, installation and commissioning after completing the detailed design phase.Dreekant offshore wind is being developed by EnBW in Germany's Exclusive Economic Zone, across an area of about 80 square kilometers where water depths range from 37 to
Vallourec, Aramco Expand Tubulars Partnership
French tubular solutions provider Vallourec has signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco covering the supply of Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG), further expanding a relationship between the companies that dates back more than six decades.The agreement, signed during the French-Saudi Investment Roundtable Meeting in Paris, is intended to strengthen the companies' commercial, industrial and technological cooperation.Vallourec has worked with Aramco since 1962, when the companies entered into an agreement for the supply of the first generations of VAM connections for OCTG pipes.The French company
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