Cabling works at full steam on first large-scale US offshore wind farm

(OET) Two 220 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC) three-pole submarine cables have been installed for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Prysmian Group, the supplier of the submarine cables, said that the operations proceed on time with the schedule and that their cable-laying vessel Ulisse is ready to perform submarine cable joints. Prysmian’s Cable Enterprise began installing the... Continue Reading →

DeepOcean Bags Post-Lay Trenching Works Offshore Mexico

Offshore services companz DeepOcean has won a contract to provide post-lay trenching works on 30 kilometers of pipeline offshore Mexico.  DeepOcean will execute the post-lay trenching works from the M/S Volantis subsea construction vessel, which is equipped DeepOcean’s high powered jet trencher UT-1. According to DeepOcean, the jet trencher UT-1 has so far completed over... Continue Reading →

TechnipFMC, DOF-owned Vessel Catches Fire in Brazil

(OE) Skandi Buzios, a pipelay support vessel owned by TechnipFMC and DOF, reportedly caught fire Friday morning in a Brazilian port. The Brazilian media and some social media accounts on Friday showed images and videos of the burning vessel with thick smoke billowing above it and firefighters trying to quell the fire. The incident reportedly happened at... Continue Reading →

Aker Solutions to Provide Dynamic and Static Subsea Umbilicals for ExxonMobil’s Uaru Project

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions said Friday it had won a sizeable contract from ExxonMobil to provide dynamic and static subsea umbilical for the Uaru project in Guyana.  Aker Solutions defines a sizeable contract as between NOK 0.5 billion (currently around $45,9 million) and NOK 1.5 billion (currently around $137,7 million). The... Continue Reading →

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