By Mia Liimatainen, Application Development Manager – Marine & Energy, and Sukanya Hägg Mameng, Senior Corrosion Engineer, Outokumpu

Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore has announced it has contracted Norway-based TMC Compressors (TMC) to deliver the marine compressed air system to two innovative subsea rock installation vessels that are being built for international marine contractor Van Oord.

Continual maintenance of oil and gas pipelines is critical to avoid build-up of solids that cause flow decrease or even plugging, which can result in corrosion of flaws in the line and cause catastrophic failure. Bandlock2 Quick Opening Closures from GD Engineering are available in diameters of 90 inches and above, offering the potential to realise significant project savings in engineering time and cost by reducing the number of pressure vessels and associated pipework required for any application.

Global ocean services provider DeepOcean has announced it has been awarded a significant subsea contract package by Equinor for multiple fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, including the Barents Sea, with offshore work spanning 2027-28.

ABL Energy & Marine Consultants Brasil has announced it has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support Subsea7 with the transportation and installation campaign for the SURF infrastructure for the Mero 3 and 4 developments offshore Brazil.

Flylogix has announced it has achieved a major milestone after securing its first contract in the offshore renewable energy market.