
Direct Electrical Heating Systems
Nexans is the world's leading manufacturer of direct electrical heating (DEH) systems.
Nexans Norway is a manufacturer and supplier of advanced subsea products and services for the oil and gas industry.
Nexans Norway was established in 1915 and is today a leading supplier of submarine cables.
We produce and install power cables and advanced umbilicals to transmit power and signals. Our product range also includes special-purpose cables for direct electrical heating of flow lines, for seismic surveys, for controlling remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and fibre-optic cables.
Nexans Norway is part of the Nexans group, one of the world’s leading cable manufacturers, with industrial facilities in 40 countries and commercial activities worldwide.
Nexans’ expertise centre for high-voltage submarine power cables and umbilicals is the plant in Halden, which produces paper insulated high-voltage cables, XLPE insulated cables, DEH solutions and umbilicals. The expertise centre conducts extensive research and development for all our submarine products.
The plant in Halden was established in 1974 and has been upgraded continuously in keeping up with developments in products for the offshore industry. The high-voltage laboratory in the Halden plant is one of the largest and most advanced in Europe which features state-of-the-art test equipment for high-voltage components according to international standards. In addition, we offer mechanical testing for all cables to verify our numerical simulation.
At our plant for custom submarine fiberoptic cables in Rognan, we have been building specialized telecommunication cables for more than four decades.
The plant has deep water quay access, and produces submarine communication cables, ROV umbilicals, tethers, and seismic and oceanographic cables.
Nexans is the world's leading manufacturer of direct electrical heating (DEH) systems.
Nexans contributes to ensure the reliability and efficiency of many of the world's power generation and transmission / distribution networks.
Nexans is an established supplier of underwater cables to the international ROV market, with supply to most of the major manufacturers and operators.
Submarine fibre solutions (SFS) connect local, regional and international networks.
Nexans introduced the first static steel tube umbilical in 1993 and the first dynamic umbilical in 1995. We have supplied more than 3,000 km of umbilicals, including a record-breaking length of 145km to Statoil's Snøhvit and umbilicals at an installation depth of 2,300m to Shell's Na Kika.
Nexans Norway was established in 1915 and is today a leading supplier of submarine cables.
Custom Offshore and Subsea Communication and Control Cables
Roncador, the fifth largest producing asset in Brazil, has more than ten billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in place.
The Mars field is located in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 209.2km south-east of New Orleans, US.
The Na Kika field extends over Missisipi Canyon blocks 474, 429, 657, 607, 522, 520, 383 at a water depth of 6,000ft in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 225km south-east of New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
The Yme field is located in the Egersund Basin, 100km off the coast of Norway. It lies at a water depth of 93m in blocks 9 / 2 and 9 / 5 in the south-eastern region of the North Sea.
The Smørbukk South Extension is an improved oil recovery (IOR) project that has been developed by Statoil with a total investment of Nkr3.5bn ($424.8m).
Jette (formerly Jetta) field is located in blocks 25/7 and 25/8 of the production licence 027 D in the Norwegian North Sea.
The Valhall field was discovered in 1975 and came online in 1982. It is operated by BP, which holds a 35.95% interest while the remaining 64.05% interest is held by Hess Norge.
The original Ekofisk area development consisted of eight oil and gas fields, namely Cod, Ekofisk, West Ekofisk, Tor, Albuskjell, Eldfisk, Edda and Embla.
Tyrihans is located in the Halten Bank area of the Norwegian Sea, 35km south-east of the Kristin field, in roughly 285m of water.
The Nikaitchuq oilfield lies at a depth of 3m off the shore of the North Slope of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea. The field
The Marulk gas field is located in the Norwegian Sea about 30km south-west of the Norne field. It lies in a water dept
Located 200km offshore the Norwegian North Sea, the Morvin oil and gas field lies in production licence 134b. The field
The Frigg field is located 230km north-west of Stavanger between the continental shelves of the UK and Norwegian borders
The Oooguruk offshore oil field is located in the North Slope of Alaska, about 250km southeast of Barrow, five miles off
In February 2008, Total was given approval from the Nigerian Government to begin development of its offshore Usan field. Discovered in 2002, Usan lies in OPL 222.
The Atlantis platform was the deepest moored floating dual oil and gas production facility in the world at the time of its installation.
Petrobras is presently carrying out a project to develop the gas reserves of the Mexilhão field in the Santos Bas
For the first time, innovative subsea boosting technology was used to increase production in the Gulf of Mexico from wells on the King field.
The Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field lies 120km off the coast of Azerbaijan in 120m of water and contains 5.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
The Glider field is located in Green Canyon Block 248 in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 165 miles south-southwest of
Llano is located in the Gulf of Mexico, in Garden Banks blocks 385 and 386, approx. 200 miles southwest of New Orleans i
The Snøhvit development comprises three fields – Snøhvit, Albatross and Askeladd. These lie in the Baren
The Scarab and Saffron gas fields represent the first deepwater development to be undertaken in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Kristin field is located in the south-west part of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea.
The Mikkel deepwater project is situated at a water depth of 220m on Halten Bank East in the Norwegian Sea.
The Ormen Lange field is located in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 140km west of Kristiansund, Norway.
The Snorre field lies in blocks 34 / 4 and 34 / 7, approximately 200km west of Floro in the Norwegian North Sea.
The Troika oilfield is located 150mi offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, in Green Canyon block 244.
Hydrocarbons in the Norne field are located in the Lower to Middle Jurassic sandstones, which are of a good reservoir quality.
Mensa is located 140 miles south-east of New Orleans and encompasses Mississippi Canyon blocks 686, 687, 730 and 731.
Troll is primarily a gas field, one of the biggest in the North Sea, holding 60% of Norway’s gas reserves.
The Åsgard oilfield lies on the Haltenbank in the Norwegian Sea, 200km from Norway and 50km south of Statoil's Heidrun field.
The Foinaven oilfield is located in blocks 204 / 19 and 204 / 24a, which are operated by BP Exploration. Shell UK Explor
Gullfaks South, Rimfaks and Gullveig lie in block 34 / 10, in a water depth of 135m. The Gullfaks Satellites produces ar
Nexans’ board of directors has been informed that the company's chief executive officer (CEO) Arnaud Poupart-Lafarge has requested to leave the organisation at the soonest possible date, citing personal reasons.
19 March 2018As the global demand for energy continues to increase, the need for reliable clean energy sources is also growing ever more important.
29 August 2017Current predictions suggest that electric vehicles will account for up to a third of the world's vehicle fleet by 2040.
25 July 2017Cabling solutions provider Nexans was awarded a contract for the supply and installation of cables for the DoLWin6 direct-current (DC) link in July 2017.
18 July 2017Leading cabling solutions provider Nexans has inaugurated a new 600kW solar power system at its Liban Cables Naher Ibrahim industrial facility situated north of Beirut, Lebanon, as part of its contribution to energy transition.
17 July 2017Nexans is pleased to announce that Nexans Norway has completed the signing of a five-year Global Framework Agreement with BP.
11 July 2017It is estimated that by the year 2020, there will be more than 20 billion connected things in the world, generating over three billion terabytes' worth of data traffic.
20 June 2017High-voltage direct current (HVDC) mass impregnated (MI) cables have been considered the preferred solution in long-distance submarine transmission operations for decades.
2 April 2017Nexans is pleased to announce it has successfully placed a bond issue worth €200m.
30 March 2017After spending many years as one of Europe's leading oil and gas exporters, and being home to approximately half of the continent's hydroelectric water storage reservoirs, Norway's energy sector is poised for an exciting new era.
28 March 2017Leading industrial cabling solutions provider Nexans is pleased to announce the launch its innovative FLAMEX SI-FR line of fire-resistant cable products for use in critical power and control systems throughout the rail industry.
21 March 2017Nexans has partnered with industrial Internet of Things (IoT) specialist ffly4u to pioneer a new tracking and management service.
9 March 2017The Nexans board of directors (BoD) decided yesterday to appoint Marc Grynberg as censor, with a view to proposing his candidature as member of the BoD to the 2017 shareholders' general meeting.
18 January 2017ScottishPower Renewables has chosen Nexans' submarine cables to carry energy onshore from its new 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm.
18 January 2017Call-off contract with Kahramaa to boost infrastructures projects and meet growing demand for electricity in Qatar.
2 January 2017Nexans' first ever intercontinental project will use second generation submarine fibre-optic cables to connect the South Atlantic Sea from Brazil to Cameroon.
20 December 2016Today, Nexans announced the integration of its Russian activities into its local partner Impex Electro.
15 December 2016Order for 139km of three-phase 34kV subsea cable for the array cabling of the first construction phase of the 1.2GW wind farm.
14 December 2016Nexans will gather industry experts at its Annual Technical Conference: '"Sustainable Transportation and Connected Grids: a step forward in energy transition' in Paris on 5th December.
30 November 2016New, halogen-free material offers enhanced fire protection at low additional costs compared with PVC.
21 November 2016Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the third quarter of 2016 amounted to €1,404m (versus €1,520m for third-quarter 2015).
3 November 2016Pursuing its long-term commitment to innovative, sustainable mobility, Nexans is poised to deliver the first charging stations after landing a significant part of the contract to equip the sites of the national energy operator and most of France's public electricity distribution network with charging stations.
17 October 2016Nexans has developed a new medium-voltage cable suitable for installation in any type of ground conditions to provide cost-effective utility grid connections.
12 October 2016The first building equipped with BienVEnu, the electric vehicle charging solution for apartment blocks, has been unveiled this week.
6 October 2016Nexans was at CIGRE in Paris, France, this August to introduce a range of innovations and current projects focusing on high-voltage cables, overhead lines and accessories.
27 September 2016Nexans unique technology portfolio of world-class cables meets the needs of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links through cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation designs now fully qualified for 320kV, mass impregnated paper insulation and superconductor systems.
21 September 2016Contract for inter-array and export cables for Blyth offshore wind farm follows qualification of Nexans's 66kV Cable Technology in The Carbon Trust programme.
15 September 2016Nexans has further extended its long run of success with BP oil & gas projects by winning a major contract to supply approximately 100km of umbilicals for the next stage of the West Nile Delta project.
13 September 2016Joint marketing and sales agreement to address both the US and Canadian markets for AMSC's REG product and high-performance power cables.
30 August 2016Nexans will be attending CIGRE 2016, which will take place from 21 to 26 August, in Paris, France. During the exhibition, Nexans' sessions will cover AC and DC land and submarine high-voltage cables, superconducting systems, overhead lines and high-voltage accessories.
9 August 2016Today, Nexans published its financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting chaired by Georges Chodron de Courcel on 27 July 2016.
26 July 2016Nexans will deliver an innovative umbilical, 32km in length combining power, signal and steel tubes, as well as other services to OneSubsea and Woodside in Western Australia.
26 July 2016Beatrice Offshore Windfarm has chosen a consortium of Nexans and Siemens Transmission and Distribution to supply a transmission system to connect its new wind farm off the coast of Scotland to the grid.
23 May 2016Nexans Norway is supplying 275km fibre-optic cables to the Connected Amazonia Program in Brazil.
20 April 2016Nexans will provide cabling to Samsung Heavy Industries to ensure safe and reliable power for the Egina oil field FPSO platform.
14 February 2016Nexans will deliver 170kV XLPE submarine cables to increase the voltage capacity across three straits in Norway.
25 January 2016Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt.
18 September 2015Nexans’ ROC-2 cables will be used to deliver high speed broadband to Nigeria and Cameroon.
8 September 2015Nexans has been awarded a contract by Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply high-voltage power cables and infield cables for the Nasr oil field in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
3 September 2015For the second year in a row, Nexans' team in Morocco has received recognition for its outstanding performance from aerospace equipment manufacturer, Fokker Elmo.
17 July 2015NSN Link will interconnect Nordic and UK energy markets with the world’s longest subsea power link incorporating Nexans’ HVDC cable technology.
14 July 2015Nexans will manufacture and supply XLPE submarine and underground cables to connect Danish substations.
10 July 2015New Nexans facility in Charleston, South Carolina, US, will manufacture extra high-voltage (EHV) cable to enable Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to develop its feed-in tariff (FIT) programme for renewable energy sources.
8 July 2015Nexans has been awarded a contract by Eiffage Energie on behalf of Clemessy to supply specialised photovoltaic cables and power cables for the Cestas solar farm in France.
30 June 2015Nexans’ power umbilicals will power two subsea compressors at the Gullfaks field off the coast of Norway.
13 April 2015Nexans' 500kV XLPE cables will be used to reinforce Shanghai's state power grid in China.
9 April 2015The 380kV Stevin project aims to upgrade the electricity grid between Zomergem and Zeebrugge. This grid expansion is key to securing Belgium's future electricity supplies, especially in the coastal region.
24 March 2015The first ever power interconnector between Norway and Germany will be Nexans' largest subsea power cable contract to date in terms of length and value.
17 March 2015Statoil has signed a €4.5m contract for the fifth delivery of standardised umbilical cables developed by Nexans.
3 February 2015At a water depth of 2,100m, the Chevron-operated Jack and St Malo oil and gas fields are the deepest installation to date for Nexans' innovative power umbilicals that integrate HV power supply and umbilical functions within a single cable cross-section.
10 December 2014On behalf of Wintershall, Statoil has signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of direct electrical heating (DEH) technology. The DEH riser will connect the Kristin and Maria fields in the Norwegian Sea with the Kristin platform, ensuring the constant flow through pipelines.
30 November 2014Nexans delivers power umbilicals for world's first subsea gas compression station at the Åsgard gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
26 November 2014Nexans’ refitted cable ship sets sail from Norway loaded with the world's longest three-core submarine power cable.
29 October 2014Nexans' high-voltage (HV) teams are growing business across North America as major new power transmission projects come online.
7 October 2014Emera subsidiary NSP Maritime Link has awarded Nexans a turnkey project to create a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable connection between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada.
6 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a €8 million contract by Statoil to supply static umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen project in the Norwegian North Sea.
5 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a contract worth in excess of €120 million by Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission to supply and install a subsea power link to upgrade the electricity transmission network between the Kintyre peninsula and the mainland coast in south-west Scotland.
5 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a major contract by OneSubsea (a Cameron & Schlumberger company) to design, manufacture and supply an integrated power umbilical solution and associated termination hardware for Exxon Mobil's Julia oil field development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
4 February 2014Global cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a €25 million contract by seabed-to-surface engineering and construction services provider Subsea 7 to design and manufacture the direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea pipelines serving the Lianzi oil field development located offshore between Angola and the Republic of Congo.
4 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has made a breakthrough in the Malaysia offshore sector with the award of a major contract by Persada Engineering to supply an electro / hydraulic subsea umbilical for Sarawak Shell Berhad.
4 February 2014Nexans has launched Enable®, an innovative range of remote operated vehicle (ROV) tether cables that enable ROVs to work longer and harder by incorporating bending-optimised Dyneema® fibre as the strength member.
3 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a €80m contract by Nalcor Energy for a submarine high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.
3 February 2014Worldwide cable industry expert Nexans has been awarded a €45 million contract by Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three fast-track projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf: The Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), the Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and the Smørbukk Sør (Norwegian Sea).
3 February 2014Nexans will be attending the Underwater Technology Conference 2012 this week.
8 June 2012Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has secured a €16m contract with Statoil to engineer and supply a 16.5km subsea power umbilical that will be used to connect the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to its subsea compression and processing equipment.
8 June 2012Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded an €87m contract by Energinet and Statnett, the state-owned transmission systems operators (TSOs) in Denmark and Norway, to deliver the subsea power cable for Skagerrak 4 (SK 4), the fourth HVDC power interconnector betwee
10 January 2011Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has signed a €180m turnkey contract with Fingrid Oyj and Elering OÜ, the electricity transmission system operators in Finland and Estonia, to construct a second direct current (DC) power link, the EstLink 2, between the two countries.
10 January 2011Nexans has been awarded an ambitious €178m turnkey contract by Enemalta, the state-owned energy authority in Malta, to design, manufacture, install and provide seabed protection of the new high-voltage alternating current (AC) submarine power link between Malta and Sicily. The contract incl
15 December 2010Nexans Norway, a manufacturer and supplier of advanced subsea products and services for the oil and gas industry, has uploaded a free white paper about its products. Nexans designs and manufactures special underwater cables. Our cables are known for their robustness and are tested day in and d
4 February 2010OTC is the leading event in the oil and gas industry, proposing high-quality technical conferences and an international exhibition. Nexans will be happy to welcome you to its booth to present its global cable expertise and innovative solutions for complex oil and gas projects. At the ev
23 April 2009Thank you for submitting the form. Your enquiry will be submitted to the company.
Thank you for subscribing to Offshore Technology