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10 August 2023
Enermech wins five year contract with TotalEnergies EP Congo
Integrated solutions specialists EnerMech has been awarded a five-year multi-million contract by TotalEnergies EP Congo for crane and lifting maintenance at a new facility to be built at Pointe-Noire, the second largest city in Congo. The work scope will include specific maintenance of crane and lifting equipment, and onshore and…
10 August 2023
Osbit supplies tower lifting tools to GE for Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Osbit, the UK-headquartered offshore technology company, has delivered twin wind turbine tower lifting tools to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business. The tools will initially be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank. The wind farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn,…
9 August 2023
DOF Awarded Subsea Work off West Africa
Norway-based DOF Group on Monday announced it has been awarded a contract for one of its vessels offshore West Africa. The deal will see DOF's construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Acergy support operations to install subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) for an unnamed "tier 1 contractor and operator" in…
9 August 2023
ROVCO Wins Survey Work at Flotation Energy Cenos Site
Rovco, a UK-based subsea robotics and survey firm, has won a contract with Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland. Located in the Central North Sea, the planned 1.4 GW Cenos floating wind development…
9 August 2023
DNO, OKEA to Fast-Track Brasse Oil Project in Norway
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO said Wednesday that a fast-track development concept has been agreed for its 2016 Brasse offshore oil and gas discovery in license PL740 offshore Norway. The concept selection paves the way for detailed design studies to link up with the Brage field in which DNO…
7 August 2023
NextFloat 6 MW Pre-Commercial Floating Wind Platform Gets DNV Approval
X90 6 MW pre-commercial floating wind platform, which is part of the NextFloat project, has been granted the Statement of Feasibility from the classification society DNV. NextFloat project is aimed at accelerating the rollout of the next generation of floating wind technology for a competitive, more scalable, and industrial deployment.…
7 August 2023
First TP-Less Monopiles In Place at Ørsted’s German Offshore Wind Projects
Jan De Nul Group’s newest crane vessel, Les Alizés, has kicked off its maiden assignment by installing the first of 107 monopile foundations at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Delivered in early 2023, Les Alizés arrived in the Dutch Eemshaven at the…
7 August 2023
Valaris to reactivate stacked drillship for new gig off West Africa
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a new long-term contract with an undisclosed company for one of its drillships, which is stacked in Spain. As a result, the rig owner will reactivate the rig for this assignment offshore West Africa. According to Valaris, it has been awarded a 12-well contract…
4 August 2023
DORIS appointed Principal Designer on Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farms
DORIS, a leading provider of engineering, advisory, and project management services for the energy sector, has been appointed as Principal Designer on the Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farm projects in Scotland by the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership. The Broadshore and Bellrock projects, located 50 km north of…
4 August 2023
Development Plan for the Domino and Pelican South gas fields in the Neptun Deep block receives endorsement by the regulator
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, announces that the Development Plan for the Domino and Pelican South natural gas commercial fields in the Neptun Deep Block was endorsed by the National Agency for Mineral Resources. With this stage finalized, the Neptun Deep project enters the development…
4 August 2023
OMV Petrom has signed the main contract for Neptun Deep infrastructure development, the largest natural gas project in the Romanian Black Sea
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in Southeastern Europe, has signed with Saipem S.p.A. and Saipem Romania SRL (Saipem) a contract for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services, in amount of approx. EUR 1.6 bn. Christina Verchere, CEO OMV Petrom: „With the signing of this contract, we are…
4 August 2023
First campaign to install turbines at world’s largest offshore wind farm is underway
The campaign to install the first of 277 turbines at the world’s largest offshore wind farm is underway, marking a major advance in the industry and speeding up the transition to a cleaner, more secure energy system. The 260m tall turbines – which are almost twice the height of the…
4 August 2023
Spirit Energy celebrates decommissioning high
Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the CNS, SNS and East Irish Sea. The most recent activity to complete is the final phase of the campaign to remove the DP3 and DP4 installations in the Morecambe Bay development in the East Irish Sea.…
3 August 2023
Huisman to equip Seaway7 jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus with monopile installation spread
Huisman has been awarded a contract by Seaway7, part of Subsea7 Group, for the delivery of the entire monopile installation spread for jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, consisting of a Monopile Gripper, an Upending Frame, and two sets of Monopile Storage Cradles. Huisman to equip Seaway7 jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus with…
3 August 2023
Nesma & Partners Contracting Company Ltd., announces the acquisition of Kent
Nesma & Partners Contracting Company Ltd. announces the acquisition of Kent, a Leading Global Engineering and Project Management Firm in the Energy Sector The alignment of Nesma & Partners’ and Kent’s expertise and resources will enable the companies to meet the evolving needs of clients in an increasingly competitive marketplace…
3 August 2023
TechnipFMC Receives Significant Award from Azule Energy in Angola
TechnipFMC has received a significant(1) award by Azule Energy to supply flexible pipe for its Ndungu project, offshore Angola. The Ndungu project will tie into Block 15/06 West Hub, where TechnipFMC was recently awarded a substantial flexible pipe contract. Through this extension, the Company was able to provide an optimized…
3 August 2023
Aker Solutions wins another umbilicals contract for Azule Energy in Angola
Aker Solutions has been awarded a sizeable1 contract from Azule Energy to provide subsea umbilicals for the Ndungu project in Angola. The contract includes delivery of eight infield umbilicals including spares totalling over 25 kilometers in length. Project execution, engineering, and manufacturing will take place at the Aker Solutions facility…
2 August 2023
Shelf Drilling secures new contract in the UK North Sea
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. announced that a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling (North Sea), Ltd. has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited for operations at the Golden Eagle platform in the UK Central North Sea. The firm term of the contract is two…
2 August 2023
DeepOcean charters unmanned vessel for subsea IMR work
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has entered into a long-term charter agreement for a newbuild unmanned surface vessel (USV) which will be utilised for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work in the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries. DeepOcean is chartering the vessel from USV AS –…
2 August 2023
Wood signs global framework agreement with Shell
Wood, a global consulting and engineering company, has been awarded a multi-year enterprise framework agreement (EFA) to continue to provide services to Shell’s global projects. Bringing specialist consulting, engineering, procurement and project management expertise to Shell’s greenfield and brownfield projects, the agreement will see Wood continue to support projects that…
2 August 2023
Vårgrønn in partnership with Energia Group for developing offshore wind projects in Ireland, targeting up to 1.8 GW
Offshore wind company Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and the Irish renewable-focused integrated utility Energia Group, announce a partnership to co-develop offshore wind projects in Ireland with a potential to deliver total capacity up to 1.8 GW by 2030. The partnership will initially focus on the…
1 August 2023
BOEM Finalizes Wind Energy Areas in the Central Atlantic
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced three final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which were developed following extensive engagement and feedback from states, Tribes,…
1 August 2023
Loading for Calvados OWF successfully completed
Almost exactly 5 months after the first loadout, the last of 64 monopiles was loaded at the harbor by EEW SPC. On June 29, 2023, the last monopile for the Calvados project set off for Vlissingen in the Netherlands. All monopiles were loaded onto the heavy-duty transport ship "Dongbang Giant…
1 August 2023
Short-term contract extension for Abo FPSO
BW Offshore has signed a short-term extension for Abo FPSO with Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd, a subsidiary of ENI S.p.A., until 14 August 2023.
31 July 2023
Harbour's Viking and Acorn CCS projects awarded Track 2 status
Harbour Energy, operator of the Humber-based Viking CO2 transportation and storage network and partner in the Acorn CCS project in northeast Scotland, today welcomes the news that both projects have been awarded Track 2 status as part of the UK Government's CCS cluster sequencing process. Today's announcement marks an important…
31 July 2023
Hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences to boost British energy independence and grow the economy
Hundreds of new oil and gas licences will be granted in the UK, the Prime Minister has confirmed today (Monday 31 July), as the UK Government continues to back the North Sea oil and gas industry as part of drive to make Britain more energy independent. The Government and the…
31 July 2023
Tenaris to supply products and services for Phase II-A of the Sakarya gas field development
Tenaris has been awarded for the supply of pipes and services for phase II-A of the Sakarya gas field development, operated by Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) and located in the ultra-deep waters of the western Black Sea, approximately 175km offshore Eregli, Turkey. “In a challenging environment, Tenaris successfully managed the delivery…
31 July 2023
North Sea gas is almost four times cleaner than imports
North Sea gas is significantly cleaner and supports the drive to net zero greenhouse gas emissions far more than imports, according to analysis published by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The research shows that domestically produced gas is on average almost four times cleaner than importing gas in LNG…
28 July 2023
Anma Offshore Wind Secures Final Environmental Impact Assessment Approval
Anma Offshore Wind is pleased to announce the completion of the final Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) in relation to its 532MW offshore wind farm (the “Project”), in consultation with South Korea’s Ministry of Environment. This is the result of a 15-month long consultation process which began with the submission of…
28 July 2023
Governor Hochul Announces Major Milestone for South Fork Wind with Installation of First Offshore Foundation at New York's First Offshore Wind Farm
South Fork Wind Achieves the State's First Offshore Wind "Steel in the Water" with Installation of Foundation for U.S.-Built Offshore Substation Major Milestones For New York's First Offshore Wind Farm, On-Track to Become America's First Completed Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Project in Federal Waters. Supports the Climate Leadership and Community Protection…
28 July 2023
Eolus to conduct strategic review to take its offshore wind business to the next level
Eolus has initiated a strategic review of its offshore business with the intention to create the best conditions for permitting and realization of the projects. As of 31 March, Eolus had an offshore wind portfolio comprising nine projects totalling an estimated capacity of 10,000 MW. In addition, Eolus is developing…
28 July 2023
Caledonia offshore wind farm begins geotechnical surveys
Sediment from deep bore hole samples from across the Moray Firth site will provide crucial geotechnical data to allow further planning of the 2GW project’s engineering design and installation phases. Following the success of the recent geophysical survey campaign, the geotechnical survey will see the use of Gardline’s Horizon Geobay…
27 July 2023
Benthic completed cpt site investigation for Equinor's Baltyk II and III offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea
Earlier this year, Benthic, a Geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, completed a site investigation comprising cone penetration tests (CPTs) using its portable remotely operated drill (PROD) that has enabled the design of foundations for about 100 wind turbines and two offshore substations for the Baltyk II and…
27 July 2023
Eni and SLB announce alliance for vibroacoustic pipeline integrity monitoring and analysis (e-vpms®)
Eni, through its subsidiary Enivibes, and SLB have announced an alliance to deploy e-vpms® (Eni Vibroacoustic Pipeline Monitoring System) technology, an innovative vibroacoustic wave detection system capable of providing real-time analysis, monitoring and leak detection for pipelines around the world. Enivibes will bring the new proprietary pipeline integrity technology to…
27 July 2023
OWC to support Equinor for offshore wind and low to zero carbon solutions
Renewable energy consultancy OWC has been awarded a global master services agreement (MSA) with Equinor to provide owners engineering, technical and advisory services to support the development of Equinor’s offshore wind and low to zero carbon solutions. The MSA covers technical support across Equinor’s green energy portfolio including onshore and…
27 July 2023
RSK Group acquires engineering and energy transition experts PD&MS
PD&MS, a specialist engineering services company operating within the energy transition, conventional energy, low carbon and renewables sectors, has been acquired by RSK, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions. The Aberdeen-based company has been operating since 2002. Synergie Environ and Optimus joined PD&MS in 2021 and 2022,…
26 July 2023
Danos Secures Major Gulf of Mexico Contracts
Danos has been awarded a contract allowing the energy services provider to perform work across bp’s five assets in the Gulf of Mexico. The three-year agreement includes planning and estimating, fabrication, installation and maintenance repair. “This contract serves as a testament to our team’s expertise and dedication,” said CEO Paul…
26 July 2023
RPS to lead baseline marine survey program for Seadragon offshore wind project
RPS will undertake a comprehensive marine environmental baseline survey program for Flotation Energy’s Seadragon offshore wind project off Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. Anna Crameri, RPS’ Offshore Wind Development Lead says RPS is looking forward to continuing to work with Flotation Energy over the next few years. She says the $22 million…
26 July 2023
Nexans to build third generation cable laying vessel to drive global energy transition
Nexans, a world leader in the cable system design, manufacturing and services, has announced an expansion in its presence in the offshore wind and interconnection market, by adding a third cable laying vessel to its fleet. This strategic decision will allow the Group to meet the increasing demand for electrification,…
26 July 2023
Saipem and Stockholm Exergi sign Letter of Intent for a large-scale CO2 capture project in Sweden
Saipem, a leading company in the engineering, drilling and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and Stockholm Exergi, the district of Stockholm’s energy company, have signed a Letter of Intent for a large-scale CO2 capture plant to be installed at Stockholm Exergi’s existing bio-cogeneration plant located…
25 July 2023
Octopus Energy to unleash $20bn of investment in offshore wind by 2030
Octopus Energy’s generation arm, which manages $7.7bn (£6bn) billion worth of green energy projects globally, today announces plans to unleash $20bn (£15bn) of investment into offshore wind by 2030. This will go towards the generation of 12 GW of renewable electricity a year, enough power for 10 million homes. Octopus…
25 July 2023
Floating offshore wind farm: ‘LiDAR’ buoy deployed off the Brindisi coast for in-depth studies to support the design of Kailia Energia and Lupiae Maris wind farms
A floating buoy housing a ‘Lidar’ (Light Detection and Ranging) and other sensors has been positioned in waters off the coast of Brindisi to conduct necessary surveys and preparations for the construction of the Kailia Energia and Lupiae Maris floating offshore wind farms. The buoy was placed thanks to the…
25 July 2023
Shell to sell its participating interest in Indonesia’s Masela Block
Shell Upstream Overseas Services (I) Limited (“SUOS”), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has agreed to sell its participating interest in Indonesia’s Masela Production Sharing Contract (“Masela PSC”) to Indonesia’s PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (“PHE”) and PETRONAS Masela Sdn. Bhd (“PETRONAS Masela”). The sale concerns SUOS’ participating interest of 35% in…
25 July 2023
Bluefield Geoservices Expands Operations in UK to Support North Sea Operations
Bluefield Geoservices (Bluefield), a subsea geotechnical services provider with operations in the UK and US, today announced details of the company’s most recent phase of expansion, which includes the opening of a state-of-the-art facility in Bedlington, England with convenient access to the Port of Blyth. Bluefield’s new location will be…
24 July 2023
BASF and Mingyang form joint venture for offshore wind farm in South China
BASF and Mingyang have agreed to jointly construct and operate an offshore wind farm in South China and have therefore formed a joint venture named Mingyang BASF New Energy (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd. Mingyang will hold 90 percent and BASF 10 percent of the shares. The windfarm in Zhanjiang Municipality of…
24 July 2023
Successful installation of the new offshore cables: SEM-REV 2.0 is now operational offshore!
10 years after the installation of the export cable, the SEM-REV marine renewable energy test site has enjoyed further investment. The aim was to upgrade the site and pave the way for hosting future prototypes. Thanks to funding from the French State, the Pays de la Loire Region and Europe,…
24 July 2023
Van Oord completes cable installation at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park
Van Oord has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park, bringing it a step closer to being fully operational by the end of this year. The cables are used for connecting the offshore wind turbines and transmitting electricity. Van Oord’s top duo cable-laying…
24 July 2023
PETRONAS Carigali Makes Multiple Discoveries in Malaysia's Sarawak Basin
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, has made six oil and gas discoveries in five blocks off the coast of Sarawak, Malaysia. The Gedombak well in Block SK306 and the Mirdanga well in Block SK411 (in the Balingian province), the Sinsing well in Block SK313, the…
21 July 2023
NKT is preferred bidder for framework agreement including two HVDC power cable projects in Scotland
NKT is confirmed as preferred bidder for the supply of power cable systems for two HVDC transmission links by Scottish SSEN Transmission, with the intent to sign a framework agreement for future projects. NKT is preferred bidder for framework agreement including two HVDC power cable projects in Scotland Laying of…
21 July 2023
Pivotal moment for NnG as first wind turbine installed
The most momentous milestone yet in the development of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm has been reached with the installation of its first wind turbine at sea. The turbine, with a tip height of over 200 metres was installed by Siemens Gamesa from the specialist jack-up wind…