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  • If UK bans new oil & gas exploration licences, what energy games are left to be played?

    21 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Is the saga about the Labour Party’s plans for the UK’s oil and gas industry reaching a softer stance while plans for renewables remain firm?

  • Seaway 7 awarded $300+ million cable contract

    14 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7, the Renewables & Heavy Lifting business unit of Subsea 7, has been awarded a contract worth between $300 million and $500 million for an undisclosed offshore wind farm project. Under the contract, Seaway 7 will be responsible for the transportation and installation of inter-array and export power cables, and respective cable protection systems. […]

  • Prysmian revealed as preferred bidder for UK’s cable connection project

    25 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian Group has been picked as the preferred bidder for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable connection in the UK.

  • All Moray East OTMs in position

    14 September 2020
    Infrastructure

    The third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) has been installed at the Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind farm’s first OTM was installed on 10 August, and the second unit followed shortly. Siemens Energy secured the contract to connect the wind farm to the grid in 2018. The company is also in charge […]

  • Tekmar Bags Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan from Seaway 7

    27 November 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Tekmar Energy has secured an award in Taiwan from a repeat client Seaway 7 for wpd’s 640MW Yunlin project.  Tekmar will be supplying 150 of its patented Cable Protection Systems (CPS) which protect the subsea power cables as they transition from the offshore structures into burial. The project is scheduled to be fully operational by […]

  • UK earmarks hundreds of millions for offshore wind, green hydrogen investment

    28 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The UK government has announced GBP 380 million (around €450 million) of investment in offshore wind in its Autumn Budget and Spending Review. Up to GBP 230 million (around €272.5 million) of this will be available from GBP 1.4 billion (around €1.66 billion) that the government is allocating for the Global Britain Investment Fund over […]

  • China’s Jutal Offshore Oil Services wins offshore wind contract in Europe

    29 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    Jutal Offshore Oil Services has been awarded a contract for an offshore wind farm in Europe, according to a press release from the company. The China-based company informed its wholly owned subsidiary Jutal Offshore Oil Services (Zhuhai) won several new contracts, including one for the construction and delivery of “50 sets of offshore wind power […]

  • Saipem scores offshore wind hat-trick

    22 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Saipem revealed on 22 July that it won three contracts for offshore wind farms in Europe – Dogger Bank A and B, Seagreen, and Saint Brieuc – valued at more than EUR 90 million in total. With the Equinor-SSE Renewables join venture Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms, Saipem inked a deal for the transportation and […]

  • First UK carbon storage licencing round opens for bids

    14 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Storage

    The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licencing round, with 13 areas available for bids.   The areas being offered for licensing are off the coast of Aberdeen, Teesside, Liverpool and Lincolnshire in the Southern North Sea, Central North Sea, Northern North Sea, and East Irish Sea and are made […]

  • Seacat Rainbow heads straight to work

    9 March 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seacat Services’ newly launched catamaran, Seacat Rainbow, has gone straight on to a long-term charter with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL). Seacat Rainbow will support operations & maintenance activity for the service team working at the 588 MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland, joining her sister vessel Seacat Weatherly which is currently on charter with […]

  • SSE Renewables looking for offshore survey squad

    22 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables has issued a contract notice seeking providers of geotechnical and geophysical services offshore the UK and Ireland. The offshore wind developer intends to sign a number of framework agreements that cover a range of geotechnical and geophysical services. The overall value of the framework agreements is €78 million. The framework agreements will cover […]

  • First floating foundation for Kincardine 9.6 MW wind turbines arrives in Rotterdam

    15 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    First foundation for the Kincardine project, the world’s largest floating wind farm, has arrived in Rotterdam, from where the floating wind turbines will be installed off Scotland. The foundation was transported from the fabrication yard in Spain to Rotterdam on board Boskalis’ semi-submersible barge Fjord, towed by the oceangoing tug Seraya. Boskalis, which has been […]

  • RSE wants Scottish offshore wind bar set higher

    3 April 2020
    Authorities & Government

    The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has called for a more ambitious offshore wind target than that proposed in Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement.

  • Floating wind brings Principle Power and Technology From Ideas together

    1 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Principle Power has partnered with Irish company Technology From Ideas (TfI) for the development of shallow-water mooring components for floating offshore wind. An international consortium led by Principle Power secured a contract by the U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) for the Demonstration of Shallow-Water Mooring Components for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines […]

  • East Coast subsea link gets approval for Final Needs Case

    9 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Ofgem has given the green light for preparing the Final Needs Case stage of the regulatory approvals process for the East Coast subsea HVDC link that will connect Scotland and England.

  • Nexans in export cable talks for ‘major’ UK offshore wind project

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Nexans revealed on 10 September that the company had entered into exclusive negotiations for the supply and installation of both onshore and offshore export cables for an offshore wind project in the UK. The cable manufacturer has not disclosed any specifics about the project and its client, noting that further details will be provided upon […]

  • Jacket for second Moray East OTM in place

    14 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure

    The jacket foundation for the second of the three Moray East’s Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs) was installed on 10 August, according to the project’s Notice of Operations. Siemens Energy shipped out the first OTM, ME OSP2, on 30 June. However, this was not the first OTM to have been installed. As reported a few days […]

  • Study uncovers four potential electrification paths for oil & gas assets

    1 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition

    A study, undertaken to assess potential routes for electrification of oil and gas platforms, has found four options to make this happen.

  • Nexans Aurora gets its cable laying equipment

    14 April 2021
    Vessels

    The installation of the MAATS Tech cable lay equipment package onboard cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has been completed. The MAATS Tech team installed and tested the package which includes the carousel, loading arms, access tower and control cabin at the Ulstein Verft shipyard. According to Nexans, the next step is the heeling test. […]

  • MHI Vestas receives Seagreen 1 wind turbine order

    16 June 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Seagreen Wind Energy has finalised the wind turbine supply contract with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, following the preferred supplier agreement signed at the beginning of June. Under the contract, MHI Vestas is in charge of manufacturing and installing 114 of its V164-10 MW turbines for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project, which will be built […]

  • First Moray East OTM touches down

    10 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The first of the three Offshore Transformer Modules (OTMs), ME OSP 3, has been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. Siemens Energy shipped out the wind farm’s first OTM, ME OSP 2, for offshore installation on 30 June. This OTM will be installed later this week, a spokesperson for DEME […]

  • Boskalis Firms Up Moray OWF East Inter-Array Cables

    6 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has acquired the contract for the supply and installation of the inter-array cables for the Moray Offshore Windfarm East (MOWE). In June 2017, Boskalis signed a ‘preferred bidder agreement‘ with MOWE which has now been converted into a binding contract following the project’s financial close. The total value of the contract […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Harbour Awards Port Improvement Contract

    18 July 2012

    Aberdeen Harbour Board has awarded a £5.2m contract involving major improvements to the port entrance and for widening and deepening the navigation channel. Harbour Board chief executive, Colin Parker said: “As the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine operations in North-west Europe, the importance of targeted investment and development has been a top […]

  • Three organisations teaming up to unlock UK’s full carbon capture and storage potential

    5 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition

    Three organisations have decided to renew their collaboration to explore the potential of carbon capture and storage on the UKCS.

  • Havyard delivers new SOV to Esvagt

    18 December 2020
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Havyard Group’s subsidiary, New Havyard Ship Technology, has handed over the first of the three new wind farm service operations vessels (SOV) ordered by Esvagt. The SOV that was handed over on 18 December is the fourth such vessel to be delivered to Esvagt and the first in a new series of SOVs built by […]