Business Developments & Projects
Höegh Autoliners secures 5-year deal for US to Middle East trade
Norwegian RoRo transportation services provider Höegh Autoliners has signed a five-year contract with an unnamed ‘major’ international car producer for the transport of cars from the US and Mexico to the Middle East.
Preparatory ops for offshore installation of French-Irish interconnector about to begin
Greece’s Asso.subsea is set to begin boulder clearance and trenching next month for the interconnector that will link the power systems of Ireland and France together for the first time via subsea power cable. It was reported in May that Asso.subsea had joined forces with French cable maker Nexans t
Fresh oil & gas find emerges as latest contender for tie-back to North Sea platform
Vår Energi has made a new commercial oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, which contains estimated gross recoverable resources of 18-39 mmboe.
Skyborn kicks off survey work for 2.5 GW Pooki offshore wind farm in Finland
Skyborn Renewables has started site investigations in Finland, at a location where the company plans to build the 2.5 GW Pooki offshore wind farm, an extension of the former Suurhiekka project which was also being developed by Skyborn (wpd at the time). The work started with bird and subsea acoustic
Siemens Gamesa turbine chosen for offshore wind-wave power demo in Spain
Danish renewable energy developer Floating Power Plant has selected a Siemens Gamesa wind turbine to be deployed at its demo project off the coast of Gran Canaria that integrates floating wind, wave energy, and hydrogen production. The 4.3 MW SWT-DD-120 turbine will be installed at the Plataforma Oc
Mermaid Subsea scores multi-year North Sea decommissioning contract with Shell
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has received a multi-year engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) wellhead severance (WHS) contract in the North Sea from Shell UK.
Norwegian eleven-year-old vessel sports cable lay and trenching equipment (Photo)
A multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) owned by Olympic Subsea and on charter with DeepOcean has been equipped with cable lay and trenching equipment to be able to install and protect power cables for offshore renewables projects. The two Norwegian companies entered into a two-year time charter agree
Centrica knocks on Wood’s door for hydrogen storage project in North Sea
Wood has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Centrica Energy Storage (CES) for the redevelopment of the UK’s Rough field in readiness for future hydrogen storage.
Japanese shipowner’s LNG carriers to sport Norwegian firm’s compressors
HD HHI has hired TMC Compressors to supply compressors for four LNG carriers the shipbuilder is constructing for Japan’s NYK Line.
Partners ink development agreement for BarMar hydrogen infrastructure
Enagás, GRTgaz, and Teréga, in coordination with OGE, have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) for the BarMar hydrogen infrastructure.
ZeroNorth and Hapag-Lloyd shake hands on bunker digitalization
ZeroNorth and Hapag-Lloyd teamed up to launch a new solution for digitalizing the end-to-end bunker planning and procurement process.
Another Solstad vessel secures long-term work with Italian cabling giant
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has awarded a five-year contract to Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore for a subsea construction vessel (CSV) set to support the installation of power cable systems on the company’s projects. The CSV Normand Ocean will be on a firm contract with Prysmian which
Hanseatic Energy Hub expands management as construction phase begins
Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) in Stade has selected Alejandro Marjalizo from Enagás to take over the technical management of the project.
Repsol handpicks headhunter to staff its Norwegian onshore and offshore assets
AGR has won a frame agreement with Repsol Norge to recruit energy professionals for the latter’s operations in the Nordic country.