Business Developments & Projects
No more legal woes: Offshore wind-powered North Sea project goes full steam ahead toward first gas by year-end
ONE-Dyas is moving at full throttle to bring its gas platform, which will run on offshore wind power in the North Sea, online by the end of 2024.
Symphony Wave Power’s dry testing to pave the way for sea trials
Netherlands-based Symphony Wave Power has approached dry testing, which is the next stage of its wave power technology validation program. In the forthcoming months, Symphony Wave Power will set up and conduct the dry test at the Harsveld Apparatenbouw BV facilities in Gemeente Velsen. This step wil
Havila vessel stays with Reach Subsea on improved terms
Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has exercised the option to extend the contract for one of Havila Shipping’s inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), survey, and construction vessels, on improved terms than previously agreed. Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement with Havila Shipping to ext
New ammonia-fueled 3,500 TEU ship design wins AiP
Classification societies ABS and Lloyd’s Register (LR) have awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to a new ammonia-fueled 3,500 TEU container feeder vessel design.
PGS expands seismic operations in Northern hemisphere
PGS has taken over the work on the Norwegian Sea GeoStreamer X survey, providing more coverage and understanding of this area.
Repeat client brings SeaBird’s backlog to combined 33 months of OBN source work
Cyprus-headquartered seismic firm SeaBird Exploration has secured a contract with a repeat client that will take its seismic research vessel Eagle Explorer to the Western Hemisphere. The duration of the contract is six months, including options to extend by another 6+6 months. Mobilization has start
Wärtsilä joins RINA, Gas and Heat for ammonia-fueled bunkering vessel project
RINA, Gas and Heat, and Wärtsilä have signed an agreement to develop a bunkering vessel specially designed to deliver and operate on green ammonia fuel.
EU’s natural gas demand in 2023 hits lowest level in 15 years
The demand for natural gas in the EU has taken a downturn for the second year in a row, reaching the lowest level since 2008.
Main suppliers revealed for NKT’s second cable layer as it gets its name
Denmark-based power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has named its new cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT Eleonora, meaning shining light. According to NKT, the name is a reference to the company’s central position in transmitting power through its cable solutions and to the bright future
Shell gives Deltic more time to secure funds for its share of appraisal costs at North Sea discovery
Deltic Energy has managed to obtain additional time to ensure that its share of costs will be secured for the appraisal of a discovery in the North Sea.
WATCH: Massive newbuild FPSO embarking on sea trials before starting its Barents Sea gig
Equinor has disclosed the departure of its giant new floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Aker Solutions’ Stord yard.
Cable production kicks off for TenneT’s 2 GW grid connection projects
The production of TenneT’s new cables that can transmit up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity has started at LS Cable in Donghae, South Korea. The new cables with a voltage of 525 kV make it possible to transmit 2 GW of direct current (DC) over long distances with low losses, said the Dutch-German [&
Avenir conducts its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering for TT-Line in Lübeck port
Avenir LNG has conducted its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in German Lübeck port for ferry owner and operator TT-Line.
Solstad’s subsea vessel picking up ROVs prior to new gig
Solstad Offshore’s subsea construction vessel (CSV) Normand Navigator is preparing for a new project with the mobilization of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The 2015-built Normand Navigator arrived at Husøy, Karmøy in Norway, this week for the mobilization of ROVs from Omega Subsea Robotics, a j