Xlinks has appointed WSP to provide technical advisory services for the tendering process for four HVDC converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco-UK Power Project. WSP will support the procurement process for converter stations in the UK and Morocco, UK grid connection works, connection
TechnipFMC has won a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the gas-to-energy project offshore Guyana. Subject to final project sanction, TechnipFMC will provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea risers and p
Saipem has secured an E&C contract with EniMed, a subsidiary of Eni, for the transportation and installation of an offshore gas pipeline connecting the four wells of Argo and Cassiopea Fields to the Sicilian coast. Pipelay vessels Castorone and Castoro 10 will install the 60-kilometer-long 14” gas p
Seabras JV, an associated company in which Paratus Energy Services indirectly holds a 50% equity interest, has secured a contract extension with Petrobras for the pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Sapura Esmeralda. Under the two-year contract extension, Sapura Esmeralda will work for the Brazilian oil a
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission) and National Grid Energy Transmission (NGET) have applied for marine licenses for the Eastern Green Link 2 subsea HVDC project. SHE Transmission applied to the Scottish Government for marine licenses in respect of Eastern Green Link 2 HVDC cabl
A consortium of Subsea 7 and Van Oord has won a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) related to the pipeline for the gas-to-energy project offshore Guyana. The scope under the “substantial” contract, as the companies define it, covers the project ma
Tekmar Group has secured a contract to supply 100 cable protection systems (CPS) for use on multiple offshore wind farms in China’s Shangdong and Guangdong provinces. The contract value is GBP 1.6 million (approximately EUR 1.9 million) and the systems are expected to be delivered through 2022, Tekm
The extension of SSEN Transmission’s simulation, testing and training centre for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems in Cumbernauld has officially opened. Established in 2017, the National HVDC Centre is the first facility of its kind in the UK and uses innovative technology to test the use o
Prysmian has awarded Sumitomo Electric Industries with a contract for the supply of 150 kilometers of HVDC submarine cable for the NeuConnect Interconnector between the UK and Germany. Sumitomo Electric has been appointed as a subcontractor to supply a section of 525 kV HVDC mass impregnated cable t
Seaway 7 has won a contract for the transport and installation of inner-array grid cables on an offshore wind farm project in the US. The contract is valued at between $ 50 million and $ 150 million. The scope includes the transport and installation of around 160 kilometres of 66 kV subsea power cab
A government-owned Maltese company has issued a tender looking to appoint a contractor to deliver the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a new interconnector in the central Mediterranean.
Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the ca
The stability of Russian gas flows to Europe remains uncertain, despite the reopening of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, as further disruptions are expected as winter approaches, Wood Mackenzie stated, outlining two potential scenarios. Nord Stream restarted gas transmission yesterday, 21 July, after a
Adira Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kim Heng, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Crowley Wind Services to cooperate on offshore wind farm cable laying installation projects across the US East Coast. Under the MoU, Kim Heng will issue updates about material develop
