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BP eyes first gas months earlier with subsea ops already underway, as Valaris rig moves to next well
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has wrapped up drilling activities at two wells, targeting to bring them on stream next month.
Readers’ choice: Offshore Energy’s most-read news of 2024
With increasing coverage of global energy transition efforts, but also energy security worries, keeping up with everything can be a challenge. To celebrate the year gone by, the Offshore Energy editorial team brings you the most-read stories on the site that defined the journey throughout 2024. $30
TenneT selects NKT power cable systems for two projects in Germany
The Dutch/German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has selected NKT to provide high-voltage direct current (HVDC) onshore and offshore power cable systems for two projects that are part of TenneT’s 2 GW program. The contracts, valued at approximately €1 billion, are set to be completed betwe
Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables sign cable framework deal with French TSO
Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totaling 750 MW. Jan D
Prysmian inks €700 million framework agreement for offshore links in France
Italy’s Prysmian has signed a framework agreement with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide submarine power cable links that will connect two offshore wind farms to the French transmission grid. Under the contract, Prysmian will be responsi
Vestas, TKF secure contracts for 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm
Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and ESB, has awarded TKF with a turnkey contract to supply and install inter-array cables at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Additionally, Vestas has secured a firm order to deliver its V236-15.0 MW wind turbines to the 1.1
‘Blind underwater’: Energy industry needed to improve North Sea seabed security, OEEC panel says
Security is a topic that has expanded in the last couple of years, bringing new worries to Europe. With a number of incidents occurring in European seas that harmed subsea (energy) infrastructure, seabed security made its way onto one of the first places on the energy security chart. A panel at Offs
UK subsea player gets new job at Brazil’s deepwater oil field
CRP Subsea, part of AIS, has been hired to supply its distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) to a deepwater oil field project in the pre-salt Santos Basin, off the coast of Brazil.
ZTT to supply cables for 850 MW Chinese offshore wind project
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has won two engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contracts for the Guoxin Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project in China. Under the submarine cable EPCI contracts, China’s ZTT will supply 243 kilometers of 35 kV inter-array cables and 185 kilomete
One week to go: 400+ exhibitors from offshore energy industry to gather in Amsterdam
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Offshore-Energy.biz and organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organizations from across the offshore energy secto
NCT Offshore, Poseidon Cables to install inter-array links at Taiwanese offshore wind project
Poseidon Cables, a UK-based company specialised in subsea cable installation, termination and testing, has secured a contract with Norwegian subsea services provider NCT Offshore for work on Ørsted’s 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Last year, NCT Offshore was awarded th
Final preparations for OEEC 2024 underway
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) is coming up this month. Work on the event is at full steam at Navingo (the company behind OEEC and Offshore-Energy.biz brands) with final tweaks and preparations underway. The exhibition floor has been almost completely booked and visitors ar
Seaway7 wins East Anglia Two inter-array cable contract
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has been awarded a contract by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables for the 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind project in the UK. The deal is worth between $150 million and $300 million, as per Subsea7’s definitio
Seaway7 to wire Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm
Ørsted has awarded Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, a contract for the transport and installation (T&I) of the inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the UK. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation of 192 66 kV inter-array cables, measuring approxi