UAE-headquartered P&O Maritime Logistics has unveiled plans to convert one of its multi-carrying vessels (MCVs) into a cable-laying vessel (CLV) that would be used to connect offshore wind farms with the mainland. The CLV will feature an ultra-shallow draft, engineering grounding capability, and a 4
Partners in the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel have approved budgets for 2023 which include nearly $100 million for the expansion of the existing infrastructure and preparation of the future floating LNG terminal. Said to be the largest energy project in Israel’s history, the deep-sea field sta
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the EU-SCORES project partners have recently held a two-day stakeholder engagement event on energy multi-use parks at the Marine Energy Hub in the Hague, spotlighting the benefits of combining different offshore renewable energy sources at one site.
After granting three electricity interconnector licenses earlier this month, UK energy market regulator Ofgem has awarded another one, this time for a project that is set to link the UK and the Netherlands. A gas interconnector license was granted to NU-Link Interconnector UK Ltd on 9 February, auth
Spanish multinational energy company Cepsa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ACE Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands to create a green hydrogen supply chain. Namely, Cepsa is developing 2GW of green hydrogen at its two Energy Parks in Andalusia, southern Spain, a
Anglo-French oil and gas player Perenco has taken a final investment decision (FID) for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production unit in Gabon. The LNG plant will be built at the Cap Lopez oil terminal that Perenco acquired from TotalEnergies in 2021. The planned LNG production u
GeelongPort and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) to undertake a joint feasibility study to construct a green hydrogen production facility in Geelong, Australia.
DNV is launching the second phase of a joint industry project (JIP) aiming to develop the first guideline for the transport of hydrogen in existing and new offshore pipelines. The second phase of the H2Pipe project will see the development of a new code for the design, re-qualification, construction
The University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC), coordinated by the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET), has published a report which provides systematic analysis of the marine energy research and innovation ecosystem within the United States.
Offshore construction will soon continue on the South Fork offshore wind project in New York with the installation of the project’s 68-nautical mile (about 126 kilometres) submarine cable to kick off in early 2023. The work installing South Fork Wind’s submarine cable involves six stages: seabed pre
Ertuğrul Gazi, the first Turkish-flagged floating storage and gasification unit (FSRU), has worked at full capacity to meet the demand for natural gas after the devastating earthquake that hit the country on 6 February. According to a statement by Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma AŞ (BOTAŞ), the compa
Amid growing European demand for LNG imports from the US, Svanehøj France, a unit of Danish marine pump manufacturer Svanehøj, has provided a tank gauging system for two LNG tanks at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal. Calcasieu Pass LNG is a large LNG export facility in Louisiana develope
Asso.subsea has completed the installation of the 150 kV submarine cable system which will connect a 330 MW onshore wind farm on the Greek island Evia to the country’s mainland grid. The company announced on 16 February the completion of the submarine export cable installation and protection for the
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has acquired the construction permit for its second green and renewable hydrogen production site in the Morbihan region of Brittany, France, and is about to begin preparatory construction work. Lhyfe will produce green and renewable, or in other words totally carbon-fr
