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Anholt: Preparations in Grenaa Harbour Underway (Denmark)
The installation of the wind turbines for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will commence in September, but already now, the preparations in and around Grenaa Harbour are in full activity before Siemens Wind Power commences the installation works. As the installation vessels also have to jack up in Gren
ConocoPhillips to Use Maersk Gallant at Ebba and Tjalve Wells (Norway)
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given consent to ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for use of the harsh environment jack-up drilling rig Mærsk Gallant. The consent applies to permanent plugging and abandonment of the wells Ebba 2/7-31 and Tjalve 2/4-17. The wells are a part of production licen
CGGVeritas Starts Fourth Repeat Ekofisk Survey (Norway)
CGGVeritas announced today that it will begin acquiring a fourth repeat survey (LoFS04) on the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea as part of the multi-year Life-of-Field Seismic (LoFS) program for which it was awarded both the seismic data acquisition and processing. Mobilization
Ukraine: Kiev, Odessa Host Antwerp Port Delegation
In collaboration with VOKA (Antwerp-Waasland chamber of commerce) the Antwerp port community organised a mission to the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Odessa. Odessa Port Authority presented current developments in its port and gave details about planned infrastructure projects. A collaboration agreem
UK: Dulas Announces Strategic Partnership with Chillwind
Dulas Ltd, one of the UK’s longest standing renewable energy companies with 30 years’ experience in the sector, has announced that it is in negotiations to purchase Chillwind Ltd, the UK’s leading meteorological mast supply company. The partnership will strengthen Dulas’ ability to manufacture, dist
UK: Dulas Announces Strategic Partnership with Chillwind
Dulas Ltd, one of the UK’s longest standing renewable energy companies with 30 years’ experience in the sector, has announced that it is in negotiations to purchase Chillwind Ltd, the UK’s leading meteorological mast supply company. The partnership will strengthen Dulas’ ability to manufacture, dist
UK: Campaigners Not Satisfied with Revised Array Plans
RWE npower renewables, the developer of the proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, is still facing objections in North Devon regarding the number of turbines and their size. The campaigning group Slay the Array, claims that RWE’s recent announcement about minimising the initially planned number
Germany: Voith Provides Propulsion System for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
The first A2SEA wind turbine installation vessel equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers and Voith Inline Thrusters is nearing completion. Voith has now been awarded the contract to outfit another vessel with this propulsion system. The new vessel with a crane capacity of 900 tons is scheduled to e
Nautilus Delivers Keynote Presentation at UK Offshore Wind
Offshore Wind supply chain and skills opportunities were given top billing this week at the Crown Estate’s UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Conference at Birmingham NEC. Johnathan Reynolds, Director at Nautilus and Business Development Manager for OrbisEnergy, delivered a keynote presentation introduci
Nautilus Delivers Keynote Presentation at UK Offshore Wind
Offshore Wind supply chain and skills opportunities were given top billing this week at the Crown Estate’s UK Offshore Wind Supply Chain Conference at Birmingham NEC. Johnathan Reynolds, Director at Nautilus and Business Development Manager for OrbisEnergy, delivered a keynote presentation introduci
The Netherlands: 70 Pct of Boskalis Shareholders Elects Stock Dividend
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that 70 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares. As a result, 3,811,937 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam is required und
FluxSwiss, GRTgaz to Create Reverse Flow Capacity from Italy to France
FluxSwiss and GRTgaz launch a binding open season following positive market response to the project for creating reverse flow capacity from Italy to France through Switzerland. The project presents the community of shippers with the opportunity to benefit from a bi-directional link between the Itali
France: Montoir Receives 2500th LNG Shipment
Elengy, a GDF Suez unit, said that with the arrival of the vessel LNG Rivers from Nigeria on June 3, the LNG terminal in Montoir-de-Bretagne received its 2500th shipment of LNG from its commissioning in 1980. These 2 500 shipments, originated from 11 countries, have been delivered safely by 100 diff
The Netherlands: CEDA, EuDA, ESPO and PIANC Work Together
The existing legal framework relating to the management of dredged sediments is complex. Placement at sea is regulated by the London Convention and its Protocol and by various regional sea conventions such as the OSPAR Convention. On European level both the EC Waste Framework Directive and the Water