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Sif-Smulders Team Bags Trianel Windpark Borkum II Contract
Seaway Heavy Lifting has awarded Sif Holding, in a joint venture with Smulders, a contract for production of all monopiles and transition pieces for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm.
Faroe: Appraisal well proves Brasse discovery commercial
Oil firm Faroe Petroleum has completed drilling of an appraisal well in the North Sea offshore Norway, proving the original Brasse discovery as commercial. The company said the well, spudded late in May, had been targeting a seismic anomaly approximately two kilometrs to the southeast of the main di
Vos Logistics adds two LNG-fueled trucks to Pipelife fleet
The logistics service provider Vos Logistics added two LNG-fueled trucks to the fleet of Pipelife, the manufacturer of plastic piping and fitting.
TechnipFMC completes Kanfa share purchase
Norway’s Sevan Marine and TechnipFMC have agreed on terms and conditions under which the latter will acquire the remaining the 51 percent in Kanfa.
Offshore safety body looks into Repsol’s licensee obligations
Norwegian safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an improvement point during an audit of Repsol’s obligations as a licensee in the country’s production licenses. Repsol, a participant on the Norwegian Continental Shelf since 2003, is a licensee in 25 production licenses and is
Nord Stream: EC initiative ‘entirely unnecessary’
Nord Stream 2, the Gazprom-controlled operator of the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, has criticized the European Commissions request for mandate to negotiate with Russia an agreement on the project. The European Commission on Friday adopted a request to the Council of the Euro
Productivity at Spanish Ports Declines by Up to 70 Pct
Productivity at Spanish ports has taken a major blow amid the ongoing industrial action taken by the country’s stevedore unions. In some cases there is up to 70% decrease in the work pace of stevedores and unloading of ships, the country’s employers’ association Anesco said. According to the associa
VIDEO: Maersk Supply’s second Starfish vessel coming together
Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Verft has posted a video on YouTube last week showing Maersk Supply Services’ new vessel coming together. The vessel under construction is one of five remaining Starfish vessels being built for Danish company Maersk Supply Service. The video, created in a time-lapse fash
WoodMac: majors weighing investment in renewables
Oil and gas industry majors are pushed to reconsider their strategies in the future as wind and solar energy are set to play a major role in the energy market.
Jan De Nul Installs All Foundations at Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm
Jan De Nul has installed all ten gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm off Pori, Finland, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the developer of the 40MW project, told Offshore WIND.
Woodmac: Renewables a threat to oil majors, but also an opportunity
A niche energy market now, renewables will be much bigger by the middle of the next decade, and a theme not to be ignored, as oil and gas demand growth slows, Wood Mackenzie writes in its latest report. Wind and solar energy are poised to radically reshape the energy market over the coming decades,
Enagás tours Spain, Portugal advocating LNG as fuel
Spanish LNG terminal operator, Enagás, set out to advocate the benefits of LNG as a fuel across Spain and Portugal.
NGVA: study shows LNG’s potential to cut GHG emissions
NGVA Europe said liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for passenger cars as well as light and heavy-duty vehicles brings significant benefits and cuts GHG emissions.
DSME delivers topside module for Statoil’s UK project
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering has delivered a topside module to Norway’s Statoil for what the company said was a UK North Sea project. The Korean shipbuilder on Monday issued a statement on the delivery, along with a photo of Boskalis’ Mighty Servant I heavy transportation v