Fugro has begun its shallow water campaign for the 2Africa subsea fibre-optic cable project. Once installed, it will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe and deliver more than the total combined capacity of all subsea data cables serving Africa today. Fugro is supporting the pr
UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA) has granted Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension with the offshore transmission license for the Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea. In addition to being granted the 20-year license, Diamond Transmission Partners has been required to
Pelagic Research Services (PRS) will again provide ROV services for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). It will be part of the team aiding to continued work on ocean observatories for September 2020. PRS’ deep sea ROV system Odysseus is to mobilise on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P. Tully for a 14-da
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa posted € 466 million net loss in the third quarter of FY 2020, attributed largely to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges in the onshore segment. Between April and June, Siemens Gamesa recorded revenues of € 2.411 billion, an eight percent decl
PSG Marine & Logistics has secured a staging contract by Boskalis Subsea for the Kincardine floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Work began at Port of Cromarty Firth, where PSG is undertaking the onshore handling, marshaling and loadout of mooring equipment destined for the project off the co
Helix Energy Solutions multi-role construction support vessel (MSV) Grand Canyon III is progressing on the North Sea Link project scope of work. The North Sea Link, a joint venture project between National Grid and Norwegian system operator Statnett, is a subsea electricity cable that will connect t
Spirit Energy has given another three years of life with an additional £13 million ($16.7Mn) investment to its York gas field in the Southern North Sea.
Oilfield services provider Petrofac has been awarded a two-year contract with NEO Energy, which doubled Petrofac’s UK portfolio.
Aker Solutions has secured a five-year contract extension from ExxonMobil for the provision of EPC services for the Hebron platform, offshore Newfoundland.
Fugro has began the geophysical survey phase of a multidisciplinary site investigation contract worth around GBP 55 million for ScottishPower Renewables’ (SPR’s) East Anglia Hub project. The phased site investigations are scheduled to finish at the end of 2021 and support the development of wind far
Port management company International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has signed a concession contract with the Port Autonome de Kribi (PAK) for the development, operation and maintenance of the Kribi Multipurpose Terminal (KMT) in Cameroon.
GMS has completed its first well intervention workscope using the company’s cantilever workover system, installed on the self-propelled vessel GMS Evolution.
German offshore wind farms produced 13.73 terawatt hours (TWh) in the first half of 2020, almost 18 per cent more than in the same period last year (11.64 TWh). Of this, TenneT transmitted 11.51 TWh of offshore wind energy from the North Sea to the onshore grid, marking a 21.1 per cent increase comp
Hurricane Energy has stabilised production from its Lancaster field following the commissioning of the electric submersible pumps on two producing wells.
