The Spain-based Ingeteam has developed a new medium voltage power converter for offshore wind turbines with the capacity of up to 15MW.
Bibby Offshore has delivered a significant contract to an independent oil and gas development and production company. The project, completed via two separate scopes, saw Bibby Offshore carry out inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) services and riser connection support across three North Sea asse
The start of construction of the 269 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm has been marked with the installation of the first out of 31 steel foundations in the German Exclusive Economic Zone, more than 100 kilometers from the German mainland. With an investment budget of approximately EUR 1.4 billio
Siemens Offshore Grid Access Service has performed subsea and drone inspections for TenneT TSO at six offshore converter platforms in the German North Sea.
Equinor-operated Visund Nord improved oil recovery (IOR) project came on stream two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget, Equinor noted. “It took 21 months from the licence partners chose the concept until production sta
Planning and marine licence applications for NorthConnect interconnector has been submitted and open for official consultation. The submission of planning and marine licence applications for the power cables, which will connect the electricity markets of Scotland and Norway, opens up the project to
Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately €21 million by Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), the transmission system operator of the Greek electricity system, for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands (Evia, Andros and Tinos), Greece. The project invo
NKT has finalized the commissioning of the high-voltage cable systems for the 659 MW offshore wind park Walney Extension in the Irish Sea. The NKT delivery comprised more than 139 km of submarine cable. NKT has designed, manufactured and commissioned the two 220kV extruded export cable systems as we
Transmission system operator TenneT has begun laying its NordLink subsea cable section in the German North Sea. During the next weeks TenneT will wind out 99 kilometres into the seabed between the cable landfall at the Büsum dike (Schleswig-Holstein) and southwest of the Island of Sylt through the t
Norwegian subsea solutions provider Stinger has been awarded a frame agreement by Equinor for the provision of light intervention, inspection and monitoring services. Stinger believe that a low carbon footprint is a competitive advantage, providing attractive business opportunities in a transition t
Swan Hunter has completed the loadout of Norther offshore wind farm export cable onto Van Oord’s Nexus cable lay vessel. Approximately 29 kilometers of HVAC export cable, totaling 3150Te, was spooled onto the Nexus vessel from the DOC-Swan Hunter cable storage and spooling yard, Vlissingen, The Neth
Oceana has launched a 20-day expedition to survey important areas of marine life in the Quark (also known as Kvarken or Merenkurkku), between Finland and Sweden. The organisation’s second research project in the Quark is generously funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery and will build on Oceana’S in
EM&I, the international asset integrity specialists, has appointed Simon James as its new director of operations. James has over 20 years experience in operations and asset integrity for offshore oil, gas, and renewables. He has held senior and executive positions in Total, CNR, Subsea 7, Fugro and
Jifmar Offshore Services has acquired the Scottish company North West Marine (NWM) based in Oban. After the acquisition of VDC Offshore in 2017, this investment illustrates Jifmar’s strategy to rely on locally established players to boost its development in France and internationally. The JIFMAR gro
