TenneT and Mitsubishi Corporation officially closed their partnership with respect to two German offshore high-voltage cable projects, BorWin1 and BorWin2. Mitsubishi’s voting interest will be 49% with aggregate maximum equity commitment of EUR 240 million. At the same time both partners signed a co
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) can confirm that an indication of hydrocarbons was detected in one of the legs of the Cormorant Alpha platform in the northern UK North Sea at 16.15 hours local UK time on January 14. Since the discovery, hydrocarbon levels have been continually monitore
Offshore wind farm support vessel CWind Alliance delivered an impressive 363 days of operation on the London Array during 2012. This impeccable service record, coupled with the composite workboat’s innate fuel efficiency and multi-tasking ability, is pushing Essex-based builder CTruk to the forefron
The 111 wind turbines in the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm are covered by a five-year guarantee period. During the guarantee period, DONG Energy’s technicians will be working two by two with Siemens technicians, but once the guarantee period expires, DONG Energy’s operations organisation will take over
Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S³), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, recently completed 100 days’ of work on Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of North Wales. S3 mobilised a team of 15 people to visit all 160 locations for tu
First oil has been brought on line from Cormorant East, a newly discovered oil field, in which Dana Petroleum has a 20 per cent stake. The initial production rate is approximately 5,500 barrels of oil per day (net Dana approximately 1,100 barrels of oil per day). A Field Development Plan (FDP) for t
Babcock is to manufacture and deliver over 70 subsea structures as part of the major Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project, some 130km west of Shetland, UK, under a £30m+ contract awarded by BP. The complex and highly technical Quad 204 project consists of a new Floating Production System Offshore
Subject to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology and Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Finland, the Finnish authorities received the report on environmental monitoring for 2012 along the Nord Stream route in Russian wate
FoundOcean has been awarded a major offshore wind farm grouting contract in European waters by Offshore Wind Force, a joint venture of Dutch-based contractors Volker Stevin Offshore and Boskalis Offshore. The West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm is being constructed by DONG Energy and ScottishPow
Aquamarine Power Ltd. plans to bring its technology to market by adding one or two new investors, who will provide funds and expertise to help the company achieve this goal, Aquamarine’s CEO Martin McAdam revealed to Bloomberg without giving further details on this subject. Aquamarine Power, with AB
An undersea cable damage caused a distruption for hundereds of phone and broadband users on the Isle of Wight. The damaged submarine cable between Portsmouth and Ryde on the Isle of Wight has affected around 600 customers. “We have been working since this morning to restore service to those impacted
Iceland is considering to use its geothermal energy to supply Britain with green power through a new subsea cable which would be built by 2020, Daily Star informs. Hordur Arnarson, the chief executive of Landsvirkjun, was quoted as saying: “We believe it’s a win-win situation, because we have a flex
Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced today they successfully completed their integral part in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm project working collaboratively with the operations team for Fluor, the principle contractor. Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation (RSD&E) completed their multi-mi
Atla continues to produce better than expected. In December, Det norske’s 10 percent interest in the field, gave a production of 2,278 barrels of oil equivalents per day. Before production start-up at Atla, it was expected that the field would give Det norske a production of approximately 1,400 barr
