Project & Tenders
In focus: A snapshot of the future of offshore energy
A closer look at this week’s snapshot of the most recent energy transition-related developments reveals an outline of what the future may hold for the sector.
Utilisation for 7th-gen drillships now close to full capacity, Maersk says
Maersk Drilling believes that the global floater market will continue to benefit from an ongoing recovery.
Seabed surveys needed for two offshore wind farms in Germany
DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has issued a call for tenders under which they will award a framework agreement for seabed surveys for the two offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The agreement includes scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys to provide data to assist the safe empla
Ocean Winds sets the date for geophysical survey at its ScotWind site
Geophysical site investigations over Ocean Winds’ proposed Caledonia offshore wind farm site are scheduled to begin next month. UK marine survey specialist Gardline Limited has been contracted to carry out the geophysical survey with its research vessel Ocean Endeavour, deploying fixed and towed sen
Turkish drillship kicks off drilling operations in Mediterranean
Following an official send-off last week, Türkiye’s fourth drillship has kicked off drilling operations on its first-ever offshore exploration well.
Filing of Ghana field development plan hampered by involvement of Russia’s Lukoil
Aker Energy is postponing the filing of its prepared development plan for the Pecan field offshore Ghana to the country’s authorities.
Canadian FPSO on track to return to home waters before year-end
Suncor has revealed that the Terra Nova life extension project is making progress and the FPSO is expected back in Canada by the end of 2022.
Rystad: 2022 high-impact oil & gas drilling activity on track to yield ‘one of the most productive annual volumes’
Rystad: Drilling success rate is set to rebound this year with the potential to result in one of the highest hydrocarbon volumes total on record.
Equinor faces fierce opposition over plans for seismic campaign in Argentine Sea
Equinor is planning to conduct seismic exploration activities in the Argentine Sea but the environmentalists claim that the development of the offshore oil industry there would be disastrous.
All inter-array cables in place at Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean (LDTVO) has installed all 80 inter-array cables at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. A consortium of LDTVO and Prysmian officially secured a contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables at the 80-turbine Saint-Naza
QED Naval looking for composite blades manufacturing partner
Scottish marine energy company QED Naval is seeking strategic partners for the supply and manufacture of composite tidal turbine blades for its Subhub-CD platform.
Two-week output suspension for BP’s Shah Deniz platform
BP has started a planned maintenance programme on the Shah Deniz Alpha platform and Shah Deniz 1 facilities inside the Sangachal Terminal in Azerbaijan.
Solstad vessels secure gigs in Norway and Brazil
Solstad Offshore has secured a contract extension for one of its AHTS vessels in Norway and a new assignment for another one in Brazil.
Sanctions-induced setbacks in sourcing goods sour Russia-Iran $40 bln deal, says Rystad
Sanctions imposed on Iran and Russia will hamper the sourcing of goods for the development of Iranian offshore gas fields, says Rystad.