Project & Tenders

Wintershall Dea sells stakes in three North Sea fields to focus on gas
Wintershall Dea has reached an agreement with OKEA to sell its stakes in three North Sea fields for €108 million.

Latvia’s Virši to buy Skulte LNG Terminal stake
Virši has signed an agreement with Skulte LNG terminal to buy 20 per cent of its shares and announced plans to jointly develop an LNG terminal at the port of Skulte.

Halliburton to help Aker BP in accelerating digital transformation
Halliburton has joined forces with Aker BP to develop a next-generation intelligent system, aiming to evolve field development planning.

UK geothermal specialist awarded ‘first of its kind’ study to decarbonise oil & gas extraction
CeraPhi Energy has been awarded funds to carry out a decarbonisation study, aiming to repurpose offshore oil and gas wells.

Excelerate Energy and Gasgrid sign 10-year FSRU charter agreement
Excelerate Energy and Gasgrid Finland have signed a ten-year deal to charter a floating storage and regasification vessel (FSRU) that will provide LNG to Finland, Estonia, and the Baltic Sea Region.

Following plans to scale up gas production, Polish player secures more Norwegian acreage
PGNiG has inked a deal with Wellesley Petroleum to expand its footprint offshore Norway by acquiring a stake in an Aker BP-operated field.

DEME on survey mission offshore Ireland
DEME Group’s DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune is about to begin a geotechnical site investigation survey at the Arklow Bank Phase 2 offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. The aim of the survey is to provide site investigation information to facilitate the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park off Wick

GTT to design tank for new LNGC Hyundai Samho is building
Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the fuel tank design of a new LNG carrier from French LNG containment specialist GTT.

Jack-up rig hired for drilling on gas field offshore Turkey
Trillion Energy has signed a definitive offshore drilling services contract with GSP to secure a jack-up rig for a campaign offshore Turkey.

Gravitricity and Arup secure funding to develop below ground hydrogen storage
Gravitricity and Arup have secured $372,073 from the UK goverment to study storing hydrogen in purpose-built underground shafts.

HySupply winners to receive government funding for hydrogen supply innovation
The goverment of the UK will grant $74.3 million (£60 m) to HySupply competition winners to provide funding for projects to develop innovative low-carbon hydrogen supply solutions.

Fugro Mercator to survey Statkraft’s Irish offshore wind site
Fugro is set to kick off a geophysical survey campaign at the North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind project at the end of May. The 42-meter long survey vessel Fugro Mercator is expected to carry out the operations between 27 May and 30 June, weather permitting, at the site located off the coast

Prosafe eyes Brazil market for future employment of two delayed newbuilds
Prosafe has agreed with China’s COSCO Shipping on another extension of the delivery of two of its newbuild units.

Two Norwegian players to explore the use of hydrogen as ‘fuel for the future’ in maritime sector
Golden Energy Offshore has teamed up with Gen2 Energy to explore the use and availability of hydrogen-based fuel in the maritime industry.