Project & Tenders
Saipem overhauls management team amid rating downgrade and default risk
Following Saipem’s financial woes, Moody’s downgraded the company’s rating to B1 and placed all the ratings under review for downgrade.
PGE, Ørsted seek geotechnical engineering services for two Polish projects
Ørsted and PGE have opened a tender looking to procure geotechnical investigation services for their two offshore wind projects in Poland, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. The scope of services is related to detailed design and covers static seabed CPTU (<30 m) with seismic measurements and static down-the-
Irish offshore wind farm seeks Tier 1 contractors
SSE Renewables has issued contract notices seeking Tier 1 contractors for the Arklow Bank Phase 2 wind farm project offshore Ireland. Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 is located approximately 6 to 15 kilometres off the coast of Arklow, Co. Wicklow and covers an area approximately 27 kilometres long and
Serica renews North Sea deal with Sparrows
Serica Energy has awarded a crane operations and maintenance services contract on one of its platforms in the UK North Sea to Sparrows Group.
Aker, Dan-Unity join forces for maritime CO2 transport
Norwegian Aker Carbon Capture and Danish Dan-Unity CO2 have signed a collaboration agreement to develop flexible CO2 transport solutions, aiming to establish a full carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain.
UK government’s reforms to CfD scheme focus on supply chains, floating wind
The UK government has launched consultation on changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to boost supply chains. The proposed reforms include tougher examination of developers’ plans on supply chain commitments as well as expanding supply chain plans to cover new technologies such as floa
ABPmer undertakes seabed assessment for Awel y Môr OWF
RWE Renewables has selected ABPmer, a marine consultancy and survey firm, to support the design of the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
OCTIO wins multi-year geophysical monitoring Ormen Lange deal
Bolstering the long-standing collaboration, Norske Shell, a Norwegian subsidiary of the oil major Shell, has awarded a multi-year geophysical monitoring contract to Reach Subsea’s OCTIO for the Ormen Lange field.
FPP presents final design for wave energy PTO test bench
Danish company Floating Power Plant (FPP) has presented the final design of what is said to be the world’s largest power take-off (PTO) test bench for wave energy devices.
More work for Solstad’s CSVs amid strong renewables and oil&gas demand
Norwegian Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contracts for several of its subsea construction support vessels (CSVs) as the market continues to improve with strong demand from both renewable energy and oil & gas activity.
XOCEAN in Ireland’s first uncrewed vessel survey
For the first time in Ireland, XOCEAN deployed an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to conduct an environmental survey of the seabed in collaboration with the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) off the Co. Louth coast last week.
Hy2gen to produce ammonia as marine fuel in Norway
Germany-based green H2 production company Hy2gen and Swiss commodity trader Trafigura plan to produce green ammonia as a fuel for the maritime sector in the southwestern coast of Norway.
Hudong-Zhonghua orders GTT tanks for 6 new LNGCs
Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has ordered the tank design for six new LNG carriers (LNGCs) from the French LNG containment specialist GTT.
Equinor secures approval for Norwegian Sea project
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved a development plan from Equinor for the first phase of the Kristin Sør project.