Project & Tenders

Top five offshore wind Premium articles in 2021
Throughout the last year, our Premium articles have seen significant interest from our readers. Here, we are bringing the top five offshore wind articles from our Premium section in 2021.

IOG spuds North Sea well after overcoming technical issues
IOG plc has finally started drilling the first Southwark development well following a two-month hiatus due to rig issues.

Gas filling of second Nord Stream 2 string all done
The gas-in procedure for the second string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been completed, according to a project update from 29 December. The string is filled with circa 177 million m3 of so-called technical gas, reaching a pressure of 103 bar in the pipeline, said to be as planned and in line wi

IOG frustrated over another delay in spudding North Sea well
IOG is frustrated over further delay in spudding the first development well on the Southwark field in the UK North Sea.

NES outfitting cable lay vessel for zero-emission ops
Norwegian Electric Systems (NES), part of HAV Group, has secured a contract with ship engineering company Peak Marine Tech to supply the battery and control systems for the converted Fjord Connector cable lay vessel (CLV) to enable zero-emission operations.

Rockhopper in high hopes after Italy’s arbitration objections get rejected again
Rockhopper Exploration remains hopeful about the resolution of its arbitration against Italy over the Ombrina Mare field in the Adriatic Sea.

Borr gets closer to refinancing following successful equity offering of $30 million
Borr Drilling has completed an equity offering of $30 million, which has brought it closer to implementing its refinancing strategy.

Bombora looking for mWave device loadout services
Welsh-based Bombora Wave Power has launched a tender seeking a contractor for the loadout of its mWave wave energy device.

Xlinks seeks marine survey services for UK-Morocco interconnector
The UK-based Xlinks has opened a tender for marine geophysical and geotechnical surveys to be performed on the interconnector cable route between Morocco and the UK.

Contractor wanted for Germany-Sweden subsea power link
Transmission system operators 50Hertz Transmission and Svenska kraftnät have issued a tender seeking a contractor for submarine cable for the Hansa PowerBridge project, a 300-kilometre HVDC interconnector between Sweden and Germany.

Harbour Energy hires Havila vessel for ops offshore UK
Havila Shipping has secured a new contract for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) with Harbour Energy for operations in the UK.

Dutch issue offshore wind tender teaser
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue a tender covering expert support on soil investigations and expert support on wind and water investigations at the new offshore wind zones in the Dutch North Sea. RVO plans to start site characterization within designated new areas for the prepa

Magseis Fairfield entering 2022 with new OBN deal
Norwegian seismic company Magseis Fairfield has been awarded a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) contract by an undisclosed client.

In focus: Global innovations and collaborations take the wheel of energy transition
The direction of the global transition to clean energy is getting more refined each week, as more of the world’s energy majors start investing in innovation and collaboration to shift energy production away from GHG-heavy sources.