Project & Tenders
Plans are in motion to electrify giant North Sea oil & gas field with floating wind farm
CNOOC Petroleum and Flotation Energy are working on a project, which would see one of the UK’s largest oil and gas assets electrified with power from a floating offshore wind farm.
Fluxys awards MT Group Zeebrugge LNG terminal contract
Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, has awarded Lithuanian energy infrastructure company MT Group a contract to work on the terminal expansion.
Odfjell Drilling replaces Seadrill as rig manager for Northern Ocean
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has reached an agreement with Odfjell Drilling for the management of two of its rigs.
Gas filling underway at second Nord Stream 2 string
The gas-in procedure for the second string of the Nord Stream 2 has begun on 17 December, according to the project update.
Sevan’s cylindrical FPSO concept selected for Barents Sea project
Sevan SSP has revealed its concept was chosen for the Equinor-operated Wisting field development in the Barents Sea.
Vattenfall to install CPS stabilisation on Sandbank offshore wind farm’s cables
Vattenfall, through the project company DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG, has opened a tender for construction works on the Cable Protection System (CPS) stabilisation at the Sandbank offshore wind farm in Germany. The company is looking for a contractor to install a loose rock berm cove
Oceanteam bags cable transport deal with Chinese client
Offshore cable solutions provider Oceanteam has secured a contract with a Chinese client to transport subsea cables from China to the Netherlands.
Eidesvik scores contract extension with Equinor
Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension with the compatriot oil company, Equinor, for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).
Sweden to get 1st large-scale hydrogen-powered vessel by 2030
Passenger shipping company Rederi AB Gotland and its subsidiaries are developing Sweden’s first large-scale hydrogen-powered vessel for both passengers and freight, with water as the only emission.
ExxonMobil kicks off drilling operations offshore Cyprus
Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling the Glaucus-2 appraisal well located in Block 10 offshore Cyprus.
Final Needs Case submitted for first Scotland-England subsea link
SSEN Transmission and the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) have submitted a Final Needs Case (FNC) to Ofgem for the first of two subsea electricity transmission HVDC links that will connect Scotland and England. If the Final Needs Case is approved, it will be followed by the Project Ass
Wärtsilä presents Zero Emission Marine R&D project
The technology group Wärtsilä has launched a ‘Zero Emission Marine’ research, development and innovation project, supported by a €20 million grant from the public organisation Business Finland.
Aker Solutions firms up decommissioning award in Norway
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has formally signed a sizeable contract award with Heerema Marine Contractors.
Port of Rotterdam pens green hydrogen deal with Tasmania
Port of Rotterdam Authority and the goverment of Tasmania will jointly look into the feasibility of future exports of green hydrogen from Bell Bay to the Dutch port.