Project & Tenders

Rockhopper and Navitas starting new chapter in Sea Lion project as Harbour heads out
Rockhopper, Harbour Energy, and Navitas Petroleum have signed heads of terms, which will allow Harbour a clean exit from the Sea Lion project.

UK player to sell Norwegian assets and Statfjord UK in $1 billion deal
UK company Spirit Energy has entered into agreements to divest its Norwegian business, including the Statfjord UK field for $1.076 million.

Wood put in charge of FEED services on two Saudi Aramco oilfields
Wood has secured a contract with Saudi Aramco to deliver services for two of its oilfields in Saudi Arabia.

NOVATEK and RWE join in on LNG supply and decarbonisation
Novatek, Russia’s natural gas producer, and RWE Supply & Trading, the trading unit of German utility RWE, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on LNG supply and decarbonisation.

North Sea Midstream Partners joins Acorn Project in UK
Storegga, Shell, and Harbour Energy have revealed that North Sea Midstream Partners has acquired stake in the Acorn CCS and Hydrogen Project in the UK.

North Sea Link to enter 2022 at reduced capacity
The North Sea Link (NSL) interconnector between Norway and the UK will operate at reduced capacity until mid-February 2022 following a fault detected in one of its converters, Norwegian system operator Statnett reported.

ENGIE and Masdar partner up for UAE green hydrogen hub
French energy company Engie and Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy developer Masdar have signed a strategic alliance agreement to explore the co-development of a UAE-based green hydrogen hub

Dutch LNG-ZERO concept receives subsidy
Dutch maritime consortium has received financial aid for the LNG-ZERO concept, an ambitious research project originally introduced by TNO.

TenneT issues cable link tender for IJmuiden Ver 2 GW offshore wind connections
TenneT has launched the tender for the 525 kV DC cable system for the Dutch IJmuiden Ver projects, which will see the transmission system operator (TSO) building at least two 2 GW offshore grid connections to link the wind farms in this wind energy zone to the national grid. The TSO, which expects t

Heerema renews contract with Kongsberg Digital in support of crane simulator
Kongsberg Digital has won a five-year contract extension with Heerema for system support of maritime simulation solutions and training.

Solstad vessels win long-term jobs with Equinor in Brazil
Solstad Offshore has secured long-term contracts for two of its platform supply vessels with Equinor for operations in Brazil.

Netherlands starts work on enabling further 10 GW of offshore wind by 2030
The Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, has announced the start of spatial planning procedures for cable routes that would connect more than 10 GW of the country’s planned additional offshore wind capacity to the national grid. In a letter sent th

Danes issue UXO consultancy call
HOFOR Vind has issued a tender looking for UXO consultancy services for the Aflandshage offshore wind project, set to be located 12 kilometers east of Copenhagen, Denmark.

MDL backs TechnipFMC’s projects in North Sea
Back-deck equipment specialist Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed two projects for subsea services provider TechnipFMC in two North Sea basins.