Project & Tenders

£158 million redress to be paid for Western Link delay
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and Scottish Power Transmission (SPT) have agreed to pay a redress package of £158 million for delays to the Western Link Project, following an investigation by energy regulator Ofgem.

Cyprus launches tender to reinstate ferry link with Greece
The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has issued a tender process to re-establish a maritime passenger link between Cyprus and Greece.

Vattenfall brings Fugro to Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farm
Vattenfall has awarded Fugro with a contract to carry out a geoscience survey and subsequent data processing and reporting for a proposed pipeline route between Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and Aberdeen Port.

AIE and Höegh LNG sign charter deal for Port Kembla FSRU
Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) has signed a long-term charter deal with energy infrastructure provider Höegh LNG to supply the first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for the Port Kembla terminal.

CNOOC fires up Buzzard expansion project in North Sea
CNOOC Limited has started production from the Buzzard Phase II development located offshore in the UK sector of the North Sea.

MPS seeks anchor installation crew for megawatt-scale wind and wave demonstrator
Welsh marine energy company Marine Power Systems (MPS) has opened a tender for the installation of anchors for its megawatt-scale wave and wind demonstrator in Spain.

Equinor to exit Ireland after $434 million Corrib sale
Equinor will no longer have a business presence in Ireland following the sale of its equity position in the Corrib gas project to Vermillion.

Rotech completes cable work at first French offshore wind farm
Rotech Subsea has completed export cable de-burial and re-burial work at the Saint-Nazaire project, which is to become the first commercial offshore wind farm in France.

BP prepares HyGreen Teesside green hydrogen project
British oil and gas company BP is planning HyGreen Teesside, a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England.

Siem Dorado scores another offshore wind deal
Norway-based Siem Offshore has secured another offshore wind contract for its multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Siem Dorado.

Baltic Pipe readies for next construction milestone
The pipeline end manifold (PLEM) structure, which is going to connect the Baltic Pipe with the Norwegian gas pipeline Europipe II, will soon be installed onto the seabed.

Liquid Wind secures $16.9M for eMethanol facility
Swedish power-to-fuel developer Liquid Wind has received €15 million ($16.9 million) for its FlagshipONE eMethanol fuel-producing facility from Swedish Climate Leap.

Van Oord joins Seaway 7 on Seagreen offshore wind project
Seaway 7, the main Seagreen contractor, has contracted Van Oord to install scour protection around the 114 wind turbine foundations at the Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland. The wind turbines for this 1.1 GW offshore wind farm located 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus will be installed on thre

Mitsubishi Heavy wins order for Ust-Luga LNG
Linde Engineering has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) contract to supply the main refrigeration gas compression trains for the Ust-Luga LNG project in Russia.