Project & Tenders

Sempra and PGNiG sign LNG deal
U.S. LNG infrastructure company Sempra LNG and the Polish Oil & Gas Company (PGNiG) have signed an agreement for the purchase of two million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from North America.

Seagreen offshore wind farm set for geotechnical survey
A geotechnical survey is set to begin along the proposed export cable route at the Seagreen Phase 1A offshore wind farm.

Metocean studies underway for first Welsh floating wind farms
Metocean studies for the Erebus and Valorous projects, the first floating wind farms to be built in Welsh waters, are now underway, the developer Blue Gem Wind reported on 27 July. The studies, which will support the design of the two floating wind projects, are being performed by ABPmer, which will

Longboat says Equinor gearing up for a spud as exploration activity in Norway picks up
Equinor will start drilling a well off Norway in late August. This is the first of seven wells planned to be drilled by Longboat following three farm-in deals.

Sembcorp Marine-built Tyra topsides set sail for Denmark
Singapore’s offshore builder Sembcorp Marine has completed the fabrication of two wellhead topsides, one riser topside, and two bridges for deployment to TotalEnergies’ redeveloped Tyra field located in the Danish North Sea.

Work ramps up on German large-scale offshore hydrogen plant
AquaSector project partners RWE, Shell, Gasunie and Equinor want to intensify their collaboration on the first large-scale German offshore hydrogen park.

NEL Hydrogen officially joins PosHYdon consortium
Norwegian hydrogen company NEL ASA has officially joined the consortium agreement for the PosHYdon project, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform.

Van Oord to install foundations, inter-array cables on Iberdrola’s German OWF
Van Oord has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of monopile foundations and the supply, transportation and installation of inter-array cables for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The offshore construction specialist will deploy its heavy lift installation vessel Sva

Offshore activities about to start at TotalEnergies’ UK wind farm site
TotalEnergies and Green Investment Group (GIG) are set to commence survey work at a site offshore the UK where they plan to build a wind farm through a newly set up joint venture company, whose name was revealed in the project’s update on the upcoming offshore activities.

Transocean finds work for five drillships and four semi-subs
Transocean has secured new contracts for five drillships and four semi-submersible rigs but also received a termination for one of the rigs.

Nexans backs business continuity for Scottish subsea transmission link
SSEN Transmission has appointed Nexans to provide consultancy services to support a business continuity strategy for the high voltage subsea transmission link between Kintyre and Hunterston. The consultancy services will identify the optimum monitoring, repair and restoration regime to keep the link

Wärtsilä provides hydrogen blends engines for Keppel O&M
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will provide engine generating sets running on a hydrogen and natural gas blend for Keppel Offshore & Marine’s offshore floating testbed in Singapore.

Space technology to guide European marine energy roll-out
Three teams have started working on feasibility studies in the field of space technology and data to accelerate the roll-out of marine energy following the tender from European Space Agency (ESA) issued in cooperation with Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC).

Netherlands grants PosHYdon offshore green hydrogen project
The Dutch government has awarded €3.6 million ($4.2 million) to the PosHYdon project, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform.