Project & Tenders

Excelerate, Snam to construct new pipeline in Albania
U.S. floating LNG player Excelerate Energy has joined forces with Italian energy firm Snam to build a natural gas pipeline in Albania.

ExxonMobil joins Acorn carbon capture project
U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to participate in the Acorn carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in Scotland.

NKT begins installing Shetland link onshore cable
NKT has begun the installation of the 10-kilometer onshore cable for the 600 MW Shetland HVDC project in Scotland. The onshore cable will run from the converter station at Kergord in Shetland and the Switching Station at Noss Head in Caithness to the subsea cable landfall points. NKT has also starte

The Borssele series: Dutch figures behind offshore wind’s first price milestones
The Borssele series: How did the Netherlands reach the point where the country would pay less in subsidies while also keeping the developers interested in building and operating wind farms off its coast?

Plan to power oil & gas ops with floating wind unveiled in Azerbaijan
SOCAR and Technip Energies have signed a cooperation agreement which, among other things, will see the two companies working on a joint pilot project for powering upstream operations in Azerbaijan’s sector of the Caspian Sea with electricity produced by a floating wind turbine. If the project moves

Marine feasibility study underway at Italy-Tunisia link
RINA, in a joint venture with the Tunisian subsidiary Comete Engineering, is carrying out a marine feasibility study for the 600 MW Italy-Tunisia interconnection. The submarine survey project, which started in April, will run for one year and will identify two possible landfalls at either end of the

Carbon Clean to carry out FEED on Acorn carbon capture plant
CO2 separation tech provider Carbon Clean has been awarded the contract to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Acorn carbon capture plant at St Fergus.

EirGrid submits Celtic Interconnector planning application
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has submitted the planning application for the Celtic Interconnector to An Bord Pleanála. The application includes a full Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement, as well as other plans and particulars. An Bord Pleanála will

Poland: Work on longest Baltic Pipe pipeline at full speed
Goleniów-Lwówek pipeline, the longest element of the Baltic Pipe project in Poland, has entered the advanced stage with welding and backfilling in trenches underway. The Goleniów-Lwówek gas pipeline will enable the distribution of gas supplied from the Norwegian Shelf via the offshore gas pipeline i

Subsea 7 bags EPCI contract in Middle East
Subsea 7 has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with an undisclosed client in the Middle East.

Vattenfall’s Danish nearshore pair clears legal hurdles as UXO survey starts
Denmark’s Energy Complaints Board has completed the processing of a number of complaints filed against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) authorisation of Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. The Energy Appeals Board confirmed the DEA’s decisions from 14 December 2020, when the autho

Tellurian ends Driftwood LNG agreement with TotalEnergies
US LNG project developer Tellurian has terminated agreements with French energy major TotalEnergies relating to its proposed Driftwood LNG export facility.

Petrofac gets three-year gig in Southern North Sea
Petrofac has won a three-year contract with ONEgas, a cross-border asset between Shell UK and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij.

FUELSAVE tech deployed on Seadrill drillship to cut emissions in decarbonisation push
FUELSAVE will deploy its combustion conditioning tech to reduce primary fuel oil consumption and cut emissions following a contract with Seadrill.