Project & Tenders

Kraken joins mooring chain inspection project
Kraken Robotics has come on board the LifeMoor project, an industry collaboration initiative that aims to extend the lifetime of subsea mooring chains.

TAQA kicks off one of largest decommissioning projects in North Sea
TAQA has started the first major asset removal project and one of the largest topside removal projects of its kind in the North Sea.

World’s largest offshore wind farm reaches major milestone
A major construction milestone has been reached at what is to be the largest operating offshore wind farm once commissioned. AIS data and social media posts are indicating that vessels are gathering to start the turbine installation phase at the wind farm. Located some 89 kilometres north-east of Gr

Ross Offshore secures survey job with OMV Norge
Ross Offshore has secured a contract with OMV (Norge) to carry out a site survey on the PL 644 Iris/Hades discoveries to the Aasgard C pipeline route in the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian company will conduct a reconnaissance survey, as well as provide management expertise and a survey spread from Fug

Repsol and Yme partners to buy Maersk Drilling jack-up
Maersk Drilling has made plans to sell one of its jack-up rigs to Havila, which will, in turn, lease and later sell the rig to the Yme field partners.

NordLink interconnector officially launched
TenneT, Statnett and KfW have officially commissioned the 1,400 MW NordLink interconnector between Norway and Germany. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg launched the NordLink submarine cable today, 27 May. The so-called ‘Green Cable’ will facilitate the exch

Italian player to work on one of the largest fields in the world
Italian company has signed a five-year framework agreement with the NCOC for operations on Kashagan, one of the largest fields in the world.

KN, LS, MOL to develop LCO2 and hydrogen project in Klaipeda
Klaipedos Nafta (KN), Larvik Shipping, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have reached an agreement to carry out a feasibility study to develop liquefied CO2 (LCO2) loading facilities at KN’s infrastructure in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

New agreement to speed up carbon capture and storage element of HyNet
Eni and Progressive Energy Limited have signed a framework agreement to further accelerate carbon capture & storage within the HyNet North West.

Wärtsilä to develop autonomous, zero-emission barge for Port of Rotterdam
Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä is embarking on a project to develop and demonstrate an autonomous, zero-emission barge for the Rotterdam Port Authority. The endeavor is part of a research project, nicknamed sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs (MAGPIE), which was borne

Irish startup schedules one-year geophysical survey ops
Green Rebel Marine is planning to carry out geophysical survey operations off the South Coast of Ireland starting from 3 June. The survey will be conducted by the semi-SWATH catamaran Roman Rebel, which will conduct 24-hr operations, and the Lady Kathleen catamaran, which will conduct 12-hr operatio

Archer to work on P&A campaign for Wintershall Dea
Offshore services provider Archer has been awarded a plug and abandonment campaign in 2021 and 2022 by Wintershall Dea.

Equinor awards well intervention gig to Maersk rig
Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge to the previously agreed work scope for Maersk Intrepid.

Rohde Nielsen’s new vessel hired for Baltic Pipe work
Rohde Nielsen’s new multi-purpose vessel Grane R has secured its first job on the Baltic Pipe project. Grane R will carry out boulder removal, trench maintenance dredging, and backfilling for the gas pipeline between the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and Poland. For the boulder removal operation