Project & Tenders
Hibiscus and Ithaca mull concept for joint North Sea development
Hibiscus Petroleum and Ithaca Energy are revisiting the concept development for a pair of North Sea discoveries.
All Windpark Fryslân array cables in place
The installation of inter-array cables has been completed at the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm in the IJsselmeer Lake in the Netherlands. The inter-array cables will undergo tests in the coming days, Windpark Fryslân said. The cables connect the wind farm’s 89 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbi
Rotterdam Port calls off unmanned transport for CER
The Port of Rotterdam Authority announced it has suspended its plan for autonomous transport on the Container Exchange Route (CER) due to too many risks and uncertainties.
Under sanctions vessel Fortuna starts laying Nord Stream 2 pipes off Germany
Despite sanctions imposed by the U.S. in January, Russian vessel Fortuna has started laying pipes for the Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in German waters.
Statnett taps Modus for cable corridor survey services
Modus Subsea Services has secured a contract with Statnett to carry out survey services for a new cable corridor in Ofotfjorden, northern Norway. Modus will perform a desktop study to identify further site information and support the preparation of the project, and in the second quarter of the year
Port of Cromarty Firth, Gen2 join to import green hydrogen
Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Norwegian firm Gen2 Energy to import green hydrogen from Norway into the UK.
Gazprom starts construction of gas complex at Ust-Luga
Russia’s Gazprom has started construction of a new gas, LNG, and chemicals complex at Ust-Luga that will include the 13 million metric tonnes per year Baltic LNG plant.
Shell UK picks Fugro for Pensacola prospect surveys
Shell UK has selected Fugro GB North Marine to carry out geophysical and geotechnical site surveys at the Pensacola Prospect in preparation for the drilling of the exploration well. The site survey is expected to commence at the end of July and run until the third quarter of 2021. Shell is the opera
Total awards North Sea supply deal to 80:20
A unit of international logistics company Peterson has won a contract from French oil major Total for the supply of general consumables and ad-hoc material supply.
In focus: Industries take new emissions-free steps as IEA maps net-zero path
Several new energy transition developments in the offshore energy and maritime sectors have made headlines this week, contributing to the global 2050 net-zero targets and – at least to some extent – to the ambitious path that International Energy Agency (IEA) mapped in its latest report. Climate ple
Transition piece defects beset German offshore wind farm
German offshore wind operator has issued a contract notice for repair works on transition pieces across a wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract is scheduled to start in October 2021 and be completed by the end of April 2022. The contract notice was issued by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II
Lundin cleared to drill well near Ivar Aasen field
Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has been given a drilling permit to drill a new wildcat well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.
BW Ideol to bid in French floating wind tender
BW Ideol has entered into an agreement with an unnamed partner with whom it will bid to build a floating wind farm in France. According to the company, BW Ideol formalised a partnership with “an undisclosed leading utility” during the first quarter of this year. The partners will submit a joint bid
Fraunhofer IWES to survey German offshore wind zone
Fraunhofer IWES has secured a contract to provide geophysical investigation and hydrographic survey services at the N-9.4 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. The work will be carried out in 2022 as part of the preliminary investigations of the seabed at the zone. The contract was awarded by