Project & Tenders

Equinor selects subsea concept for stranded Norwegian assets
Equinor and its partners have selected a concept for developing six discoveries in a joint unitisation project on Haltenbanken.

NBO delivers Skye and Harris replacement subsea cable
Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) has delivered the 33 kV subsea cable for the SSEN Skye-Harris cable replacement project in the UK. NBO completed the production of the 38 kilometers of 33 kV submarine cable after four months of work and loaded it onto the transportation vessel. The cable will now be transp

AqualisBraemar LOC gets on board two wave energy projects
AqualisBraemar LOC has joined two wave energy projects, which have been awarded UKRI Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grants of a combined value of over GBP 2 million.

Magseis Fairfield adds Norwegian 4D OBN survey to to-do list
Magseis Fairfield has secured a contract to carry out a 4D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) monitor survey in the Norwegian North Sea. The survey operations will be conducted using Magseis Fairfield’s MASS node technology. Work is expected to start in the third quarter of the year and have a duration of just

OMV Petrom turns to Black Sea following Kazakhstan exit
Romanian oil and gas company OMV Petrom has closed the sale of its onshore oilfields in Kazakhstan to focus on its portfolio in the Black Sea region.

TechnipFMC nets EPCI contract for Captain EOR subsea equipment
TechnipFMC has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) for subsea equipment for the Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in the North Sea. Under the contract awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK), TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install a ri

Construction starts on Ørsted’s first green hydrogen project
Ørsted has started construction of the 2 MW H2RES offshore wind-to-hydrogen project in Denmark, for which the company reached a final investment decision (FID) in January. With a groundbreaking ceremony held on 17 May and led by Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities, Ørs

Wind-assisted, LNG-electric containership Trade Wings 2,500 wins BV’s AiP
The 2,500 TEU vessel, which has been designed jointly by VPLP Design, Alwena Shipping, SDARI and AYRO, received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the classification society Bureau Veritas.

The Borssele series: Making of
Over the next few months, Offshore Energy will be taking a closer look into the now operational Borssele offshore wind projects: Borssele 1 & 2, Borssele 3 & 4, and the Borssele innovation site. The three projects – one developed by Ørsted, one by the Blauwwind consortium, and one by the Two Towers

Fugro wins offshore wind site investigation contract in Germany
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has awarded Fugro a multi-year site investigation contract.

ASCO to provide logistics support for IOG’s Core Project Phase 1
Global logistics and materials management provider ASCO has been contracted to provide logistics and supply base services for IOG’s Core Project Phase 1 in the Southern North Sea (SNS).

Oceanteam secures contract in German Baltic area
Oceanteam has secured a contract for the provision of a cable transport spread for a project in the German Baltic area.

Rockhopper to resolve Ombrina Mare arbitration in July
Oil and gas company Rockhopper Exploration has received notice that a final decision in its arbitration against Italy over the Ombrina Mare Field in the Adriatic Sea could be made in July.

IOG awards Core Project Phase 1 duty holder role to ODE
UK gas company IOG has awarded the Phase 1 duty holder contract for the installation and pipeline operator as well as facilities operations and maintenance to ODE Asset Management (ODE AM).