Project & Tenders
Premier gets the nod for Balmoral decommissioning plans
Premier Oil’s decommissioning plans for the Balmoral field, located in the UK North Sea, have been approved by UK authorities.
DEME to transport and install Dutch offshore substations
DEME Offshore has secured a contract for the transport and installation of substations for the Hollandse Kust Noord and Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. Under the contract awarded by the joint venture ENGIE Solutions-Iemants, DEME will also supply and install scour p
Aibel, Hitachi ABB ink Dogger Bank C OWF contracts
Aibel and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have been awarded contracts for the third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm development, Dogger Bank C. Under an EPC contract, Aibel will deliver a third converter platform for the world’s largest offshore wind farm. In October 2019, the company was selected
Valenciaport invites bids for electrical substation project
Spanish Valenciaport launches a call for tenders for the project management of the planned new electrical substation at the port.
Aker Solutions to work on Troll electrification for Equinor
Aker Solutions has secured a letter of intent from Equinor for the topside work on the Troll B and C platforms offshore Norway to reduce the CO2 emissions.
First GE Haliade 6 MW nacelle arrives at Saint-Nazaire OWF pre-assembly site
The first nacelle for a GE Haliade 6 MW wind turbine for the French Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm has arrived at the project’s pre-assembly site in the Port of Saint-Nazaire. The nacelles are being produced in GE Renewable Energy’s factory in Montoir-de-Bretagne, from where the next units will be
Kværner orders slipform systems for Hywind Tampen floating wind farm
Kværner has selected German engineering company Dominion for the design, supply, and supervision services for the slipform systems that will erect the concrete wind towers for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Dominion said its cylindrical and conical sets of slipform systems can be used mult
Equinor spent nearly $18 billion on suppliers in 2020
In 2020, Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor purchased goods and services worth NOK 150.8 billion (about $17.8 billion) from around 8500 suppliers globally.
Inter-array cable installation resuming soon at Moray East OWF
The second inter-array cable installation campaign will begin this month at the Moray East offshore wind farm, where the seventh wind turbine was installed on 10 February and the decommissioning of the met mast is currently underway. The first inter-array cable installation campaign, which started o
Transocean adds more work to backlog, retires Leiv Eiriksson rig
Transocean has secured new contracts for its fleet, bringing the total backlog to $7.8 billion, but it has also decided to retire the Leiv Eiriksson.
Royal HaskoningDHV to work on Europe’s largest offshore wind-to-hydrogen project
Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded a contract for environmental consultancy services for NortH2, a large offshore wind-to-hydrogen project being developed by a consortium comprising Shell, Gasunie, Equinor, and RWE, and supported by Groningen Seaports and Province of Groningen. “We are thrilled to
Vantage to manage deepwater floaters for Seadrill Partners
Vantage Drilling has entered into an agreement to manage Seadrill Partners’ drilling rigs following the latter’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Maersk Drilling adds more work to backlog with new Shell and NAM deals
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has won new contracts for two of its drilling rigs. One contract is with Shell and the other one is with NAM.
EuroAsia Interconnector launches €1.7B cabling call
Project promoter of EuroAsia Interconnector has invited cabling players to apply for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) job on the HVDC cable system between Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete). EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect I