Project & Tenders
Mystery operator puts Sparrows in charge of inspection on UK assets
Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract with “a major UK Continental Shelf operator” to provide inspection services across its assets in the region.
Neart na Gaoithe teams busy offshore and on land
Works on bringing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind turbines to spin off the Scottish coast are moving forward with export cable route boulder clearance now completed. The same operations that were being carried out at the inter-array routes are paused for the winter, while activities on getting th
EOLOS, Partrac deploy their tech at Welsh floating wind site
EOLOS has deployed its FLS200 floating LiDAR buoy in the waters where Wales’ first floating offshore wind farm, the 96 MW Erebus, will be built. The Spanish floating LiDAR supplier secured a contract for the Erebus project this summer with Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between Ireland-based blue ec
North Sea major files for CO2 storage licence as part of UK’s net-zero journey
North Sea operator Chrysaor has submitted a licence application for the purpose of storing CO2 in a depleted reservoir in the North Sea off the UK.
Vår Energi chooses two ‘greener supply vessels’ in push to reduce emissions
Vår Energi has decided to hire two ‘greener supply vessels’ for service in the North Sea as part of strategy to reduce its environmental footprint.
Uniper to re-evaluate Wilhelmshaven LNG plans
Uniper’s LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven (LTeW) is re-evaluating previous plans for an LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
QED Naval opens tender for IRM works
Scottish marine engineering firm QED Naval has launched a tender for inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works related to Subhub tidal platform refitting.
Dutch invite input for 700 MW offshore wind farm zone
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has initiated a market consultation process for the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden (TNW) offshore wind farm zone. The purpose is to determine potential contractors to carry out a seabed morphological and scour study at the 700 MW wind farm zone also know
Rambøll wins another Hesselø cable route survey contract
Rambøll has secured another contract with Energinet to carry out an export cable route survey for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract concerns the proposed export cable route with landfall in Gilleleje. Two export cable routes were initially explored, thus two tender processes we
Total defers first gas from Tyra due to Covid-19 delays
Total has suffered delays with the Tyra Redevelopment Project due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the first production has been postponed to 2023.
Fugro wins IJmuiden Ver integrated ground model tender
Fugro Netherlands Marine BV has won a contract to develop an Integrated Ground Model and a Geotechnical Interpretative Report for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The IGM and the report should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, the Netherl
Turkey starts drilling second well in Black Sea
Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) well.
DESFA grabs stake in Alexandroupolis FSRU project
Greek gas grid operator DESFA has firmed up the agreement to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Gastrade, the company behind the Alexandroupolis FSRU project.
ScotWind leasing timeline confirmed
Crown Estate Scotland has confirmed the final process and timeline for the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects. ScotWind, which was launched this June, will close for applications on 31 March 2021. Crown Estate Scotland will publish the Post-adoption Addendum to ScotWind Leasing