Project & Tenders
Ramboll to assist TU Braunschweig with marine life research
The Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany has awarded Ramboll with a contract to assist in developing a research device that will study marine growth on offshore wind turbines. The university’s Leichtweiß Institute for Hydraulic Engineering is planning to build a large-scale saltwater flow
Third OTM for Moray East offshore wind farm ready to go home
OSP1, the third and final offshore transformer module (OTM) that will be installed at the Moray East offshore wind farm, is ready to leave Belgium this weekend (29 – 30 August). The OTMs, for which Siemens Energy secured a contract in 2018, were fabricated by Smulders and ENGIE Solutions in Hoboken,
HKZ Alpha jacket foundation arrives in Netherlands
The jacket foundation and pin piles for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha platform have arrived from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. According to Petrofac’s post on social media, the 3,200-tonne jacket is currently off the coast of Scheveningen, waiting for Heerema Marine Contractors’
Shearwater gets CGG 3D survey award in Norway
Shearwater GeoServices has received an award by CGG for a 3D survey in Norway. The Northern Viking Graben (NVG) multi-client survey, which has already started, will take approximately one month to complete. The survey is being conducted by the SW Amundsen. “We are pleased to see this award which wil
Gazprom bags VEB funds for Ust-Luga LNG project
Russian giant Gazprom has secured funds from its compatriot development bank, VEB, for its large liquefied natural gas export project in the Baltic port of Ust-Luga.
JDR loads out Kriegers Flak inter-array cables
JDR Hartlepool has completed the manufacturing and load-out of inter-array cables for the Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, the company reported via social media. Vattenfall awarded JDR with the inter-array cable contract in 2019. The company is supplying 170 kilometres of 33 kV cables for th
Hornsea Two offshore wind farm connected to land
Cable pull-in for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm’s export line has been completed at the project’s landfall site at Lincolnshire’s Horseshoe Point beach. The operation, carried out by Boskalis’ cable laying vessel Ndurance, involved installing 2.4 kilometres of cable under water and toward the c
Novatek starts up Magnitogorsk small-scale LNG plant
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, has launched its first small-scale LNG plant in the Chelyabinsk region.
Triton Knoll foundations and export cables in place
All turbine foundations and export cables have been installed at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. According to project developer RWE, the installation of the 90 monopile foundations and two lengths of 50km export cable was completed this week. Seaway 7’s Seaway Strashnov and DEME’s Inn
Bulgartransgaz grabs 20 pct stake in Gastrade
Bulgarian national natural gas system operator, Bulgartransgaz, has agreed on Monday to buy a 20 per cent share in Gastrade.
Saipem plans Italian offshore wind farm
Saipem has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AGNES and QINT’X to develop a 450 MW offshore wind farm in Italy. The project will comprise approximately 56 turbines on fixed foundations at two different sites, respectively located more than 8 and 12 nautical miles offshore Ravenna in the
DEME about to start Saint-Nazaire OSS foundation works
DEME Group is about to begin offshore substation foundation works at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners, the activities related to the jacket foundation will begin today, 24 August. In June last year, a consortium of Atlantique Offshore E
Elia, 50Hertz open tender for offshore power transformers
Elia and 50Hertz have issued a call for tenders for the delivery of offshore power transformers, shunt reactors, and auxiliary and earthing transformers for their offshore substations in Belgium and Germany. The transmission system operators (TSOs) are looking for the design, manufacturing, factory
TGS in new OBN survey off Norway
TGS has started a pioneering sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Atlantic Margin off the coast of mid Norway. This initial study phase is being conducted primarily to provide proof of concept ahead of anticipated further survey proposals to further highlight hydrocarbon potential in the reg