Project & Tenders

Watch complex subsea operation of installing Dvalin Xmas trees
Wintershall Dea last December installed three Xmas trees on its Dvalin gas development, which has now moved from the drilling phase to the completion phase.

50Hertz seeks routing services for O-1.3 offshore wind area’s grid connection
German transmission system operator in charge of grid connections in the Baltic Sea has issued a tender for routing services for the grid connection route OST-1-4. The work scope includes pre-route planning services and preparation of the necessary technical approval documents for the seaside sectio

PSE Kinsale Energy ceases gas production from Kinsale field
PSE Kinsale Energy has ceased its gas production at the Kinsale area gas fields in the Celtic Sea after 42 years of production.

Hollandse Kust Zuid export cables set sail from Greece to Netherlands
The export cables for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid grid connection have been sent off from Greece to the Netherlands, according to the Dutch cable logistics company WIND, which handled the load-out. The company has been hired by Van Oord to provide subsea cable logistics for the grid connection proj

Sea & Land Project Engineering secures Hollandse Kust Noord deal
Sea & Land Project Engineering has been appointed to provide the detailed design of the offshore transformer station jacket and foundations for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. The offshore transformer station consists of a 45m jacket weighing 1,930t and 870t piles supporting a topside s

Equinor picks Odfjell rig for another phase of Sverdrup drilling
Equinor has signed a letter of intent with Odfjell Drilling for the Deepsea Atlantic rig to drill 12 wells during phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development in Norway, following its work on phase 1.

Energinet seeks environmental consultancy for Hesselø offshore wind project
Energinet has launched a tender searching for environmental engineering consultancy services for the Hesselø offshore wind project in Denmark. The tender concerns consultancy services for preparing environmental assessments, planning consents and marine environmental baseline investigations for the

Seajacks Scylla installs first foundation at Moray East offshore wind farm
The first jacket foundation is now in place at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. DEME Offshore, in charge of the installation works, is currently using the Seajacks Scylla jack-up vessel to install the jackets. The 950 MW offshore wind project will comprise 100 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW wind tu

Baleària teams up with Global Ports Holding on new passenger terminal in Valencia
Spanish ferry operator Baleària has submitted a bid for the construction and operation of the new passenger terminal in the Port of Valencia, with the support of cruise terminal operator Global Ports Holding (GPH).

Floating LiDAR needed for Hesselø offshore wind site in Denmark
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has issued a call for tenders for LiDAR measurements at the Hesselø offshore wind project area in Kattegatt, 30 kilometres north of the coast of the island of Seeland (Zealand). The tender call states that a floating LiDAR buoy will be deployed at the pr

Inter-array cables wanted for Vattenfall’s Danish offshore wind duo
Vattenfall has issued a tender seeking a manufacturer of inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Syd and Nord nearshore wind farms in Denmark. The selected party will be in charge of supplying all the required work for the inter-array cable manufacturing for the two wind farms. The contract would start

Awel y Môr offshore wind farm secures Crown Estate lease agreement
Awel y Môr offshore wind farm has secured an Agreement for Lease with the Crown Estate for a 106-square-kilometre seabed area located to the west of the existing Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Namely, in February 2017, the Crown Estate invited operators of the existing offshore wind farms in the UK

GTT nets Zvezda order for five Arc7 LNG carriers
France’s GTT has won an order from Russia’s Zvezda shipyard for the tank design of five ARC7 ice-breaking LNG carriers. The LNG containment specialist said Zvezda awarded the deal at the end of June on behalf of a Russian shipowner. This represents the first order following the technical assistance

Trianel Windpark Borkum II commissioned
The Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) offshore wind farm is now fully commissioned. As of 30 June 30, all 32 Senvion 6.33 MW turbines have been spinning and the project was thus completed exactly two years after the start of construction. The inauguration of the 200 MW offshore wind farm, located