Project & Tenders
Wintershall Noordzee starts gas production from second Sillimanite well
Wintershall Noordzee, a joint venture of Wintershall Dea and Gazprom, has started gas production from its second B2 production well at the Sillimanite field offshore the Netherlands.
Maersk Drilling enters project for CO2 storage beneath the seabed offshore Denmark
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling is joining a new CO2 storage consortium formed by INEOS Oil & Gas Denmark and Wintershall Dea.
German offshore wind farm needs insurance policy
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a contract notice for insurance policy services covering the 200 MW Trianel Windpark Borkum I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The contract covers combined property damage and business interruption all risks insurance for the operational phase of th
BOA joins DEME on Moray East offshore wind project
BOA’s offshore construction vessel (OCV) BOA Sub C has secured a contract with DEME Offshore for work on the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. Under the contract, which began on 15 June, the vessel’s scope of work includes accommodation, walk-to-work with Ampelmann gangway system, grouti
Croatian LNG capacity booked for next three years
State-owned LNG Croatia, the developer of the country’s first import terminal, said Monday that all of the capacities at the planned Krk facility have been booked for the next three years. The LNG terminal on the Croatian island of Krk in the northern Adriatic Sea will have a capacity to send up to
MHI Vestas receives Seagreen 1 wind turbine order
Seagreen Wind Energy has finalised the wind turbine supply contract with MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, following the preferred supplier agreement signed at the beginning of June. Under the contract, MHI Vestas is in charge of manufacturing and installing 114 of its V164-10 MW turbines for the Seagreen 1
Consultancy services wanted for North Sea Wind Power Hub
Dutch energy infrastructure company Gasunie has issued a tender seeking consultancy services for the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) program. Under the 18-month contract, the selected company will be in charge of providing consultancy services with regards to offshore hub design, connection configu
Vår Energi taking Jotun FPSO ashore to kick off Balder Future project
Oil and gas company Vår Energi is taking the Jotun FPSO ashore for upgrading to start the first stage of the life-extension process for the Balder Area in the North Sea.
Italy’s 1st small-scale LNG terminal nearing completion
Italy is to get its first small-scale liquefied natural gas facility as construction works progress on the Higas terminal located on the island of Sardinia. The small-scale storage, regasification and distribution facility will be ready “in a few months”, according to Gas & Heat, the Italian enginee
Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project 19 pct complete
Russia’s Novatek is pushing ahead with the construction of its second Arctic liquefied natural gas export project despite the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The project located on the Gydan peninsula includes the construction of three LNG trains with a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per year, each,
Norway opens two offshore wind areas, 4.5 GW available
Norway has opened two areas for offshore wind development, which are said to together have a capacity of 4,500 MW. The applications for the Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II areas will launch on 1 January 2021, and limits have been set on the amount of wind power that can be developed. Utsira Nord
MMT and Reach Subsea on duty at Hywind Scotland floating wind farm
MMT and Reach Subsea are set to carry out inspection services at Equinor’s Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm. Simon Møkster Shipping’s vessel Stril Explorer is expected to begin the work this month. Hywind Scotland comprises five Siemens 6 MW floating turbines mounted on SPAR-type foundati
Elixir Energy plans small-scale Mongolia LNG plant
Australia-based Elixir Energy said it has recently signed a deal with Mongolia’s MT Group to develop a small-scale LNG plant in the South Gobi region. The LNG facility would supply fuel to the South Gobi’s large coal trucking fleet, according to a statement by Elixir Energy on Friday. The memorandum
Triton Knoll East topside heads offshore
The topside for the Triton Knoll Offshore Substation Platform (OSP) East has left Vlissingen in the Netherlands and is en route to the installation site off Lincolnshire, UK. Once there, the topside will be lowered onto its monopile foundation by Seaway 7’s installation vessel Seaway Strashnov. Seaw