Project & Tenders
Ocean Energy gets onboard Selkie project
Ireland-Wales cooperation programme, the Selkie project, has picked Ocean Energy as part of its wave energy tender call. Ocean Energy is a wave energy technology developer based in Cobh, Ireland. The company completed the fabrication of its 500kW OE35 device for deployment at the US Navy Test Site i
Ørsted reaches 7 GW offshore wind capacity with turbine No. 1500
Ørsted has installed its 1,500th offshore wind turbine with which the world’s leading offshore wind developer reached 7 GW of capacity installed. Ørsted achieved this milestone recently after installing the 25th Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbine on the 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm in the Dutch Nor
Innogy to start geophysical surveys at Awel y Môr offshore wind project
Fugro is set to begin geophysical surveys at innogy’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project in the UK. Survey works are expected to commence in mid-June, lasting up to eight weeks, a spokesperson from innogy told Offshore WIND. Three dedicated vessels will map the characteristics of the seabed and subsea
Rotech Subsea completes North Sea offshore wind job
Rotech Subsea has completed a three-phase work scope at the Borssele and Triton Knoll offshore wind farms for a dredging specialist. Rotech provided its TRS1 and TRS1LD Jet Trenching tools to carry out pit clearing and cable lowering at the Borssele project in the Dutch North Sea, as well as grout b
Second Triton Knoll topside ready to move
The second Triton Knoll offshore substation platform (OSP) topside has been loaded onto a barge and fastened in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The Triton Knoll OSP East topside was seafastened onto the Greenbarge 3 at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen. The Greenbarge 3 and the topside will be towed offshore
Petrofac to support CCS and hydrogen project in UK
Petrofac has been awarded an engineering and project management office support contract for the Acorn project.
ScotWind offshore wind leasing round kicks off
Crown Estate Scotland has launched the ScotWind seabed leasing round for offshore wind projects. Investors and developers can now register interest in obtaining an option agreement with Crown Estate Scotland, which can then lead to the signing of leases for areas to be outlined as suitable in the Sc
Russia’s Gazprom signs Ust-Luga LNG deals
Russian gas giant Gazprom said it signed several deals for its large liquefied natural gas export and chemical project in the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. Gazprom and RusGazDobycha agreed to build the gas processing and liquefaction complex worth more than 700 billion rubles ($10.2 billion) in March las
France’s GTT bags German FSRU contract
French LNG containment specialist GTT has won a contract from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering for the Wilhelmshaven FSRU. The floating storage and regasification vessel will be fitted with GTT’s N096 membrane containment system, the French company said in a statement. GTT di
Equinor hands in plans for partial electrification of Sleipner field
Equinor and its partners have made an investment decision to partly electrify the Sleipner field located offshore Norway.
Chrysaor picks APT for Lomond, Armada analyses
North Sea oil and gas operator Chrysaor has contracted Applied Petroleum Technology (APT) to deliver geochemical and petroleum systems analyses on the Armada hub facility and around the Greater Lomond area on the UKCS.
Aker BP orders Hod platform from Kvaerner
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has awarded Kvaerner the contract for delivering the topside and steel substructure for the unmanned wellhead platform at the Hod field.
Polish offshore wind project secures grid connection terms
PGE Group has obtained grid connection terms for the 896 MW Baltica 1 offshore wind project in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. Polish transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne issued the terms concerning the technical connection conditions, including the connection capacity a
ENGIE Fabricom – Iemants get to work on Hollandse Kust Noord project
ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants have started engineering work on the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore transformer station, with construction work for the topside and the jacket scheduled to start in October. As previously reported, TenneT TSO selected the ENGIE Fabricom – Iemants joint venture to cons