Project & Tenders
DEME wraps up inter-array cable laying work at SeaMade offshore wind farm
DEME Group has completed inter-array cable laying works at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. DEME’s DP3 cable installation vessel Living Stone laid 64 inter-array cables with a total length of 71.2km. According to the company, the vessel operated at peak production levels, laying up to thre
Prysmian lands Crete – Attica subsea interconnection deal
Prysmian has won a €270-million contract for submarine interconnections between the island of Crete and mainland Greece (Attica region). The contract comprises of two lots worth €250 million and €20 million respectively. The first lot involves the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a
Smulders sends off first transition pieces for Yunlin offshore wind project
Smulders has sent off the first four transition pieces destined for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first four out of 40 transition pieces left the company’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium, towards Vlissingen, the Netherlands, last week. In Vlissingen, the units will be loaded for their vo
Delek sells rights to royalties from Karish and Tanin fields
Delek Group and Delek Energy have signed an agreement with a third party for the sale of the rights to royalties regarding 26.4705 per cent of rights in the Karish and Tanin leases for oil, gas, and other valuable materials produced and processed at the leases.
European Energy gets OK for Danish offshore wind pair
European Energy has received the approval of the environmental impact assessments (EIA) for its Omø South and Jammerland Bay offshore wind projects in Denmark. With the approvals, European Energy said it is now ready to start the development phase of the two projects. ”We are very satisfied to recei
Wind turbine installation starts at Borssele III & IV
Wind turbine installation works have started at the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, according to the Blauwwind consortium’s social media posts. Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus, which will install all 77 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines, has arrived at the project site on 25
Lukoil installs living quarters jacket at Caspian Sea field
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil completed the installation of a jacket for an accommodation platform topside at the V.I. Grayfer field in the Caspian Sea.
Saipem to support Equinor’s energy transition journey through new engineering deal
Italian offshore contractor Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Norwegian energy giant Equinor covering engineering services worldwide.
Germans appealing for 2 GW offshore wind tender
Germany’s WAB, Greenpeace Energy and H2BX are calling for the special 2 GW offshore wind tender to be implemented quickly and that areas be put out to tender before the end of the year. In a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier, the parties claim
BSH awards geophysical survey contract for German offshore wind zone
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fraunhofer IWES with a contract to carry out geophysical site investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area. The geophysical survey is set to be conducted this summer as part of the geological preliminary investigation at the N-6.6 a
Innogy gives status report for Dublin Array offshore wind project
Innogy is planning to commence stakeholder and community consultations for the Dublin Array offshore wind project in Ireland early this autumn. The wind farm is currently in the development phase, and data gathering will continue until the summer to refresh the environmental reporting and project de
Finnish offshore wind developer probing up to 500 MW extension project
Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy is exploring the possibilities of expanding the 44.3 MW Tahkoluoto wind farm offshore Pori. The extension project is in a preliminary study phase, with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure and the zoning about to begin, the developer said. The proposed e
Polish consortium to decide on small-scale LNG terminal in Gdansk
A Polish consortium is to decide on the construction of a small-scale LNG terminal in Gdansk following the completion of a feasibility study. The small-scale LNG project, co-financed by a European Union fund known as the Connecting Europe Facility, is an initiative by Polish energy company Lotos Gro
Export cables at SeaMade offshore wind project ready to deliver
DEME Offshore and Hellenic Cables have completed the testing and energization of the export cable connections at the SeaMade offshore wind project in Belgium. DEME said it is currently carrying out the inter-array cable installation and preparing for the turbine installation campaign, set to begin i