Project & Tenders
MRE to power SeaMade
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide temporary power provision during the turbine commissioning phase at the SeaMade offshore wind farm. “Following several successful European temporary power provision projects over the recent past, we are looking forward
Northwester 2 offshore wind farm goes into full operation
The Northwester 2 offshore wind farm is fully operational, with all 23 MHI Vestas 9.5 MW turbines supplying power to the Belgian grid. Northwester 2 is the first to use the V164-9.5 MW turbines, the most powerful turbines to enter commercial operation to date, which now supply green energy via Elia’
Yamal LNG to shut two trains for maintenance
The Novatek-operated Yamal LNG export project in the Russian Arctic will close two production units as of next week as part of planned maintenance. Yamal LNG said in a statement on Wednesday it will shut the second and third LNG train for 12 days each from 21 May to 15 June 2020. In addition to [&he
Saipem-led JV nabs $4 billion Nigeria LNG Train 7 contract
A joint venture led by Italy’s Saipem has secured a $4 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract for Nigeria LNG’s seventh production unit at its Bonny Island plant. Saipem has a 60 per cent stake in the venture that includes South Korea’s Daewoo E&C and Chiyoda of Japan. This award
Yard lockdown pushes back Premier Oil’s project start-up
Oil and gas company Premier Oil has pushed back the forecast of first gas for the Tolmount project, located in the Southern North Sea.
RVO seeks client representatives at IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender call for client offshore representatives for the geotechnical investigations at IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone and, possibly, at a neighbouring wind farm zone. The tender was opened on 12 May, as announced in early information ROV issued in Ap
Neptune boasts world’s first dual drilling from subsea template
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has conducted ‘the world’s first’ dual drilling operation from an integrated subsea template structure at the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Kriegers Flak hardware starts hitting the water
The first three transition pieces for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm have been loaded onto a barge and are ready for installation, Bladt Industries said. The remaining 69 transition pieces will follow during the year. The last transition piece is scheduled to leave Bladt’s facility in Aalborg
New set of seabed surveys to start at Sofia offshore wind site
Four survey vessels are ready to commence site investigations at the Sofia offshore wind project site off the UK’s North East coast. The surveys are part of a six-month site investigation campaign for innogy’s 1.4 GW project that started in February. The multi-purpose vessel Despina and survey vesse
COVID-19 prolongs Norfolk Boreas OWF examination process
The deadline for the close of the examination period for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm has been pushed back to 12 October 2020. The UK Planning Inspectorate submitted a request to extend the examination period for the Norfolk Boreas development consent order (DCO) application to the
G-tec Omalius leaves for geotechnical work on Hornsea Four offshore wind project
G-tec’s drill vessel Omalius is on its way towards Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind project in the UK to carry out geotechnical investigations. The geotechnical investigations include deep soil and high-quality rock sampling, with the main focus on chalk sampling and offshore and onshore laborato
Oceaneering to start clearing inter-array cable routes at Moray East OWF
Oceaneering International Services Ltd (OISL) is about to start clearing the inter-array cable routes at the Moray East site. According to a Notice of Operations, boulder clearance at the export cable routes should finish on 12 May. Immediately after that, the same work at the inter-array routes is
PGS kicks off Viking Graben extension project
PGS seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard has begun a new multi-azimuth marine seismic survey in the North Sea. This industry-funded project further extends the GeoStreamer X area within the Viking Graben by 1160 square kilometres. Norwegian seismic player said the first data is due in the third quarter 2
EMO continues Trianel Windpark Borkum duty
EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has signed a charter contract for the WINDEA Three crew transfer vessel (CTV) to service the operating phase of the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase I offshore wind project. WINDEA Three began the three-year charter in February, succeeding its sister vessel WINDEA One which