Project & Tenders
Subsea 7 nets IOG North Sea SURF
Subsea 7 has secured a contract from Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan satellites field development in the UK Southern North Sea. The SURF contract follows the recent approval of the Phase 1 Field Development Plan by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. It includes 35 kilometres of fl
Offshore substation at DanTysk wind farm gets upgrade
Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded the automation system at the offshore energy substation of the DanTysk offshore wind farm in Germany. Bakker Sliedrecht replaced, among other things, the Ethernet switches in the fiber optic ring for the communication between all systems, the switches, redundant SCADA
Van Oord details French offshore wind work
Van Oord is set to start its offshore operations at the French Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in 2021 with the installation of pin piles. The Dutch company will use its installation vessel Aeolus, which will in 2022 be assisted by a second vessel to install the jackets foundations. In April, Van Oo
Vattenfall adds new gadgetry to Danish nearshore wind farms
Vattenfall has introduced several upgrades to the design of the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms in Denmark to reduce their visual and environmental impact. The two wind farms will, if approved, feature a radar system that will turn the light markings on the turbines at night on
Next Geosolutions to carry out Viking Link marine survey works
Next Geosolutions has secured a contract by Prysmian Group for marine survey works in support of the route engineering and design of the Viking Link interconnector project. The company’s scope of work includes full geophysical, geotechnical and UXO tasks covering the onshore, nearshore and offshore
Pieridae, Uniper extend Goldboro LNG deadlines
Canada’s Pieridae Energy, the developer of the Golboro liquefied natural gas export project, has negotiated extensions of the key deadlines under its long-term deal with Germany’s Uniper. This development follows Pieridae’s announcement in April on postponing a final investment decision to build the
EIA consultation period opens for Danish nearshore wind farms
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has launched the public consultation period regarding the new environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports for the Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord nearshore wind farms. Interested parties are free to submit responses and comments on the new environmental impact repor
Report: Russia’s A-Property contracts TechnipFMC to design $10 bln LNG plant
A-Property, a firm owned by Russian energy tycoon Albert Avdolyan, has reportedly hired TechnipFMC to design a large liquefied natural gas export terminal. The LNG plant and surrounding infrastructure in the remote northern republic of Yakutia would require a $10 billion investment, Reuters reported
Sabik Offshore marks Kriegers Flak construction site
Sabik Offshore has marked the construction site at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea ahead of the offshore installation work scheduled to start this spring. The navigational safety specialist laid the planned 29 warning buoys at the site despite challenging weather condit
AGS firms up North Sea contract with Equinor
Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has secured a contract with Equinor for OBN survey in the North Sea. The deal follows a letter of intent signed with an undisclosed client in February this year. According to the Oslo-listed firm, the survey should commence later
Scour protection works needed at one Trianel Windpark Borkum turbine
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum has issued a tender for the provision and installation of scour protection at one wind turbine location in the Trianel Windpark Borkum (TWB) offshore wind farm in Germany. The contractor is responsible for the provision of the scour protection material (rocks) and its in
Viking Link needs client representatives
Danish transmission system operator Energinet is seeking client representatives for the 1400 MW Viking Link interconnector project. Viking Link is a joint project of Energinet and the UK’s National Grid Viking Link Limited. The tender calls for consultants working onboard the cable-laying vessels as
Bombora seeks mWave certification partner
Ocean energy company Bombora is looking for technical certification and third party verification services associated with the development of the mWave wave energy converter. The scope of work will involve the assessment of the technology, design, fabrication and site criteria. This will involve the
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute secures work on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foun