Project & Tenders
Siemens and Nexans Land DolWin6 Prize
Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the “DolWin6” grid connection. T
DolWin6 Contracts Land on Siemens, Dragados Offshore, Nexans Desks
Siemens has received an order from TenneT to supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for DolWin6, a grid connection for offshore wind farms in the German waters of the North Sea. The order is valued at high three-digit millions euros range.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 10 – July 16). TechnipFMC has shipped water injection umbilicals from its Newcastle manufacturing facility to Total in Africa for the Egina project. The long length umbilicals will be installed a
PHOTO: Subsea 7 laying Culzean’s export pipeline
An export pipeline for the Maersk Oil-operated Culzean gas condensate field development in the UK sector of the North Sea has been laid by the subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7. According to a Friday update from the Danish oil company, the pipeline has been laid safely
Sailaway date for Catcher FPSO coming near
First oil from Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea remains on track for later this year with sailaway date for the FPSO unit set for next month. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of Abe
Lukoil’s Vladimir Filanovsky reaches 3 million tonnes of oil produced
Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-held oil company, has reached a milestone of three million tonnes of oil produced at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. Lukoil said that the average daily production exceeded 14 thousand tonnes of oil in June 2017. Furthermore, the company said it co
Bibby Offshore Finalizes Decom Contract with Maersk Oil UK
Bibby Offshore has completed a contract awarded by Maersk Oil UK to provide both late life production enhancement and decommissioning support in the North Sea. The contract saw Bibby Offshore’s diving support vessel Bibby Polaris operate at two separate locations, undertaking production system isola
Boskalis, Van Oord joint venture wins Nord Stream 2 gig LoI
Dutch energy and dredging services provider Boskalis has been awarded a letter of intent in a joint venture with Van Oord for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the plan
SeaRenergy to Provide QHSE Services for ZTT
SeaRenergy has secured a contract from cable manufacturer ZTT to provide QHSE services for the HVAC export cable connection between BorWin Gamma platform and Hohe See offshore wind farm. The scope for QHSE management and support includes the cable load-out, cable transport and installation phase of
MMT and Reach Bolster ROV Survey Services Portfolio
Swedish survey specialist MMT and Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea have secured the DP2 subsea vessel M/V Olympic Delta, with two ROVs mobilised onboard, for execution of the project announced earlier this year. The project has been postponed from June 2017 until August same year, the Oslo-listed R
Lundin confirms ‘very good reservoir properties’ with Alta appraisal well
Oil company Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and production testing of Alta appraisal well (Alta-4) in the southern Barents Sea, confirming very good reservoir properties. Lundin’s Norwegian unit, Lundin Norway, received a drilling permit to drill the Alta appraisal well in March and gain
Boskalis-Van Oord JV Bags Nord Stream 2 Rock Placement Job
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a letter of intent (LoI) in joint venture with Van Oord for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the planned twin 1,200 kilometer gas pipeli
VBMS Selects Tekmar to Protect East Anglia ONE Cables
Tekmar has been awarded a contract by VBMS to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS), bellmouths and cover disks for ScottishPower renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. VBMS has awarded contracts on the project to both Tekmar and JDR Cables, both based in the North East of England,
PHOTO: Vestflanken 2 jacket touches the seabed
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has shared a photo via social media on Wednesday showing the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Unmanned Wellhead Platform (UWP) jacket set down on the seabed offshore Norway. The image also shows the topside for the UWP platform being installed after the jacket was put into place