Project & Tenders
New Contract for the Missouri River Levee System
The Army Corps’ Omaha District has awarded a contract to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, to complete levee repairs on the Missouri River L-536 levee system north of Corning, Missouri. According to USACE, the $8.74 million project will close the remaining breaches and make
Kinder Morgan restarts Elba Island LNG units after fire
U.S. energy company Kinder Morgan is restarting two of the three liquefaction units shut after a fire earlier this month at its Elba Island liquefied natural gas export plant in Georgia. Unit 3 began the restart process late Tuesday and Unit 1 is expected to begin the process by the end of the week,
U.S. approves Alaska LNG export project
U.S. energy regulators on Thursday approved construction and operation of Alaska Gasline Development Corp’s proposed $43.4 billion liquefied natural gas export project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a Section 3 Natural Gas Act authorization, with conditions, to the Alaska state-ow
Vole au vent sets off to begin construction of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project
Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent has departed from the Port of Halifax, Canada, with the first batch of turbine components for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. Photos available on social media show the vessel carrying the monopile foundation components destine
New Rothera Wharf Completed
Completion of the new King Edward Point Research Station wharf marks the latest milestone for the £140m UK Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme. The new wharf at Rothera Research Station and mooring dolphin provide the extra capability required to berth the new UK polar research vessel,
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
Denmark proposes energy islands in Climate Action Plan
The Danish government is proposing to build two energy islands in the North and Baltic Seas by 2030 in its Climate Action Plan. The plan includes using the Bornholm island in the Baltic Sea as a 2 GW energy island, as well as establishing a 2 GW artificial energy island in the North Sea that [&helli
Equinor moving forward with wind farm sequels offshore UK
Equinor is preparing to begin its public consultations with Norfolk communities on its proposed wind farm extension projects planned to be built adjacent to the company’s existing offshore wind farms off the North Norfolk coast. The existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms provide r
Action heating up offshore Virginia
Subsea 7 has completed a cable pull-in at Camp Pendelton in Virginia, US, for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The 12 MW CVOW demonstration project is being jointly developed by Dominion Energy and Ørsted. Subsea 7 won the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cab
MDL delivers double transpooling in Norway
Maritime Developments (MDL) has executed transpooling of 64 kilometres of MEG coiled tubing for subsea contractors Ocean Installer and DeepOcean. The operation consisted of transpooling MEG injection lines from 28 Tenaris transportation reels onto seven offshore installation reels. MDL project manag
Ørsted contracts LOC for work on Greater Changhua offshore wind project
LOC Group has secured a contract with Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation and installation of the inter-array and export cables. Technical docu