Project & Tenders
Next Geosolutions wins Hansa PowerBridge work
Next Geosolutions has secured a contract with Swedish TSO Svenska kraftnät for the Hansa PowerBridge complementary marine survey. The Hansa PowerBridge (HPB) project is a 300-kilometre HVDC interconnector between Sweden and Germany. The contract will see Next Geosolutions carrying out marine geophys
GALLERY: Giant Sleipnir vessel wraps up decommissioning campaign for ConocoPhillips
Earlier this month, Heerema Marine Contractors’ giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir completed its first decommissioning campaign of the season.
Ireland speeds up seven offshore wind projects
The Irish government has designated seven offshore wind projects as relevant, meaning they will be fast-tracked through the new marine planning regime. The selected projects include the Oriel, innogy’s Bray and Kish Banks, Codling I and II, Skerd Rocks and North Irish Sea Array (NISA) wind farms. Th
Damen to deliver components package for oil recovery vessel
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group has signed an agreement with Korean-based Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) to deliver a complete components package for a multi-purpose vessel.
Final WindFloat Atlantic turbine ready to go home
The last of the three floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project will soon set sail from Spain to its designated location off Portugal. Tractebel Engie reported on 17 May that it fully assembled the third WindFloat Atlantic platform in the port of Ferrol. The turbine should start its
Romania: Hidroelectrica reveals 300–500 MW offshore wind farm plan
Romania’s power producer Hidroelectrica has outlined plans for what could be the country’s first offshore wind farm, and the first project of its kind to be installed in the Black Sea. The offshore wind farm, planned to be built by 2026, will have a capacity of between 300 MW and 500 MW, subject to
Emperor teams with APA on Judith offshore gas project
Emperor Energy and Australia’s largest gas infrastructure company APA Group have entered into a binding agreement to progress with the pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) for the provision of midstream infrastructure and services related to potentially produced gas from the Judith offshore g
Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm soon to continue construction after COVID-19 pause
Construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland is planned to begin this week after a pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Matthias Haag, NnG Project Director, construction of the project was paused in March and is now expected to continue after the latest go
ExxonMobil farms into Petronas’ block offshore Suriname
Malaysian energy giant Petronas has completed the farm-down of 50 per cent of its participating interest in its fully-owned Block 52 offshore Suriname to ExxonMobil.
Gazprom working on Ust-Luga LNG finacing
Russian gas giant Gazprom is working to attract investors to fund its large liquefied natural gas export project in the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. Gazprom said in a statement that it was working to attract project financing from Russian and international credit institutions. Gazprom and RusGazDobycha
UK’s new unaccompanied roro terminal at Tilbury2 passes ship trial
The UK’s newest and largest unaccompanied freight roll on/roll off (ro-ro) terminal at Tilbury2 took a step closer to opening with the successful completion of ship trials at the weekend. Two of P&O’s chartered freight ferry fleet, the Bore Song and the Norstream, arrived at the new ro-ro terminal o
Cameron LNG fires up third train
The Sempra Energy-led Cameron LNG project has on Monday started producing chilled fuel from the third liquefaction train at its export plant in Louisiana. This development also marks the last major milestone towards completing the first phase of the LNG export project worth about $10 billion. The Sa
McDermott hired to design offshore riser platform topsides
U.S. engineering and construction services company McDermott International has been awarded a sizeable contract from a Middle East customer to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for offshore riser platform topsides.
Aquaterra to build Trinidad’s second conductor supported platform
Aquaterra Energy, an offshore engineering solutions provider, has been awarded a front end engineering and design (FEED) contract by DeNovo Energy for a second Sea Swift platform to be located in the Zandolie field off Trinidad and Tobago.