Project & Tenders
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
Woodside makes plans to abandon three Australian wells
Australian energy company Woodside has submitted a decommissioning plan for subsea infrastructure no longer required for production activities from the Echo Yodel field offshore Australia.
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
Oil and gas firms get two-year extension for exploration in Equatorial Guinea
After considering the consequences of the COVID-19 global pandemic on oil prices and African economies, the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) of Equatorial Guinea has signed a ministerial order granting oil and gas companies a two-year extension on their exploration programmes.
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
Norwegians call for licensing of two 500 MW floating wind projects in 2020
Several Norwegian ocean stakeholders have asked their country’s government to start the announcement of two full-scale floating offshore wind farms with the aim of granting licenses during 2020. In a letter sent to leading Norwegian politicians, the stakeholders said that the government should clari
Zenith becomes majority owner of Tilapia oilfield
Canadian oil and gas company Zenith Energy has completed the acquisition Anglo African Oil & Gas’ subsidiary which is the operator of the Tilapia oilfield in the Republic of the Congo.