Van Oord and Ecowende, a joint venture of Shell and Eneco, have agreed to collaborate on the construction of the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, with the contract(s) for the work to be signed later this year. This will be the most ecological wind farm yet, said Van Oord, whose contract(s)
The seabed surveys have been completed for this year in the areas of Sørlige Nordsjø II (Southern North Sea II) and Utsira Nord offshore Norway. Over the past two years, seabed surveys have been carried out in the open areas of Southern North Sea II and Utsira Nord. The Utsira Nord surveys began in
A post-installation survey is set to soon commence at the Viking Link project in the North Sea after Prysmian completed the last section of the submarine cable for the UK-Denmark interconnector. The last section was laid and assembled 172 kilometers off the Danish coast in German and Dutch waters on
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured two new contracts for offshore activities in Côte d’Ivoire and Italy for an overall amount of €850 million. Saipem won a contract with Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partner Petroci to deliver subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) for the de
Two offshore survey campaigns have been completed for SSE Renewables’ Arklow Bank Wind Park II offshore wind farm in Ireland. The surveys took place over an eight-week period during July and August. According to SSE Renewables, the surveys were completed on schedule despite unsettled weather conditi
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group has won another contract to deliver a submarine cable project in its homeland, worth around €630 million. With this, the company’s Projects Business Unit order intake exceeds €10 billion year to date, including preferred bidder agreements. Prysmian has secured th
AQUIND Ltd, the company behind the planned namesake 2 GW electricity interconnector between the UK and France, has established a collaboration with the Portsmouth City Council for the delivery of the project. AQUIND and Portsmouth City Council entered into a works co-operation agreement on 5 Septemb
A pipeline route survey has begun on the Anning and Somerville field developments located in the Southern North Sea. Furthermore, Hartshead Resources NL (HHR) and Rockrose Energy, joint venture partners standing behind the project, have received bids for the platforms. Hartshead Resources NL reporte
Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has put into operation the €90 million undersea cable that connects the island of Elba with Italy’s mainland – a project said to be of fundamental importance for the country’s entire electricity system. The power line connects Portoferraio and Piombin
Oilfield services company SLB and INEOS Energy have established a technology partnership to collaborate on subsurface technologies implementing digital artificial intelligence solutions. INEOS Energy will partner with SLB’s Performance Centre in Aberdeen to collaborate and innovate subsurface techno
Oceaneering International is planning to acquire Exail’s DriX uncrewed surface vessel (USV) as part of its introduction of a new USV service to support remote survey work scopes. Oceaneering announced on 5 September that its Subsea Robotics group was introducing a new USV service that will utilize d
Boskalis has been awarded contracts by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland, classifying the contract value as “large”, which for Boskalis means it is worth more than €300 millio
Horisont Energi has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with energy company PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), part of Poland’s ORLEN Group, under which PUN aims to enter as a partner and operator in the only CO2 exploration license in the Barents Sea. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced
Prysmian Group has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Marinus Link, a subsidiary of the Australian transmission system operator (TSO) TasNetworks, to reserve the capability to deliver a power interconnector project in Australia. The agreement includes the Commonwealth Government underwriti
