Suomen Hyötytuuli has performed test dredging at the site of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project, where the company plans to build a 600+ MW expansion to the existing 44.3 MW offshore wind farm, the world’s first built and operating in frozen sea conditions. The test dredging was car
Australian energy giant Woodside Energy has awarded TechnipFMC with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract to support ongoing production from an LNG project in Australia. Under the contract described as “significant”, TechnipFMC will design, manufactu
Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric has kicked off the construction of its subsea cable factory in Scotland, set to supply critical elements for the reinforcement of the UK electricity transmission grid and for connecting renewable energy production facilities to the grid. Sumitomo Electric held t
This is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Offshore Energy news site and the organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The registration period for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2024 (OEEC 2024) in Amsterdam is now open. Early-
Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions is about to kick off a cable route survey in the UK for the LionLink multi-purpose interconnector that will connect the UK with the Netherlands. LionLink, being developed by the Dutch TenneT and the UK’s National Grid, will connect a Dutch offshore wind farm wit
AGR, part of energy and marine consultancy group ABL Group, has been appointed to perform an independent third-party storage evaluation of Wintershall Dea and Altera Infrastructure’s CO2 storage license offshore Norway. The two companies were awarded the carbon capture and storage (CCS) license to d
The new cable factory Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) built in Eemshaven is preparing for full operation as the company completed a type test run in March, producing a three power core-type test cable, and with the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) delivered by PASSER now commissioned and undergoing final
Subsea Integration Alliance, a strategic alliance between OneSubsea and Subsea7, has secured a contract deemed as “large” with the Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for a natural gas project in the Black Sea in Türkiye. An initial contract was awarded in May 2023 to a consortium
UK-based providers of tech-powered offshore wind solutions Rovco and Vaarst are planning to recruit over 150 specialist subsea roles across their offices by the end of 2025. Rovco unveiled its intention to recruit over 100 new roles across its Aberdeen and Edinburgh offices by the end of 2025 to sup
Texas-headquartered subsea engineering and applied technology company Oceaneering International is set to integrate technology from a local firm that aims to “enhance its capabilities in ocean data management and visualization”. Terradepth, an Austin-based provider of ocean data management solutions
UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured a contract with a Mexican subsea company for the delivery of one of its work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROV). FET reported that its Subsea Technologies product line had won a contract from AQUA Exploracion for one of its Ultra Compact Perry XLX
James Fisher Decommissioning has completed its largest decommissioning project to date for a “major” operator in the Gulf of Thailand.
The first-ever energy link between the UK and Germany is moving into the next stage of construction as foundation works are underway on a new UK converter station. The €2.8 billion NeuConnect project will see new converter stations built on the Isle of Grain in Kent and the Wilhelmshaven region in n
Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has released its latest standard for hybrid thermoplastic composite flexible pipes (TCPs) intending to facilitate the integration of innovative technologies, such as carbon fiber armor, into flexible riser designs. DNV’s latest standard, DNV-ST-F2
