German gas grid operator Open Grid Europe (OGE) has joined its Spanish, French, and Portuguese counterparts as a promoter of the European H2Med green hydrogen project. During the event ‘H2Med, an example of European energy cooperation’ at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin, OGE signed a memorandum of und
Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has been appointed by RWE to complete a geophysical survey off the Danish coast, where RWE will build the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm. Up to three survey vessels will be deployed to carry out a detailed pre-construction survey including a search for unexplode
Hartshead Resources NL and its joint venture partner RockRose have launched an invitation to tender for pipeline EPCI services for the Anning and Somerville fields located in the Southern North Sea, following completion of the pipeline route survey covering the offtake routes for gas production from
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is urging the Australian government for a major shakeup of government policy and regulation of the dismantling, processing, recycling and disposal of offshore oil and gas infrastructure. MUA, alongside Macquarie University’s Centre for Energy and Natural Resourc
All offshore survey campaigns have been completed across the Pentland floating offshore wind farm’s site area and cable corridor in Scotland. “This is a significant milestone for any offshore wind development, and we are pleased to have safely and successfully completed a number of survey and monito
Aker BP and OMV have completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over their carbon capture and storage (CCS) license area in the Norwegian North Sea. Norwegian seismic company PGS with its vessel Ramform Atlas carried out the campaign over the Poseidon CCS license located approximately 100 kilo
The final investment decision (FID) has been made for the Porthos CO2 storage project – the first such project in the Netherlands, allowing construction to start next year. Porthos, a joint venture of EBN, Gasunie, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority, will provide transport and storage services to s
Norway’s energy giant Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the subsea tie-back of the Eirin gas field in Norwegian waters. The scope covers the installation of structures, flexibles, umbilical, seabed rectification, t
Reach Subsea is set to begin a cable route seabed survey later this month for SSEN Transmission’s HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The survey activities will be carried out in the North Sea and Outer Moray Firth for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. Survey vessel Viking Reach is ex
Eni and the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have reached an agreement in principle on the key terms and conditions for the economic, regulatory, and governance model for the transportation and storage of CO2 at the HyNet North West industrial CCS cluster. Principle
Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro has opened a new geotechnical testing laboratory in Taiwan to cater to the offshore wind market and energy and infrastructure sectors. In 2020, Fugro established the Fugro IOVTEC joint venture with IOVTEC Co., Ltd. to support its business expansion in Taiwan’s offshor
UK well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions is targeting carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects with the appointment of the company’s first energy transition manager. Well-Safe announced on 17 October that it is adding CCUS as well as geothermal project capabilities to its offerin
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has completed the manufacturing of cables for the submarine power interconnection between Egypt and Saudi Arabia – the first-ever large-scale link between the Middle East and North Africa. Prysmian secured the contract worth about €221 million with the Egyptian Electri
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded compatriot offshore oil and gas services provider Ocyan with a contract to carry out the revitalization of a network of gas pipelines in the Campos Basin. The contract, valued at approximately $317.49 million, is expected to last four and
