The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has given approval to competitors Shell and TotalEnergies to collaborate on CO2 storage in empty natural-gas fields in the North Sea. Shell and TotalEnergies plan to store CO2 on a large scale as part of the Aramis project, collaborating with
Scana-owned PSW Technology has signed a one-year extension of the frame agreement with Odfjell Drilling for the provision of maintenance and recertification of marine riser and subsea equipment for all of Odfjell’s drilling units. The agreement includes inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) of m
Fugro CEO Mark Heine has taken over as chair of the IRO, the non-profit organization for Dutch suppliers in the offshore energy industry. Heine was presented as the new chair during the celebration of IRO’s 50th anniversary on 23 June. Fugro’s CEO took over from previous chair Pieter van Oord, CEO o
The consortium behind the FLOating RAdar (FLORA) project has held the kick-off meeting to formalize the start of a scheme that will develop and demonstrate an industrial-scale prototype of a multi-purpose ocean station with renewable energy generation and operational oceanography capabilities: the F
TGS has kicked off a new seismic reprocessing project in the Western Margins of the Central North Sea, said to be designed to secure exploration success. The project will see the reprocessing of 3,500 square kilometers of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Se
ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and local authorities have agreed to evaluate the potential for a world-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Chinese Guangdong Province.
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has issued a contract notice covering the delivery of a submarine cable system for the Modular Offshore Grid II (MOG II) grid connection system in the North Sea. The MOG II project includes the construction of a new offshore grid infrastructure to connect ne
XOCEAN has completed surveys of the export cable routes at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea. The campaign collected more than 7,000 kilometers of high-quality data across the inter-array areas and export cable routes in water depths ranging from 0 to 35 meters. The activities
The National Grid has received the 2022 International Edison Award from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) for the North Sea Link (NSL) interconnector between Norway and the UK. Presented annually and selected by a panel of former energy industry executives, the Edison Award is said to be the elect
Modus has secured a contract extension with the Global Marine Group for the delivery of trenching services for cable installation. Modus is currently supplying Global Marine with a jet trencher on board the DP2 cable installation, maintenance and repair vessel CS Recorder to support the laying of po
This week witnessed prominent industry players teaming up worldwide for energy transition projects and decarbonising their production and operations.
The Research Council of Norway has awarded funding for a knowledge-building project that will develop new materials and designs for offshore subsea cable terminations and connectors. The SeaConnect – High voltage subsea connections for resilient renewable offshore grids project is expected to increa
Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring a
Ireland’s Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has launched a technical consultation for the Electricity Interconnection Policy, published in 2018, in order to update it to reflect the developments that took place over the years. Published in July 2018, the National Polic
