Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has awarded compatriot Island Drilling with a well plugging contract on the fields it operates on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), while Archer and Baker Hughes Norge have won contracts for full-range delivery of plugging services.
Northern Lights joint venture (JV) partners Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies have made a final investment decision (FID) to progress phase two of the namesake CO2 transport and storage development. This will increase the project’s transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million to over 5 million ton
The feasibility stage management plan for Ørsted’s Gippsland offshore wind farms 1 and 2 has been approved by Australia’s Offshore Infrastructure Regulator (OIR). The management plan details how activities will be safely carried out in compliance with the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act (OEI
UK-headquartered CRP Subsea, part of AIS, has been appointed to deliver distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) for a natural gas development off the Eastern Mediterranean coast. The DBMs will be deployed on dynamic umbilical and mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) risers, which connect to a floating production,
The Danish Energy Agency has received applications from 16 companies in the call for its third fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, with DKK 28.7 billion (around $4.1 billion) available to help Denmark in its path to climate neutrality. The CCS Fund will cover the costs of capture, tr
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group and Dutch integrated subsea solutions service provider N-Sea Group have signed a seven-year framework agreement for rapid response maintenance and repair of submarine cables. The collaboration targets enhanced energy security, bolstering the resilience of subma
U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has secured an enterprise framework agreement (EFA) with the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell for engineering and procurement services and integrated project management team services (IPMT).
American oilfield services company NOV and Brazilian state-owned energy firm Petrobras have signed a pre-commercial agreement for the development of flexible pipes designed for high CO2 deepwater applications. The collaboration, formalized with the signature of an agreement in February, focuses on c
SPIE Wind Connect, part of SPIE, has been awarded a contract by Van Oord for the termination and testing of inter-array cables on the offshore wind farm that Ecowende will build at Hollandse Kust (west) lot VI in the Netherlands. The project scope involves the termination and testing of 52 66 kV int
An Allseas vessel has commenced offshore works for the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands with an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the pipeline route, seen as one of several important pre-lay activities before pipeline installation. Allseas’ purpose-buil
Shortly after reporting an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract with Equinor in Norway, TechnipFMC has secured another one, this time with Shell in Brazil, worth over $1 billion. The iEPCI contract has been awarded for Shell’s Gato do Mato greenfield d
Nexans has secured a major framework agreement, valued above EUR 1 billion, with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) for the design, manufacturing, and supply of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cables for offshore wind farms in France. The framework agreement covers the supply, installation,
Norwegian vessel operator Sea1 Offshore, ex-Siem Offshore, has placed an order with Chinese shipyard Cosco Shipping for an additional two next-generation offshore energy support vessels (OESVs), sisters to the two ordered at the end of 2024. Sea1 Offshore placed the order for the first two OESVs wit
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has fitted two of its new cable-laying vessels (CLVs) Monna Lisa and Marco Polo with wave monitoring technology from Miros. According to Miros, by integrating the WaveSystem and Miros Cloud technology, the vessels will benefit from improved situational awarenes
