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29 March 2023
Enbridge's joint venture, and EDF Renewables, selected to develop France's largest offshore wind farm
Enbridge Inc. has welcomed the decision by French government to select EDF Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the French utility EDF Group, and Maple Power, the Company's joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), to develop the future Normandy offshore wind farm (Centre Manche 1), with an…
29 March 2023
The World’s First Wind Fishing Integrated Design Receives Authoritative Certification
Recently, the world’s first floating wind fishing integrated platform design developed by China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corporation Limited of CHN ENERGY based on the Group Company’s scientific and technological project “R&D and Engineering Demonstration of Floating Offshore Wind Power Key Technologies” was awarded the Approval in Principle (AIP) Certificate…
28 March 2023
New well starts production in the Atlanta Field
Enauta Participações S.A. announces that the company has successfully concluded the interconnection of the new well in the Atlanta Field, 7-ATL-5H-RJS (“5H”) to the FPSO Petrojarl I. The well is still in the production ramp-up phase, which should end by the end of this week. The current production is of 9.7…
28 March 2023
Purus Wind signs order with Damen Shipyards for eight, low-emission vessels for wind farm operations
Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the build and delivery of eight new vessels. Four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid and three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) and one, 90-metre Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The FCS…
28 March 2023
How new business models are boosting momentum on CCUS
2022 was a strong year for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS). More than 140 new projects were announced, increasing planned storage capacity by 80%, and capture capacity by 30%. CCUS projects were announced in seven additional countries, in central and southern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, bringing…
28 March 2023
Harbour's Talbot development has been approved
Harbour Energy has received approval to proceed with its 18 million barrel Talbot development in the North Sea, with production due online in late 2024.Full story here
28 March 2023
MDL supports DOF offshore Gabon
MDL has supported DOF Subsea on a field redevelopment scope offshore Gabon. A complete MDL flex-lay spread, consisting of a Horizontal Lay System (HLS) with the TTS-4/140 Series Tensioner, and a Generation 3 Reel Drive System, was mobilised on the Skandi Constructor. The scope covered recovery and installation of umbilicals…
28 March 2023
Aker Solutions awarded Åsgård B Berling tie-back project
Aker Solutions has been awarded a sizeable[1] contract by Equinor to tie back the two gas fields, previously known as Iris and Hades, now named Berling, to the Åsgard B platform. The Berling tie-in to Åsgard B is an EPCIC project, comprising engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning. The purpose…
28 March 2023
Money on the table: M&A boom in SE Asia to see $5 billion of upstream assets for sale
Southeast Asia will be a hotbed for upstream mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the next two years, with more than $5 billion of assets up for grabs, Rystad Energy research shows. The bulk of these opportunities are in Indonesia, where upwards of $2 billion of assets are on the market,…
27 March 2023
Decom Engineering makes the cut in Congo decommissioning project success
Decom Engineering’s (Decom) specialist cutting technology has been successfully deployed on a decommissioning project offshore West Africa. Decom deployed its C1-24 chop saw in water depths of up to 1,050 metres as part of an operation to recover a jumper connector on behalf of Total Energies in the Gulf of…
27 March 2023
ABL Group to support Aker BP on area developments
ABL Group (ABL) has been awarded a contract by Aker BP to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP-Fenris offshore field development projects. ABL’s operation in Norway, based in Stavanger, has been appointed to provide marine warranty services for the transportation and installation operations relating…
27 March 2023
Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn Awarded exclusivity to develop up to 1.9 GW of floating offshore wind in Scotland
Leading developers and owners of offshore wind projects Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have been awarded exclusivity by Crown Estate Scotland for areas to develop a total of up to 1.9 GW of floating offshore wind capacity across two projects, Green Volt and…
27 March 2023
OX2 to develop an offshore energy hub outside the coast of southern Sweden
OX2 has initiated the development of the offshore energy hub Neptunus in southern Baltic Sea. The energy hub is estimated to have a total installed capacity of 1.9 GW and will produce both electricity and hydrogen. The project will be included in OX2’s project development portfolio for the first quarter,…
24 March 2023
Westwood Insight – UK fiscal regime to amplify North Sea rig exodus
Since the UK Government announced a further 10% hike to the UK Energy Profits Levy (EPL) – also known as the windfall tax – which took the headline tax rate for UK oil and gas producers to 75% and delayed the closing date until 2028, there has been a steady…
24 March 2023
INTOG: 13 projects selected to support green innovation and help decarbonise North Sea
Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment in innovative offshore wind projects in Scottish waters, as well as…
24 March 2023
Kaskasi: RWE offshore wind farm commences regular operation
The RWE wind farm Kaskasi, located around 35 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland, officially commenced regular operation in the presence of Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. With an installed capacity of 342 megawatts (MW), Kaskasi can supply the equivalent of over 400,000…
24 March 2023
Green light for EnBW He Dreiht offshore wind farm
The final investment decision clears the way for the start of construction of EnBW’s largest offshore wind farm to date, with an installed capacity of 960 megawatts (MW). “The final investment decision for the construction of our He Dreiht offshore wind farm is an important milestone in accelerating the energy…
24 March 2023
Talos Energy and its Partners Announce Submission of Unit Development Plan for Zama Project in Mexico
Talos Energy Inc. and the other Zama Unit Holders Wintershall Dea, Harbour Energy plc ("Harbour") and Petróleos Mexicanos ("Pemex"), announced that on March 23, 2023, Pemex, as operator, submitted the Zama Unit Development Plan ("UDP") to Mexico's National Commission of Hydrocarbons ("CNH") for formal approval. An Integrated Project Team ("IPT")…
24 March 2023
Hess Selects Halliburton Well Construction Suite to Implement Digital Wells
Halliburton Company announced that Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) has selected Halliburton Landmark’s DecisionSpace® 365 Well Construction applications powered by iEnergy® Hybrid Cloud to plan, design, and construct safe, cost effective, and productive wells. DecisionSpace 365 applications empower an agile enterprise and bring planning, design, and operations together to create a…
23 March 2023
Africa and Europe set to be the dynamos for the global green hydrogen economy
Africa’s total announced electrolyzer pipeline capacity has reached 114 gigawatts (GW), with 61% of this tied to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Rystad Energy analysis. This African region has an announced electrolyzer pipeline of about 70GW, with Mauritania covering 50% of the total, followed by South Africa and Namibia.…
23 March 2023
Orbital Marine Power unveils new 30MW tidal energy project in Orkney waters
Orbital Marine Power (Orbital), the renewable energy company focused on the commercial deployment of its innovative floating tidal turbine technology, announced it has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. Orkney-headquartered Orbital also confirmed it has a grid…
23 March 2023
RWE underlines commitment to floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea through new ‘Vision’ document
RWE, the world’s second largest offshore wind player and largest generator of clean power in Wales, has unveiled its vision for the future of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea region and the opportunities it presents from new large-scale, commercial projects. Entitled “RWE’s Vision for the Celtic Sea”, the…
23 March 2023
GreenIT and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to develop three floating offshore wind farms in Italy with 2 GW capacity
GreenIT, the Italian renewable energy joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and CDP Equity (CDP Group), and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Flagship Funds have signed an agreement to develop three floating offshore wind projects in Latium and Sardinia. The plants will be located on average roughly 30 km off…
22 March 2023
Spark Renewables, Simply Blue Group and Subsea 7 partner to pursue floating offshore wind development in New South Wales, Australia
A leading local developer in Australia, Spark Renewables, together with international floating offshore wind developer Simply Blue Group and global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and services, Subsea7, have formed a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development off the coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in…
22 March 2023
DeepOcean charters offshore support vessel
Ocean services provider DeepOcean strengthens its offering to the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries by entering a two-year time charter agreement for the Olympic Ares multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV). DeepOcean is chartering the Olympic Ares from Fosnavaag-based shipowner Olympic Subsea. The vessel is a modern construction support vessel…
22 March 2023
Havfram Wind to install turbines at Ørsted`s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm
Ørsted, global offshore wind leader, has appointed Havfram Wind to install turbines at its Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm, starting autumn 2026. Havfram Wind will be utilizing one of its newly built NG20000X Jack-Up Wind Turbine Installation vessels (WTIV) with a 3.250-ton crane. Hornsea 3 will consist of up to 231…
22 March 2023
Launch of Brigg Vind heralds new era for Norwegian offshore wind power
Vårgrønn, Å Energi and Corio Generation cement their commitment to the Norwegian offshore wind market - which they believe could reach 50 GW by 2050 - with the launch of Brigg Vind. Leading Norwegian renewable energy developers Vårgrønn and Å Energi, together with global offshore wind specialist Corio Generation, today…
22 March 2023
Celtic Sea Success for Apollo
Apollo are pleased to announce the successful contract award from Celtic Sea Power of the pre-FEED contract for the 400MW Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone Multi-connection Offshore Substation (PDZ MOS) and 2x 1GW MOS’s targeting The Crown Estate Refined Area of Search (RAoS) A. Located 19 km off the Pembrokeshire coast, the…
22 March 2023
Funding for development of floating offshore substation
The international partnership merges two decades of offshore wind experience from fixed-bottom offshore substations with naval architecture expertise. It seeks to bring a reliable and cost-effective floating offshore substation concept to the market. Funding to further develop a floating offshore substation (FOSS) concept has been secured by Semco Maritime, ISC…
21 March 2023
TWP settles upon final names for its ScotWind offshore wind farms
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium founded by DEME Concessions, Qair and Aspiravi, has announced the final names for its two ScotWind projects. The 1GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm will be located off the coast of Stonehaven, lying 44km out from the landmark of Bowdun Head and covering an area…
21 March 2023
Aker BP moving ahead with nine of ten PDO projects
Aker BP has notified the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy that the company has acceded to all the Plans for Development and Operation submitted in December 2022, except from one. The Troldhaugen project in the Edvard Grieg area, which represents around four percent of the net estimated resources in…
21 March 2023
PXGEO awarded 3D OBN project in Brazil
PXGEO has secured a contract with the Sépia Consortium for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Santos Basin, Brazil. The survey is to be acquired in water depths to 2300m with a duration of approximately 4 months. PXGEO Executive Chairman Peter Zickerman stated: “This will be our…
21 March 2023
CGG, TGS and BGP Complete Phase IV of 3D Multi-Client Survey Offshore Suriname
CGG, a global technology and HPC leader, in a consortium with TGS and BGP, announced the completion of Phase IV of the deepwater 3D seismic survey offshore Suriname. Fast-track products for this recently completed Phase IV will be ready for review towards the middle of this year, with the final…
21 March 2023
Edda Wind ASA : New Contracts
Edda Wind has signed contracts with Vestas for work in 2024 and 2025 totaling at least 750 days firm work with options for extension of each work scope. The contracts have been signed at rates above levels recorded in recent years and within the range of dayrates forecasted by analysts…
21 March 2023
Successful cable pull-in of the Shetland HVDC Link
NKT and SSEN Transmission have reached a major milestone in the installation of the Shetland HVDC Link with the successful pull-in of the 320 kV HVDC power cable. The pull-in is a significant milestone in connecting Shetland to the national electricity grid for the first time as the next section…
20 March 2023
Argeo signs survey contract with Stromar Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore service company Argeo has signed a survey contract with Stromar, a consortium made up of Ørsted, Renantis and BlueFloat Energy. The contract will start in Q3 2023. Stromar has awarded Argeo a contract to conduct a geophysical survey in the project’s development area, located in the Moray Firth off…
20 March 2023
Jan De Nul kicks off Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3
Jan De Nul Group announces that it has officially started the T&I contract for the construction of Ørsted’s 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. A first batch of 3 monopile foundations has left Steelwind’s yard in Nordenham (Germany) to Eemshaven…
20 March 2023
Lhyfe and Centrica to develop offshore renewable green hydrogen
Lhyfe and Centrica have agreed to jointly develop offshore renewable green hydrogen in the UK in a first for the country. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that could accelerate green hydrogen as part of the energy transition in the UK. Under the agreement, Lhyfe and Centrica…
20 March 2023
Loke acquires deep sea mineral licences in the Pacific Ocean
Loke Marine Minerals has announced the acquisition of deep-sea mineral business UK Seabed Resources (UKSR). UKSR holds a 100% interest in two deep sea mineral licences located in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ("CCZ") in the Pacific Ocean, sponsored by the United Kingdom (“UK”). The licences are issued by the International Seabed…
20 March 2023
Call for Innovations in offshore wind – RWE launches global Innovation Competition 2023
RWE, one of the world leaders in offshore wind, has launched its second annual Innovation Competition. The company is looking for solutions in the domains of ecology, system integration and circularity in offshore wind. RWE is dedicated to exploring and supporting innovative solutions that can both accelerate the pace of…
17 March 2023
Powering forward – White Cross Section 36 and Marine Licence application submitted for offshore consent
White Cross project has reached a milestone, having recently submitted the offshore consent to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), incorporating both Section 36 and Marine Licence applications. Located 52.5km north-west of Hartland Point, off the coast of North Devon in the Celtic Sea, the White Cross project will consist of…
17 March 2023
DNV embarks on multi-year project to support KEPCO's plan to bring zero-carbon offshore wind power to South Korea
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, is assisting KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) Research Institute in the development of a long-term offshore power grid plan to deliver renewable offshore wind power to South Korea. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-2025.As technical advisor, DNV will develop a…
17 March 2023
Sustainable retrofit of offshore ships completed
Green Yard Kleven has completed and delivered two retrofit projects for the Brazilian shipowner Oceanica. Oceanicasub Vlll and Oceanicasub lX have been rebuilt from offshore supply vessels to advanced offshore vessels for ROV- and crane operations. - Both rebuilding projects were largely based on reused equipment and focused on sustainability…
17 March 2023
Eidesvik Offshore and Reach Subsea complete the acquisition of Viking Reach
The Joint Venture between Eidesvik Offshore ASA (“Eidesvik”) and Reach Subsea ASA (“Reach”) has today completed the acquisition of Subsea IMR vessel Viking Reach. The purchase price for the vessel was USD 29 million. Going forward the vessel will be managed and operated by Eidesvik. As announced in the stock…
17 March 2023
The opportunities of multi-contracting but the challenges it presents
Clarksons have recently seen a number of US developers making the decision to proactively pursue a multi-contracting route for the construction of offshore wind farms. This strategy has been driven by a desire for better visibility on both risk and costs than that offered by the more traditional option of…
17 March 2023
ORE Catapult enables clean maritime innovation to surge ahead in offshore wind sector
£2.7m funding success for offshore wind projects to drive forward maritime decarbonisation The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is driving forward decarbonisation in the maritime industry after winning two projects in the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) round 2, funded by the Department for Transport, and delivered in partnership with…
16 March 2023
Worlds first ‘in Air’ Offshore Vessel Power & Charging System Completes Successful Harbour Trials
The UK’s leading marine electrical engineering company – MJR Power and Automation, together with their project partners Blackfish Engineering and Tidal Transit announce the successful harbour trials of its platform mounted automated offshore power and charging system, set to revolutionise the marine sector by enabling the transition to heavy hybrid…
16 March 2023
Dogger Bank Wind Farm officially celebrates its Operations and Maintenance Base opening
The local community and distinguished guests including Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Graham Stuart MP, gathered to celebrate the official opening of the O&M base for Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. 150 employees and guests gathered in South Tyneside to christen…
16 March 2023
Shell takes investment decision at Dover in US Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Dover, a planned subsea tieback to the Shell-operated Appomattox production hub in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Dover is expected to start production in late 2024-early 2025 and produce up to 21,000 barrels…
16 March 2023
Aker Solutions selects TUBACEX as a delivery partner for umbilical tubes for key projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
An order intake for a sum of more than €70 million is one of the most significant deals in the umbilicals market. Solidifying TUBACEX’s technological position as a supplier of advanced industrial solutions for energy and mobility sectors. As a result of collaboration between both companies, TUBACEX will deliver Aker…