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16 March 2023
Contract award Skandi Gamma
The DOF Group is delighted to announce a new four-year firm contract for the PSV Skandi Gamma with current client Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited. The award, which also includes 2 x 1-year options, will commence in direct continuation of the current contract on 1st May 2023. The vessel has been…
15 March 2023
Rem Offshore announce multiple contracts for the companies PSV’s.
Rem Cetus, Rem Insula and Rem Server have been extended for 1 year with Apache North Sea Limited in the UK sector. Rem have had several vessels on charter with Apache over the last years, and the company are proud of continuing this relationship. The extensions show trust and faith…
15 March 2023
The DEA issues permit for preliminary site investigations in the site Nordsøen I
The permit is issued to Energinet who will begin the collection of relevant data and information in the area in second quarter of 2023. On 15 March 2023, the Danish Energy Agency issues permit to the Danish TSO, Energinet, regarding initiation of preliminary site investigations for future offshore wind farms…
15 March 2023
Contracts for Ossian floating offshore wind farm surveys awarded to Fugro and Ocean Infinity
The consortium behind Ossian floating offshore wind farm has awarded the contract for geotechnical investigations to two contractors: Fugro and Ocean Infinity. The Ossian project is being delivered by a partnership of Scottish renewable energy developer SSE Renewables, Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation and Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners…
15 March 2023
New bareboat charters with purchase obligations for two AHTS vessels
Ocean Yield AS (“Ocean Yield” or the “Company”) has entered into an agreement to charter out the two 2013 built AHTS vessels, Far Senator and Normand Statesman on bareboat charters to Viking Supply Ships AB for a period of five years. The Charterer will have purchase options during the charter,…
15 March 2023
Wavepiston and YS Energies Marines Developpement (YS~EMD) sign an agreement to develop a wave energy project in Martinique
The two companies have formed a partnership to co-develop a wave energy project. The project aims to provide clean energy for the local communities.“This agreement could lead to a new frontier of clean energy and clean water in the Caribbean, leveraging the region's abundant wave energy resources and speeding up the…
15 March 2023
All American Marine Delivers Innovative Offshore Wind Survey Vessel for NV5-Geodynamics
All American Marine (AAM) together with Geodynamics, an NV5 company, have announced the delivery of a cutting-edge research and hydrographic survey vessel that will service the growing offshore wind market as well as accomplish many other scientific survey missions. The R/V Shackleford is a 73’ x 26.7’ semi-displacement aluminum catamaran…
14 March 2023
Havila Shipping ASA: Contract extension for PSVs Havila Borg and Havila Herøy with Peterson den Helder BV
Peterson den Helder BV has declared the 12 months optional periods for the PSVs Havila Borg and Havila Herøy. The extended period will end in April 2024.
14 March 2023
Ocean Installer awarded installation contract on the world’s largest offshore floating wind project.
Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for installation of dynamic inter-array cables on Hywind Tampen in Norway. Hywind Tampen is the world’s largest floating wind farm and the first related to the electrification of Oil and Gas assets. The wind farm is estimated to meet about 35% of the…
14 March 2023
Global Wind Energy Ambition Soars as Record Lease Sale Activity Expected for 2023 – New Report
More countries than ever before are planning their first offshore wind lease rounds in 2023. That is according to the Q1 2023 edition of 4C Offshore's Global Market Overview. However, while governments are racing to take those initial steps, project development and Final Investment Decision (FID) delays are putting the…
14 March 2023
Gulf Wind Technology and Shell to Collaborate on Offshore Wind Technology and Workforce Development for the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) announced its next steps in bringing its globally-recognized expertise in wind turbine rotor technology to address challenging wind conditions in the Gulf of Mexico in advance of offshore wind energy development in the region. GWT has strategically partnered with Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell), through…
14 March 2023
Reach Subsea ASA – Strategic three-year frame agreement and two months call-off with Equinor
Reach Subsea ASA has been awarded a three-year frame agreement with Equinor for work on the Norwegian continental shelf and internationally to 2026. The agreement covers the full spectrum of Reach Subsea services. “We are looking forward to continuing our longstanding and fruitful relationship with Equinor, and we are grateful…
14 March 2023
Frosk on stream
Aker BP has announced hat the Frosk field development in the Alvheim area has been successfully completed and production has started on schedule and within budget, only 18 months after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. Frosk is operated by Aker BP, with Vår Energi as partner. “The…
14 March 2023
Fugro and Petrobras pioneer remote subsea inspection survey in Brazil
Fugro and Petrobras have achieved a major milestone in Brazil's offshore energy sector by successfully completing the country's first-ever remote subsea inspection survey. Petrobras staff at Fugro's remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen, Scotland This technology trial was carried out by Fugro in collaboration with Petrobras under an existing multiyear…
13 March 2023
DNV awards AiP for a floating ammonia production unit developed by SWITCH2 and BW Offshore
An industrial scale concept for a floating production unit to produce green ammonia has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, affirming the technical feasibility of the design. The project is now ready to start the Basic Design phase. The so-called NH3 FPSO concept is being developed by Netherland-based SwitchH2…
13 March 2023
Study: RWE and DNV to validate implications of long-distance “wake effects” from large offshore wind clusters
RWE and DNV have now agreed on a scope to conduct a large study assessing the impact of far wakes in offshore wind. The scope of the study asks DNV to validate the effects that RWE experts have identified. RWE models predict that large clusters of offshore wind farms could…
13 March 2023
Welsh Ministers provide final consent for Wales’ pioneering floating wind project
Welsh Ministers have granted a Section 36 consent with deemed planning permission to Blue Gem Wind to build and operate the Erebus project. The news follows the recent decision by Natural Resources Wales to provide the joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group a marine licence. Erebus, Wales’ first…
13 March 2023
VARD secures contract for the design and construction of one Cable Laying Vessel for NCT Offshore
VARD has announced that theVARD 9 01 design has once again been chosen for the construction of a Cable Laying Vessel. The contract for the design and construction of the newbuilding is with NCT Offshore in Denmark. Vard are very proud that yet again a VARD cable layer has been…
13 March 2023
Contract award for the PSV Viking Queen
Eidesvik Offshore ASA has been awarded a contract with Wintershall Dea Norge AS (“Wintershall Dea”) for the vessel Viking Queen. The firm period is 12 months with options for further extensions. The new contract will commence in Q2, 2023. Viking Queen is a dual fuel platform supply vessel also equipped…
13 March 2023
Halliburton Works with Exceed on North Sea Plug & Abandonment Campaign
Halliburton is working closely with Exceed, the largest independent well and reservoir management company, on a six-well integrated plug & abandonment campaign on Centrica Storage’s Rough Alpha platform in the North Sea, scheduled for execution in the first quarter of 2023. The teams are in the midst of extensive planning…
10 March 2023
Contract extension for Viking Princess
Wintershall Dea Norge AS has declared an option to extend the contract for the supply vessel Viking Princess from July 2023 in direct continuation of the current contract, extending the firm period to January 2024. “This contract extension reflects our crew’s high standard of safety and strong operational performance. We…
10 March 2023
Siemens Gamesa to supply 132 RecyclableBlades to RWE’s Sofia offshore wind project
Siemens Gamesa’s industry-leading and multi-award-winning RecyclableBlade has reached another important milestone, having been selected by RWE for 44 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines to be installed at the Sofia offshore wind power project off the east coast of the UK. In 2022, RWE became the first commercial, large-scale offshore…
10 March 2023
G-tec agrees multi-year charter deal for high-tech survey vessel
G-tec agrees multi-year charter deal for high-tech survey vessel Following robust demand as the offshore wind industry continues to grow, DEME’s subsidiary G-tec has signed a multi-year charter agreement with Irish Mainport Holdings for its DP2 survey vessel "Mainport Geo" The new vessel will enable G-tec to further enhance its…
10 March 2023
Briggs Marine Places Order for Maintenance Support Vessel
Briggs Marine, a leading provider of marine services, has placed an order with shipbuilder Freire A/S of Vigo, Spain, for a new Maintenance Support Vessel which is due in service in Q4 2024. This order forms part of Briggs’ continued investment programme to renew and upgrade its fleet to maintain…
10 March 2023
Energean plc First gas from NEA / NI
Energean plc has confirmed that first gas has been safely delivered at North El Amriya and North Idku ("NEA/NI"), offshore Egypt. Highlights: · Gas is being produced from the NEA#6 well. · The remaining three wells are expected to be brought online over the course of 2023 The NEA/NI development,…
9 March 2023
Wintershall Dea initiates first CO2 storage in the Danish North Sea as part of project Greensand
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play a key role in mitigating climate change worldwide as well as in Europe. Denmark is leading the way and assuming a pioneering role among European countries with Project Greensand, as the first storage of CO2 in a reservoir in the Danish North Sea…
9 March 2023
chevron and JERA sign MOU to explore carbon capture and storage projects in United States and Australia
Chevron New Energies (Chevron), a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and JERA Co., Inc. (JERA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for their collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects located in the United States and Australia. This MOU has the potential to expand…
9 March 2023
Completion of Engineering and Design for Morocco Offshore Gas Development Project
Chariot Limited, the Africa focused transitional energy company, is pleased to announce that it has now completed the Front-End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) on the key components of its flagship Anchois gas development project (“Anchois”), offshore Morocco. The Anchois gas field is located within the Lixus Offshore licence area (“Lixus”),…
9 March 2023
Shearwater GeoServices awarded 3D Towed Streamer Survey for KNOC in South Korea
Shearwater GeoServices announced the award of a 3D streamer survey by Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) off the coast of South Korea. The award of the 1,200 sq. km survey marks the third project for the South Korean national oil and gas company. "We are proud to again have been…
9 March 2023
Kraken Robotics Supporting N-Sea with Major Cable Depth of Burial Survey in the North Sea
Kraken Robotics Inc., is pleased to announce that Kraken Robotics is to support subsea solutions provider N-Sea with cable burial survey services during cable inspection and remedial burial campaign for a major interconnecting power cable asset in the North Sea. While contract values cannot be disclosed, Kraken has secured more…
9 March 2023
Well-Safe Solutions supporting decommissioning of bp Kate wells in North Sea
International well decommissioning specialists Well-Safe Solutions is supporting the decommissioning of two suspended wells in bp’s Kate field in the North Sea, 220km from Aberdeen. The programme of work, expected to be executed from the Noble Innovator jack up vessel during Q2 2023, will see Well-Safe Solutions carry out well…
8 March 2023
Comprehensive FPSO contract to Aibel
Aibel has won a contract for tasks related to the completion of Shell’s Penguins floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility. The Penguins FPSO was constructed in China and arrived at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund for completion in early February. Aibel’s contract with Fluor includes preparation for arrival, temporary construction…
8 March 2023
The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland launch first market engagement on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage
The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have today started the first round of formal engagement with developers on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). The two organisations have issued a joint survey to industry stakeholders to explore and understand market requirements for future seabed and subsurface carbon store development.Full…
8 March 2023
Maersk Supply Service wins 3-year contract with Petrobras in Brazil
Petrobras has signed three of Maersk Supply Service’s L-class anchor handlers for a three-year period, covering a broad work scope of anchoring handling activities and rig movements. Maersk Leader, Maersk Launcher and Maersk Lancer have been delivered in Brazil. This now sees twelve vessels from the Maersk Supply Service fleet…
8 March 2023
Hellenic Cables signs the contract for the electrical interconnections of Lavrio-Serifos and Serifos-Milos
Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, signed a contract with IPTO, in the context of the 4th phase of Cyclades interconnection with the continental Electricity Transmission System, concerning the electrical interconnections of Lavrio-Serifos and Serifos-Milos, Greece, with a total length of 170 km. More precisely, the "turnkey" project…
8 March 2023
Wintershall Dea and Fluxys jointly investigate options for transport of CO2
Wintershall Dea and Fluxys are jointly cooperating on a cross-border CO2 pipeline network connecting southern Germany and Belgium. The two companies just signed a cooperation agreement to this effect. CO2 emissions from industrial clusters in southern Germany are to be transported to the German-Belgian border via the planned pipeline network.…
8 March 2023
The installation of ISWEC (Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter) off the coast of Pantelleria has been completed
Eni announces that it has completed the installation of the world's first ISWEC (Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter) device connected to the electricity grid of an island. It is located about 800 metres off the coast of the island of Pantelleria and can reach 260 kilowatts of peak power generation…
8 March 2023
Offshore is back: More than $200 billion of greenfield investments expected by 2025
The offshore oil and gas (O&G) sector is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years, with $214 billion of new project investments lined up. Rystad Energy research shows that annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) broke the $100 billion threshold in 2022 and will break…
7 March 2023
Valaris Announces Contract Awards
Valaris Limited announced new contracts awarded subsequent to issuing the Company’s most recent fleet status report on February 21, 2023. Three-year contract with Petrobras for drillship VALARIS DS-8. The rig will be reactivated for this contract. The total contract value is approximately $500 million, including a $30 million mobilization fee.…
7 March 2023
EDF Renewables, Jan De Nul and Luminus partner up for an offshore wind project in Belgium
EDF Renewables, Jan De Nul Group and Luminus have partnered up to bid for a commercial-scale offshore wind tender for the first phase of the Princess Elisabeth Zone in Belgium. The Princess Elisabeth Zone is an area identified by the federal government to increase Belgium’s local renewable electricity production by…
7 March 2023
BOA awarded major contract
BOA are very pleased to share that BOA has been awarded a major contract by TM Edison, a joint venture between Jan De Nul and DEME, for the launching of 23 concrete caissons for the world’s first energy Island, Princess Elisabeth Island, located in the Belgian part of the North…
7 March 2023
X1 Wind’s X30 floating wind prototype delivers first kWh
X1 Wind has announced that its X30 floating wind prototype, installed in the Canary Islands, successfully produced its first kWh. The milestone marks the world’s only floating wind platform currently installed with a TLP mooring system, which dramatically reduces the environmental footprint and improves compatibility with other sea uses. It…
7 March 2023
Petrobras and Equinor sign agreement to evaluate seven offshore wind projects in Brazil
During CERAWeek, Petrobras and Equinor have signed a letter of intent that expands the cooperation between the two companies to assess seven offshore wind power generation projects. The letter of intent expands the cooperation between the two companies to assess the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of seven offshore wind…
6 March 2023
Offshore wind contracts
The three contracts, with firm periods totalling 370 days, will increase the Company’s contracted revenue by a total of approximately A$30 million and provide for additional potential revenue of approximately A$15 million (from 180 days in additional option periods). In March 2023 the MMA Pinnacle will mobilise from Singapore to…
6 March 2023
RWE appoints local Humber based firm to commence Grimsby Hub construction works
WE has appointed Humber-based firm Hobson & Porter to complete the construction of its new state-of-the-art operations & maintenance facility known as the Grimsby Hub. The multi-million pound contract includes an extension to the existing Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm operations base located at Grimsby’s Royal Dock, and includes the…
6 March 2023
Ørsted joins Global Offshore Wind Alliance to help governments reach full potential of offshore wind
Ørsted becomes the first energy company to join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) to support a faster deployment of offshore wind and create a global community of action. GOWA is a new global organisation that brings together governments, the private sector, international organisations, and other stakeholders to accelerate the…
6 March 2023
Contract awards DOF Subsea Brasil
DOF Subsea is pleased to announce that Petrobras has exercised an option for the diving support vessel Skandi Achiever, including ROV and diving services. The new commitment will now run until February 2024 and has commenced in direct continuation with the current commitment. In addition, to the newly announced contract…
6 March 2023
IOG plc Blythe H2 well spud
IOG plc confirms that the Blythe H2 well was spudded at 3.20am on Sunday 5th March. The well is being drilled by the Noble Hans Deul jack-up drilling rig (to be renamed the Shelf Perseverance) under IOG's contract with Shelf Drilling (UK) Ltd signed in 2020. As with previous IOG…
3 March 2023
TenneT selects NKT and Prysmian for world’s largest offshore cable systems to connect increasing Dutch offshore wind volumes
NKT and Prysmian will install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for Dutch 2 GW projects to be completed between 2028 and 2030 Innovative cooperation between TenneT and cable suppliers leads to new global market standard for 525 kV XLPE HVDC offshore cables, reconfirming TenneT’s position as the front…
3 March 2023
Equinor acquires Suncor Energy UK
Equinor UK Limited has signed an agreement to acquire Suncor Energy UK Limited for a total consideration of USD 850 million. The transaction includes a non-operated interest in the producing Buzzard oil field (29.89%), an additional operated interest in the Rosebank development (40%) and Suncor employees based in the UK…