Offshore Europe News - page 78


Potential Nord Stream 2 Bankruptcy Deemed ‘Theft’ by Russia

Jan 14, 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the potential bankruptcy or sale of the operator of the completed but never launched Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would amount to 'theft'.Lavrov, speaking at a news conference in Moscow…

Europe's Wind Farms Set to Produce More Power Than Coal in 2025

Jan 14, 2025

Europe's wind farms could produce more electricity than the region's coal-fired power plants for the first time in 2025 if the recent pace of output growth in wind production and output cuts in coal generation extends through the year.Total…

Bibby Marine Inks Shipbuilding Contract for eCSOV with Spanish Shipyard

Jan 14, 2025

Bibby Marine has signed a new shipbuilding contract with Spanish shipyard Armon to build its electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) for offshore wind industry.The eCSOV will feature a battery system complemented by dual-fuel…

Aker BP Bites Dust in North Sea

Jan 14, 2025

Aker BP and its partner Concedo have drilled a dry well near the Bøyla field in the North Sea.The well, 24/12-8 S or ‘Rumpetroll South’, is a follow-up to the discovery made in well 24/9-13 – ‘Rumpetroll’, in 2019.Both wells are located in production license 869…

Israeli Firm Hires Assistance to Advance Portuguese Wave Energy Project

Jan 13, 2025

Eco Wave Power has engaged Portuguese engineering firm MOQ Engineering to perform the final design and load calculations for its wave energy project in Portugal’s city of Porto.The collaboration with MOQ will focus on delivering the final civil…

SMD and Beam Go Deeper for AI-Driven Autonomous Offshore Wind Inspections

Jan 13, 2025

High-tech offshore wind services provider Beam has bought Quantum EV remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, setting out plans to equip it with an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system to improve its operational scope and offshore wind farm servicing…

Galp Names CEO Team Following Silva’s Resignation

Jan 13, 2025

Galp has appointed two members of its board as interim Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) following the resignation of Filipe Silva.Galp’s Board of Directors unanimously appointed its board members Maria João Carioca (CFO) and João Diogo Marques…

Russia Accuses Ukraine for Attempted Attack on TurkStream Gas Pipeline

Jan 13, 2025

Russia said on Monday it had downed nine Ukrainian drones that tried to attack part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Turkey and Europe.The Russian defence ministry said the attack was aimed…

Solstad Offshore’s CSV Gets Multi-Year Contract

Jan 13, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded a three-year contract with an international contractor for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Frontier.The firm contract has an immediate startup and will keep the Normand Frontier fully committed until end 2027…

DEME, Van Oord Secure Offshore Wind Work in Taiwan

Jan 13, 2025

DEME and Van Oord have secured separate contracts from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for installation works at the 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan.DEME, through its Taiwanese joint venture CDWE, has been awarded a substantial…

Portugal Selects Four Offshore Wind Farm Sites Ahead of Auction

Jan 10, 2025

Portugal's government has approved four areas in the Atlantic Ocean where offshore wind farms can be installed, moving a step closer to launching the first licensing auction of offshore capacity, which it plans this year.Two of the areas are off the coast of Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal…

Technical Issue Shuts Down BP’s Caspian Sea Gas Platform

Jan 10, 2025

BP said on Friday it had suspended the work of its Shah Deniz Alfa (SDA) platform after detecting a technical issue at the subsea gas condensate export line between the platform and the Sangachal terminal.'All people on the platform are safe and there is no environmental impact…

Kazakhstan Orders Kashagan Oil Field Operator to Pay $6.6M Fine

Jan 10, 2025

A court in Kazakhstan has fined the operator of the giant Kashagan oilfield 3.5 billion tenge ($6.64 million) for environmental violations, such as excessive gas flaring, local media reported.The group, which includes Shell, Eni, TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil…

NextGeo Scoops $27.8M for North Sea Offshore Wind Surveys

Jan 10, 2025

Marine geosciences and offshore construction support services firm Next Geosolutions has been hired by TenneT under a $27.8 million contract to conduct an unexploded ordnances (UXO) survey off the Dutch coast, in support of the development of offshore wind farms…

Equinor Hires Subsea7 for Work Offshore Norway

Jan 09, 2025

Subsea 7 has secured contract by Equinor for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) option for the Fram Sør development project, offshore Norway.The study will finalize…

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