Dutch offshore installation contractor Boskalis has won a contract for the Hollandse Kust West Beta wind farm export cable contract by TenneT, in consortium with Orient Cables (NBO). The contract scope comprises the installation of two 65-kilometer…
Norwegian offshore wind vessel operator Edda Wind last Saturday launched Commissioning Service Operation vessel (CSOV) C490 at Astilleros Gondan Shipyard in Spain. The vessel will serve the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK.The newbuild…
Offshore construction company Lamprell has signed a capacity reservation agreement for the construction of transition pieces for wind turbines to be deployed at the Moray West offshore wind farm in the UK.Ocean Winds is developing the Moray West project…
BP, through its BP Ventures, has made a £3 million equity investment in Flylogix – an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) business that uses drones to aid methane detection in the offshore oil and gas industry sector.The financial injection is part of a funding round led by Amati Global Investors…
A consortium formed between GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and New York-based BOND Civil & Utility Construction said Tuesday it had secured a contract from Empire Offshore Wind JV to supply an onshore substation for Empire Wind 1, one of New York’s first offshore wind farm projects…
The Metals Company (TMC), a company extracting battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, said it had together with its strategic partner and shareholder, Allseas, successfully completed deployment and wet-test commissioning of their pilot robotic nodule collector vehicle…
The UK's overall pipeline of offshore wind projects now stands at 86GW, more than eight times the country's current operating capacity, according to a new report from RenewableUK.The UK offshore wind project pipeline includes projects which are fully operational…
GustoMSC said Tuesday it had recently completed model tests on its Tri-Floater semi-submersible floater capable of hosting very large wind turbines. Among other tests, the floater passed the tests involving extreme sea state with a significant wave height of 13…
Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has agreed to acquire Norway-based well intervention specialist Altus Intervention.The company said the acquisition of the well intervention services and down-hole oil & gas technology company, complemented…
Norway's Equinor is ramping up production at its Snorre B platform in the North Sea after shutting it down earlier on Monday following an earthquake, the company told Reuters.'We started on this actually a couple of hours ago already, so we're…
Oilfield services company Petrofac has won two-year operations and late-life asset support contract extension with Spirit Energy in the UK North Sea.Under the contract, Petrofac will provide operations and maintenance support for Spirit Energy’s York platform in the Southern North Sea…
Britain will likely run a North Sea offshore oil and gas licensing round for existing discoveries this year, a spokesperson for the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said on Monday.The OGA, which is changing its name to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…
The Netherlands will significantly ramp up the building of offshore wind farms in coming years, doubling the planned capacity by 2030, in a bid to meet climate goals and reduce its dependence on Russian gas.The government [last Friday announced…
Aker Solutions has completed years-long work to upgrade the drilling and production platform Njord A for client Equinor.'Towing it back to the field has started today, March 22. The project has provided more than 6,000 man-years in Norway and…
Rights group Sherpa has called on French prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged corruption related to the activities of Dutch oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore, it said in a statement on Monday.Sherpa said it had filed a request…