Dutch firm Jan De Nul Group and Belgium's Smulders worked together to build two gravity-based foundations (GBF) for the high voltage station of the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak. The foundations, weighing 10,000-tonne and 8000-tonne each…
Statoil has awarded a contract to Younicos, a provider of smart energy and grid solutions based on battery storage, to deliver a 1MW battery system that will be connected to Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm. The purpose of the battery storage solution project…
German cable firm NKT is testing power cables for a wave power project in Norway. For the project in Norway, NKT has developed a dynamic 1 kV cable as well as a semi-dynamic 24 kV export cable for power export. The cables are currently…
McDermott International has received a fifth contract award under an existing agreement from Saudi Aramco for work on the Safaniya field onshore and offshore Saudi Arabia. Under the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract…
Noble Energy has chosen Gate Energy to provide facility commissioning for the Leviathan platform offshore Israel. The scope includes topside commissioning planning, onshore commissioning execution and offshore commissioning services of the production platform…
New tax measures aimed at making it more attractive for North Sea oil and gas assets to change hands have been welcomed by industry. In his Budget statement made in the UK Parliament yesterday (22 November), the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond…
Norway's Siem Offshore says it's in negotiations with a potential buyer for its Siem Offshore Contractors cable lay business as it prepares for 'an extended downturn in the offshore supply market.' The firm is trying two separate moves to improve its finances…
Wintershall and its partners have been given the green light to start production next month from the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea. Maria development. Source: Wintershall. The development…
Dutch firm OOS Energy, part of OOS International Group, has revealed a new vessel concept, the Multi Activity Unit (MAU), a self-propelled, dynamically positioned jackup capable of performing a wide range of services. OOS Energy says…
Workers at a fabrication yard in Scotland will continue working without pay so that their employer can complete a contract, according to the BBC. Burnt Island Fabrications, or BiFab, in Fife, told staff yesterday it didn't have enough cash to pay them…
Industry conditions remained challenging; but awards to market are expected to increase in 1H 2018, says subsea contractor Subsea 7, echoing optimism indicated by rival TechnipFMC last month. The firm's boss, CEO Jean Cahuzac, says: 'Although the market environment remains challenging…
UK subsea company Rovco has been awarded a three-year contract to support one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms, Gwynt y Môr, which lies 8mi off the coast of North Wales in the UK. Rovco will be providing an underwater ROV 3D visual survey solution…
UK-based oil and gas exploration minnow i3 Energy says drilling is expected to start on its North Sea Liberator development in 1H 2018. The firm says 2P reserves on the field have been increased from an estimate of 11.7 MMboe, re-classified from 2C resources of 9…
The trophy for this year's Offshore Achievement Awards in Aberdeen has been picked, with less than a month to go now until entries close for the Society of Petroleum Engineers' organized event, supported by OE (Offshore Engineer). Each year the organizers of the awards…
Clement Mochet, of Vryhof, discusses ways to bring down the costs associated with floating wind projects. WindFloat project, offshore Portugal. Image from Principle Power. While costs in…