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Orange Marine Orders Cable Repair Vessel

Feb 12, 2021

French submarine cables services company Orange Marine has ordered a new cable repair vessel for delivery in 2023.The specialized newbuild was designed by VARD in Norway and will be built at Sri Lankan shipyard Colombo Dockyard. The 1,800 dwt vessel is 100 meters long with a beam of 18…

Scotland Delays Offshore Wind Tender as Price Expectations Rise

Feb 12, 2021

Crown Estate Scotland has pushed back the deadline for applicants in its tender for seabed licenses for offshore wind projects after high prices secured in an English and Welsh auction this week, it said.Scotland’s ScotWind wind leasing tender…

Norway Approves Plan for Power-from-Shore Solution at Sleipner Field

Feb 12, 2021

Norwegian authorities have approved Equinor's revised plan for development and operation (PDO) for partial electrification of the Sleipner field center in the North Sea.The field center will be tied to the Utsira High area power from shore solution…

Denmark: Public Consultation Starts for Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm EIA

Feb 12, 2021

The Danish authorities on Friday invited the public, companies, authorities, and other interested parties to submit ideas on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for the Plan for Hesselø offshore wind farm and the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the land-based part of the project…

Green Energy Majors See Poland as 'Very Attractive' Offshore Market

Feb 12, 2021

Poland's biggest power producer PGE confirmed a deal on Wednesday to develop offshore wind farms with Denmark's Orsted in another sign the country reliant on coal is fast becoming a hot destination for renewable energy investors.Poland was the…

UK: Oil Firms Required to Support Net-Zero as OGA's Revised Strategy Enters Force

Feb 12, 2021

The UK oil and gas regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said Thursday that its revised strategy that features an obligation for the oil and gas industry to support UK's net-zero target had come into force on February 11.OGA's revised strategy was laid before Parliament on December 16…

Palfinger to Deliver Lifeboats, Cranes for Anna Nery FPSO

Feb 12, 2021

Palfinger has won an order to deliver cranes, lifeboats, a rescue boat, and davits for Malaysia-based Yinson's Anna Nery FPSO, which will, once complete be deployed at Petrobras' Marlim 2 field offshore Brazil.Under the order, Palfinger will…

InfraStrata Buys BiFab Assets

Feb 12, 2021

UK-based infrastructure firm InfraStrata has said it has acquired 'substantially all of the assets of Burntisland Fabrication,' also known as BiFab, a company that entered into administration in late 2020.BiFab specializes in major fabrication works from facilities in Scotland for the oil and gas…

Marathon Oil Lays Off 100 Workers

Feb 12, 2021

Marathon Oil Corp has laid off around 100 U.S. employees, or about 5% of its total workforce, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday, days after the oil and gas producer cut salaries for top executives and board members.Although oil…

OXY Restores Major Portion of CEO Pay as Oil Prices Rise

Feb 12, 2021

Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Thursday it had restored a major portion of its chief executive officer's base salary, nearly a year after its management and employees were to forced to take a pay cut to battle one of the industry's worst downturns…

Tekmar CPS to Protect Cables at Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 11, 2021

Tekmar Energy has this week announced a contract award to supply its cable protection systems for RWE's Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea.Construction work at the 342MW offshore wind farm will start in Q3 2021…

U.S. Could Install Up To 11GW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2035

Feb 11, 2021

The U.S. offshore wind industry is set to flourish in the upcoming years due to planned fixed bottom turbine projects on the east coast, however, a floating wind boom is expected as well, a Danish offshore wind energy intelligence firm said Wednesday…

Vestas Thinks Big to Boost Offshore Wind Business

Feb 11, 2021

Vestas aims to dominate the offshore wind market with the launch of its giant 15 megawatt (MW) turbine and will focus on integrating its recently acquired offshore wind business, it said after posting mixed fourth-quarter results on Wednesday…

Norway: Troll, Sverdrup Oil Field Flow at Risk Over Potential Workers' Strike

Feb 11, 2021

A potential strike at Norway's Mongstad refinery next week could affect the export of crude oil from the offshore Johan Sverdrup and Troll fields, while gas exports would not be interrupted, the Safe labour union said on Thursday.Wage talks are due between the union and employers on Monday…

NOV Wins Offshore Wind Vessel Deal in China

Feb 11, 2021

Chinese shipbuilder China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has awarded NOV a contract to design and supply equipment for GustoMSC NG-14000XL-G wind turbine installation jack-up vessel to be built for OHT, a Norwegian heavy transport and installation contractor…

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