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Ørsted-Eversource JV Taps Nexans for Revolution Offshore Wind Farm Export Cable

Mar 10, 2022

Paris-based offshore cable making and installation company Nexans has won a contract with Ørsted and Eversource to install and protect the export cable link for the Revolution offshore wind farm in the U.S.The project will connect the wind farm to the onshore grid and help Connecticut and Rhode Island states achieve ongoing commitments to develop offshore wind.Located more than 15 miles south of the Rhode Island coast and 32 miles southeast of the Connecticut coast…

U.S. Union Workers to Build Ørsted's U.S. Offshore Wind Farms

May 05, 2022

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and the offshore wind developer Ørsted on Thursday announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to construct the company’s U.S. offshore wind farms with an American union workforce. A statement on…

Ørsted and Eversource to Charter Newbuild CTVs from WindServe and AOS

Jan 27, 2022

Offshore wind developers Ørsted and Eversource announced Thursday that they have chosen two regional vessel operators that will partner with Rhode Island shipyards to build crew transfer vessels (CTV) to service their wind farm projects in the U…

Wintershall Dea Q1 Operating Profit Jumps 47%

Apr 27, 2021

Wintershall Dea posted a jump in first-quarter financial results thanks to record production and recovering oil and gas prices, the German-Russian producer said on Tuesday.Its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization, and exploration expenses (EBITDAX)…

The Emerging U.S. Offshore Wind Industry in a Post-COVID-19 World

Jun 12, 2020

Join a webinar on June 17, 2020 for the global release of a major new market study on the depth, breadth and growth prospects of the Offshore Wind Market --  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UR5uY1boTOKdAAcAXDbR4gJust when it was looking…

End of the Line for Safe Bristolia Flotel

Jan 20, 2020

Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe has agreed to sell the Safe Bristolia flotel for scrap.In an operational update for the fourth quarter of 2019, Prosafe on Monday said that it had entered into an agreement to sell the Safe Bristolia…

SGRE Bags Largest U.S. OWP Order

Jul 22, 2019

The Spanish wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received an order for 1,714 MW from Orsted and Eversource.Encompassing three offshore wind power projects, the signed conditional contract is the largest U.S. offshore wind power (OWP) order to date…

Transocean scraps 6 rigs, takes US$1.4 billion hit

Sep 22, 2017

Transocean is taking a US$1.4 billion impairment in Q3 2017 following the drilling contractor’s decision to scrap five ultra deepwater floaters, and one deepwater rig. The Sedco Express ultra deepwater floater will be scrapped…

EnQuest, BP strike Magnus deal

Jan 24, 2017

BP and EnQuest signed a US$85 million deal that will see EnQuest take over operatorship and 25% stake in the Magnus oil field in the North Sea, with a future option to take full ownership of the field. Image from EnQuest…

Greater Stella remains on track

Oct 06, 2016

Ithaca Energy is edging closing towards first oil from the Greater Stella Area Development in the UK North Sea.  First oil, from the FPF-1 floating production unit, is scheduled for next month, as planned.  The unit set sail from Poland in August and was safely towed to location…

OE partners with GCE Subsea at ONS

Aug 26, 2016

OE is attending the biggest offshore oil and gas industry event, Offshore North Seas (ONS) in Stavanger this week.  We will be out and about finding out about the latest in offshore technology, including the Norway's world-class subsea expertise…

FPF-1 sets sail for Greater Stella

Aug 05, 2016

Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail for the Stella field in the North Sea after completing final marine systems trials.  First oil from the Greater Stella Area development is expected in about three months later…

Transocean stackings rises to 28, wins new contracts

Jul 22, 2016

Global drilling giant Transocean has announced a string of new contracts and the start of its newbuild drillship Deepwater Proteus on contract.  The firm has also stacked six rigs, taking its total number of currently stacked rigs to 28…

FPF-1 sets sail from Gdansk yard

Jul 22, 2016

Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk after completing a required inclination test. The vessel has been moved to a deepwater location offshore Gdansk to undertake final marine system trials over the course of next week…

Zennor eyes Finlaggan production by 2019

Jul 21, 2016

UK independent Zennor Petroleum has drilled a successful appraisal well on the Finlaggan gas condensate accumulation in the UK North Sea. Finlaggan is in license P2013, in Block 21/5c, awarded in the 27th licensing round to Zennor. The Finlaggan discovery was made by ConocoPhillips in 2005…

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