Specialist wind turbine services provider RTS Wind has secured two extensive framework agreements for the provision of blade services for offshore wind developer Ørsted.The two five-year framework agreements will see RTS Wind support Ørsted’s long-term blade care and maintenance campaigns…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea.The approval is for wells 35/10-14 S and 35/10-14 A in production license 1185, valid until February 2029.Equinor is the operator of the license…
The operational occurrence which has temporarily impacted the commissioning of the Tyra Redevelopment Project (Tyra II) has pushed the planned ramp-up of the facilities to full capacity for one month.An operational occurrence related to the…
BP, as the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field development in the Caspian Sea, has kicked off planned maintenance (turnaround - TAR) works on the Deepwater Gunashli platform.In accordance with the plan, production from…
Equinor has received consent from Norwegian regulator to use Transocean Enabler rig for production drilling/completion and drilling of exploration segment in the Barents Sea.The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) issued a permit to Equinor for drilling operations at Johan Castberg field…
RWE and Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) have appointed Fugro to conduct geotechnical seabed survey on 3 GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm.The findings will give a detailed and accurate picture of the ground conditions, which will…
UK-based Exail has secured a contract with French maritime services provider Bourbon to supply several units of its Octans Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for integration into Bourbon Subsea Services’s fleet.These units will be…
Subsea cable services company Asso.subsea, in partnership with Prysmian Powerlink, has completed the cable installation, burial, and protection operations for the 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France.The project…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a long-term time charter party agreement for one floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with the Polish gas transmission system operator Gaz-System, which is the developer and operator behind the future LNG terminal…
BW Ideol has unveiled its standardized foundation for floating offshore wind, ready for mass production to accommodate the needs of the growing sector.With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the USA, and several GW currently…
PBS has secured an extension to the general maintenance and operations contract (GMOC) awarded by TotalEnergies in 2020 to cover its North Sea assets.With over a year still to serve on the existing five-year contract, PBS secured an extension…
A gas leak that triggered an evacuation at Equinor's Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant has been repaired, but the facility still remains shut until Friday, the Norwegian energy group said on Wednesday.The incident occurred during…
Saipem has installed the second unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) platform at Dogger Bank, being built in UK waters and set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once constructed.The substation is the second of three platforms…
Danish shipowner CBED has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the first offshore wind project for its new SOV Wind Creation as part of the CBED fleet.With the new walk-to-work project, the SOV joins commissioning an offshore wind farm in the Netherlands…
Eni has reached an agreement on the combination of substantially all of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activities, with Ithaca Energy, creating a major independent oil and gas company present on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…