Dutch Strohm has secured a second contract with U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for the delivery of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumpers for a field development located offshore Guyana. The award, said to mark Strohm’s largest order so far, will see the delivery of more than 24 of the compan
Italian energy player Snam has finalized the acquisition of a 49.9 per cent stake held by compatriot oil and gas firm Eni in the companies operating two groups of international gas pipelines between Algeria and Italy. The scope of the transaction includes the onshore gas pipelines running from the A
Prysmian Group’s cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise has begun the cable-laying operations for a new submarine power interconnection in Spain. The Italian cabling giant reported on 9 January that the cable layer started work for the new electricity link between Ibiza and Formentera, awarded by Span
Hellenic Cables has signed a contract with Asso.subsea for the transportation, installation, and protection of the 220 kV submarine export cable that will connect 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm in the Baltic Sea to the national grid as part of the Ostwind 3 grid connec
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has issued a tender looking for a provider of a 145 kV submarine cable system. Energinet seeks a provider of an approximately 12-kilometer 145 kV submarine cable system, including all labor, equipment and materials required for design, fabrication
UK-based hydraulic tool maker Allspeeds Limited has supplied a Webtool HCV330 hydraulic cable cutter to compatriot subsea equipment rental and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology. Allspeeds said that the Webtool cutter is the “largest manufactured so far” and the HCV 330 is designed to cut large
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has received Certificates of Conformity (CoC) from DNV for its section of the Baltic Pipe project. Energinet’s part consists of a 105-kilometer pipeline in the North Sea, an approximately 210-kilometer pipeline underground across Denmark, an expans
EuroAsia Interconnector Limited has issued a tender seeking a provider of owner’s engineer services for the Cyprus – Greece (Crete) part of the link. The role of the owner’s engineer is to provide the specialist technical engineering support required by the owner in the execution of the project thro
DEME Offshore US has been awarded a contract by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, to supply inter-array cables for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, DEME Offshore US will be responsible for transporting and installing inter-array
Looking back, 2022 was a pretty active year in the (offshore) energy sector. A good deal of this might be because COVID-19 has stopped being an obstacle to everyday life, but what seems to be for sure is that energy security and energy crisis-related topics stole most of our attention. Below we brin
Ofgem has approved the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50 GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework. The decision confirms that all SSEN Transmission pro
German transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH has issued a contract notice for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 525 kV cables covering seven onshore and offshore grid connection projects currently under development, as well as future projects. The
Danish and Belgian transmission system operators (TSOs) Energinet and Elia have issued a contract notice seeking environmental engineering consultancy services for the development of the subsea cable route for a new interconnector project in the North Sea. Elia and Energinet are developing the Trito
DEME Offshore has picked Tekmar Group to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the third phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Under the contract signed with DEME Offshore, Tekmar will design, manufacture, and supply 172 CPS for Dogger Bank C. The first systems for the project’s third phase
