The Australian, Tasmanian and Victorian governments have reached a funding agreement to build the 1,500 MW bi-directional Marinus Link interconnector between Victoria and Tasmania. The Australian government funding is part of the $20 billion Rewiring the Nation plan to transform the country’s electr
The inauguration ceremony for the EuroAsia Interconnector, which will connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece with continental Europe, is scheduled to be held on Friday, 14 October. The EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme that will connect the national grids of the three countries
Subsea 7’s Seven Arctic is on its way to the Black Sea to begin work on the Sakarya gas field development, described as one of the largest energy projects ever built in Türkiye. Seven Arctic is in charge of installing subsea oil and gas hardware, such as manifold structures, piles, production flexib
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has selected Wintershall Dea Norge and CapeOmega to receive an exploration permit for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in the North Sea. The Luna license is located 120 kilometers west of Bergen and is estimated to hold a CO2 storage inje
DEME has taken the decision to invest in a new DP fallpipe vessel by purchasing and converting a bulk carrier, as part of its commitment to rejuvenate its fleet for the offshore energy industry. DEME has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Pax Ocean Shipyards and the vessel will enter the yard in l
Gas transmission from Norway to Poland via Denmark has started through the new Baltic Pipe pipeline, Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM announced on Saturday, 1 October. The flow started at 6:10 a.m. and nominations as of 1 October totaled 62.4 million kilowatt-hours/day. Baltic Pipe
DOF Subsea has secured multiple contracts in the Atlantic region and in the Gulf of Mexico totaling more than 680 vessel days and bringing in around $108 million. DOF Subsea will use its Skandi Acergy, Skandi Constructor, Skandi Seven, Skandi Skansen, Skandi Hera and selected third-party vessels for
C-Innovation (C-I) and Grand Isle Shipyard (GIS) have secured a plug and abandonment contract with Helix Alliance Decom to provide pre-feed services for the decommissioning of three offshore platforms for a “major deepwater client”. In the first phase of the project, C-I provided ROV services to del
Siem Offshore has secured a new three-year contract for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Stingray with Subsea 7 as charterer. Subsea 7 will employ the vessel supporting its clients predominantly within the oil and gas sector, undertaking projects within offshore construction and i
Polish gas transmission system operator (TSO) GAZ-SYSTEM and its Danish partner Energinet have held the opening ceremony for the Baltic Pipe project at the gas compressor station in Goleniów. Energinet recently announced that the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline can be put into full operation from the end o
Corinth Pipeworks has secured a contract to manufacture and supply steel pipes for the Fenix Phase 1 gas export pipeline offshore Argentina. Corinth is in charge of delivering approximately 40 kilometers of 24″ longitudinally submerged arc welded steel pipes for the project. The pipes will be manufa
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) have completed the financial closing of what is said to be the first-of-its-kind subsea transmission network in the MENA region. The $3.8 billion strategic project is set to power and significantly decarbonize A
Shell has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the Jackdaw development offshore the UK. The contract covers pipelay for a 30-kilometer tieback from the new Jackdaw platform to Shell’s Shearwater platform, as well as the delivery of an
Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has been awarded a contract by Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kunst Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. VPI will manufacture and deliver the low cable hang-off system to secure the inter-array cables in the
