King Frederik X of Denmark has opened the first full-scale CO2 storage site in the EU, led by INEOS Energy, with partners Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund (Nordsøfonden). Project Greensand was in December 2022 granted an exploration permit for the injection and storage of up to 15,000 to
Hornbeck Offshore Services, which recently merged with Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a multi-year decommissioning contract set to commence in the North Sea next year. The contract by a “major operator” was awarded to the company’s subsidiary Helix Well Ops (U.K.) and will have a duration of tw
A consortium of Lamprell and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a contract for an offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) project in the UAE, described as major. The project includes the development of multiple offshore facilities and upgrades to existing infrastructur
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has inaugurated its expanded medium-voltage (MV) power cable factory in Asnaes, Denmark, where production has been ongoing since 1965. The expansion works began in September 2024 and included a new production hall, new production and test fac
A carbon capture facility has been inaugurated in the Netherlands at Yara’s plant, from where CO2 will be transported by ship to Norway for permanent storage under the seabed as part of the Northern Lights project. Deemed Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility, it will capture up to 800
The first fully operational, pre-permitted and grid-connected wave energy test facility in the continental U.S. has opened for business. Officially opened on August 27, PacWave South is located off the coast of Newport, Oregon, and has been developed through the collaboration of the U.S. Department
An integrated project team comprising Smulders HSM, a provider of multidisciplinary offshore platform solutions, SPIE, a multi-technical services provider, and offshore installation partner Scaldis, has been tasked with handling the next phase of a gas project in the Dutch North Sea, with a new comp
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and London-based Harbour Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy.
Offshore construction has started for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project as Saipem’s 325-meter-long vessel Castorone arrives in the Southern North Sea to start pipelaying. Developed some 75 kilometers east of Flamborough Head, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) pr
XOCEAN has been tasked with performing geophysical survey operations, starting this month, for the 2,200 MW Western HVDC Link cable route between Hunterston, Scotland, and the Wirral, England. XOCEAN’s uncrewed survey vessels (USVs) X-05 and X-29 will be used for the geophysical inspection survey of
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Greece’s transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), as the project promoter of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) that will connect Cyprus and Israel, has submitted an investment approval request to the regulatory authorities of both countries. This is the nec
Breakwater rehabilitation works have started in Portugal for Eco Wave Power’s megawatt-scale wave energy project following damage caused by a storm. Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL) is carrying out the rehabilitation works at the Barra do Douro breakwater in Porto
Greek Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Belgium-headquartered Cenergy Holdings, has secured a turnkey contract from the Greek transmission system operator (TSO), Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), valued at approximately €1.5 billion, to deliver the Corinth-Kos HVDC electrical inte
