A consortium of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has secured a contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of a North Sea platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The platform’s topsides weigh approximately 27,500 tons and the
Norway’s Reach Subsea has won a contract to perform an external inspection of a large part of the subsea pipeline portfolio of Norwegian state-owned gas grid operator Gassco, using its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV). Under the contract secured with Equinor on behalf of Gassco, Reach Su
UAE-based terminal operator AD Ports Group and Nimex Terminals, an affiliate of the global trading organization Nimex Petroleum Group, have broken ground on what is said to be the UAE’s first private-sector liquified petroleum gas (LPG) terminal hub, located at Khalifa Port. The LPG terminal hub, an
Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany are planning a joint offshore interconnector that would enable electricity trading between the Baltic countries and Germany and allow for the integration of up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity in Lithuania and Latvia. The energy ministers of the three countries signed
The production of critical high-voltage (HV) components for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy has commenced in Türkiye. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a new ~122-kilometer-long 225 MW HVAC electrical cable interconnection between the Terna substation at Ragusa, Sic
Australia’s engineering player Worley has secured an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract with Danish national transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet for the country’s national hydrogen transmission network that will link large-scale green hydrogen prod
National Gas, Centrica, Equinor and SSE Thermal have launched a coordinated bid to develop Great Britain’s first regional hydrogen transport and storage network in the Humber. Together as Humber Hydrogen, the partners are looking to develop a network that would connect projects across Yorkshire and
Boskalis has completed the preparation of 150 kilometers of inter-array cable routes at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm site in Poland. In 2023, Boskalis was awarded a contract for the transportation and installation of export and inter-array cables for the Polish offshore wind farm, owned b
A consortium of South Korea’s SK Innovation, PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-run PetroVietnam group, and Vietnamese company NASU has been selected as the project developer for Vietnam’s largest LNG power project. Valued at approximately $2.3 billion, the Qu
Norway’s Reach Subsea is anticipated to commence an offshore survey campaign next week for the second 525 kV HVDC cable link between Shetland and the Scottish mainland, known as the Shetland HVDC Link 2. Shetland 2 will connect 330 kilometers between Shetland and the mainland to bring 2 GW of renewa
Siemens Energy has delivered the first of seven transformers that will help to power NeuConnect, the first energy link between the UK and Germany. The transformer was taken from Siemens Energy’s factories in Nürnberg, Germany, and delivered by barge along the Rhine River to Rotterdam, the Netherland
New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has selected Australia’s engineering company Worley as client engineer and technical advisor for the development of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Worley will support the ministry through the procurement
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has selected five contract partners to help deliver future investment of up to £950 million (about €1.09 billion) in the Scottish subsea electricity network and support the multi-year framework to renew and upgrade subsea electricity lin
Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Eléctrica has completed the interconnection between the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera in Spain, reinforcing the security of supply in the Canary Islands. The interconnection consists of a 66 kV double-circuit line, with a 36-kilometer underwater sec
