DONG Energy Winner of Dutch Borssele I & II Tender DONG Energy will build Dutch offshore wind farms Borssele I and II. Siemens Rolls Out 8MW Wind Turbine Siemens has expanded its portfolio with an 8MW offshore wind turbine. Borssele 1&2 World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm The cost of building and op
Royal Dutch Shell’s chief executive, Ben van Beurden, has told investors that Britain’s decision to exit the European Union could slow its $30 billion (23 billion pounds) asset sale plan, especially in the North Sea which had struggled to attract buyers for years.
Liquefied natural gas deliveries from Qatar to India and Pakistan jumped 46 percent year on year due to lower demand from East Asia and higher output.
German parliament today approved an amended Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2016), which replaces feed-in tariffs with competitive auctions and limits wind energy deployment to allow for the grid development to catch up. The offshore cap, which will apply from 2021-2030, will vary from year to yea
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is taking out of service 14 vessels from its offshore energy division and accordingly reducing its workforce. The decision comes following the company’s completion of fleet rationalization study announced earlier this year. The study was initiated in light of deterior
With autonomous ships expected to enter service soon, Lloyd’s Register has issued a new ShipRight procedure which places these vessels in six different categories based on levels of their autonomy. The guidance describes autonomy levels (AL) ranging from ‘AL 1’ to ‘AL 6’ denoting a fully autonomous
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders for the design of secondary and tertiary structures and electrical outfitting on offshore foundations such as monopiles and jackets. This includes items such as boat landings, ladders, platforms, railings, crane, skirts, attachments for corrosion protection s
Heavy-lifting specialists ALE today reported that it had performed the first load-out of jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. The first jacket, weighing 625t, was loaded-out using self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) and a CC8800 crawler crane in Ferrol, Spain. ALE has been
Heavy-lifting specialists ALE today reported that it had performed the first load-out of jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm. The first jacket, weighing 625t, was loaded-out using self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) and a CC8800 crawler crane in Ferrol, Spain. ALE has been
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given the green light to BP to use the platform on the Tambar field in the North Sea offshore Norway until January 1, 2022. The NPD, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, said that this
Fire safety-related defficiencies are still the main reason ships are detained, according to the report on Port State Control (PSC) for 2015 issued by Japanese classification society ClassNK. Moreover, international safety management (ISM), emergency systems and lifesaving appliances remain major it
Natural gas spot prices at the Henry Hub in the United States ended five weeks of increases, falling by 18¢ from last Wednesday, the Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report. The prices have dropped from $2.93/MMBtu last Wednesday to $2.75/MMBtu on Wednesday this week, the EIA sai
Semi-submersible accommodation vessels operator, Prosafe, on Thursday announced the terms of a proposed comprehensive refinancing that include the deferral of the company’s latest newbuild flotel. According to Prosafe, if completed, the refinancing will provide greater financial flexibility for the
The Norwegian Union of Industry and Energy Workers (Industri Energi) has notified the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association that it is breaking off negotiations on pay and conditions under the oil service agreement. To remind, Industri Energi opted to postpone negotiations scheduled for early June until
