German government’s goal of 6.5GW of grid-connected offshore wind power by 2020 could be surpassed as the industry could have 7.7GW connected to the grid by that time, according to a report from national industry organisations.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 17 – July 23). JDR Cable Systems is to be acquired by the Polish manufacturer of cables and wires TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable). JDR’s subsea systems, used in the global offshore oil, gas and renew
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas, part of state-owned Lietuvos Energija, has agreed to supply natural gas to Latvenergo, Latvia’s largest consumer.
Mermaid Maritime has recently been awarded two subsea contracts with a combined estimated value of USD 4.6 million. The first contract award, with work scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2017, will involve a short ROV campaign for pipeline touchdown monitoring for an international EPCIC cont
Towage services specialist Svitzer has been chosen to provide marine support services for the Excelerate Energy FSRU in Bangladesh.
The Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean development in the UK sector of the North Sea has reached a key milestone with the completion of installation of all three of the project’s jackets. The Culzean field lies approximately 145 miles east of Aberdeen and is estimated
In October, Australian company Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) will deliver a new system for detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) to Boskalis, recently contracted together with Fugro to survey and identify UXO along the cable routes for the planned grid connection between TenneT’s two offsh
Australian energy company Woodside Petroleum has informed that its Persephone project off W. Australia is going ahead of schedule and under budget. Woodside said Thursday in its financial report for the second quarter 2017 that the project would be completed six months ahead of schedule. The company
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract extensions for three pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil. These extensions have a combined value of approximately USD 250 million, the Oslo-listed firm said on Friday. The firm contract periods for the Seven W
The first concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes for the planned 1,200-kilometer Nord Stream 2 twin pipelines have been delivered by rail at the Port of Koverhar in Hanko, Finland. Nord Stream 2 AG, the Gazprom-owned company developing the pipeline, said that approximately 200 kilometers of CWC pipes wo
Dutch contractor Heerema Fabrication Group on Thursday posted an image through its social media channels showing the installation of the Culzean CPF jacket. The Dutch company added that the Culzean ULQ jacket has now also been installed in the UK North Sea. The Maersk Oil-operated Culzean gas field
MacGregor, a Cargotec company, has been contracted to provide services for the mooring and riser system for the Moheshkhali floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an order for on-vessel equipment, product fabrication, engineering and project management for a complete mooring and riser system that will serve Moheshkhali floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The delivery will be completed in the second quarter 20
US LNG export player NextDecade signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Cork Company to set up a floating storage and regasification unit and associated LNG import terminal infrastructure in Ireland.
