A study by Guidehouse and Enersea has shown that Noordgastransport (NGT) and NOGAT’s offshore infrastructure can be repurposed for hydrogen transportation before 2030 by rerouting certain gas fields, while still providing transportation services for current and future Dutch offshore natural gas. The
EuroAsia Interconnector Limited, project promoter of the European Project of Common Interest (PCI 3.10), and Greek electricity grid operator Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) have reached an agreement for the designation of IPTO as project promoter of the electricity interconnector that
Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has scheduled public consultations in seven municipalities that will be affected by the construction of an interconnector that will be built between Italy and Greece. Terna is expected to invest €750 million in the GR.ITA 2 interconnector which will i
The damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was not caused by the normal gas transmission process, Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Gasgrid reported following the launch of an investigation into a leak announced earlier this week. Gasgrid Finland informed tha
A consortium of Jan De Nul Group and Hellenic Cables has won the contract to design, manufacture, transport, and install a package of four 220 kV HVAC export cables to connect the Baltyk II and Baltyk III wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea to shore. Developed by the joint venture of Equinor and Pol
Oceaneering International has secured a contract from Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for the operation of drill pipe riser (DPR) systems in Brazil. Oceaneering’s wholly owned subsidiary Marine Production Systems do Brasil Ltda. won a five-year contract with Petrobras for the opera
Reach Subsea has secured a contract with SSEN Transmission to carry out a survey for an HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The contract constitutes a detailed corridor survey for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. The data will be used for detailed engineering and environmental assess
Norwegian subsea services provider DeepOcean and oil and gas player Aker BP have entered into an agreement to “pioneer” the use of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work. According to DeepOcean, the USV solution can reduce CO2 emissions w
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Nordnes has installed 20 million tonnes of rock, a record that the Dutch company said was unparalleled in the subsea rock installation market. Nordnes has been installing rocks on the seabed since 2005 and has now installed 20 million tonnes of rock in total. The
Finnish and Estonian transmission system operators (TSOs) Gasgrid Finland and Elering have launched an investigation over suspicion that there is a leak in an offshore gas pipeline that connects the two countries. Gasgrid Finland and Elering observed an unusual drop in pressure in the Balticconnecto
Norway’s Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement to acquire Australian marine survey company Guardian Geomatics as part of its global expansion agenda. Guardian Geomatics, established in February 2018, offers marine survey solutions to the oil & gas industry and government sector clients, which i
With the world adapting to emerging sources of supply and decarbonization technologies, the discussion about which fuel is the top contender for the successful energy transition continues. Despite the growing opposition to fossil fuels, some consider natural gas, primarily LNG, as the leading transi
Spanish transmission system operator (TSO) Red Eléctrica is about to begin the construction of the first submarine interconnector between Spain and France. The Biscay Gulf interconnector will comprise two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links, each with a capacity of 1,000 MW, linking Gatika in S
Siemens Energy has delivered four grid transformers for the 500 MW Greenlink subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales. The four 160-ton grid transformers were transported by sea from Nuremberg, Germany, to Belview Port Waterford in Ireland in order to avoid
