Fossil Energy – Drilling
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OKEA ASA drilling permit for wellbore 31/4-A-23 F in production licence 055, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
OEEC 2024: A lot to talk about
General – Events
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself.
[Read more…] about OEEC 2024: A lot to talk aboutNo recorded collisions between floating offshore wind turbine and birds
Wind Energy – METCentre Norway
For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera: no collisions have been recorded.
[Read more…] about No recorded collisions between floating offshore wind turbine and birdsDEME awarded inter-array cable and secondary steel contract for Oranjewind OWF
Wind Energy – Contracts for DEME
DEME has been awarded a contract to carry out the transport and installation works for the inter-array cables and secondary steel for the Dutch OranjeWind offshore wind farm.
[Read more…] about DEME awarded inter-array cable and secondary steel contract for Oranjewind OWFContract award for Skandi Feistein
General – PSV Contract
DOF Group announced a contract with an international oil company for the PSV Skandi Feistein.
[Read more…] about Contract award for Skandi FeisteinGroundbreaking soil research helps design new offshore wind farms
Wind Energy – Soil Research
Commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), a large three-dimensional Ultra High Resolution Seismic (3D UHRS) soil survey was conducted in the North Sea for the first time from mid-June to the end of August 2024.
[Read more…] about Groundbreaking soil research helps design new offshore wind farmsTWD and IX Renewables sign strategic MoU
Wind Energy – MoU
TWD and IX Renewables, a consultancy specializing in EPCI management, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Energy Taiwan exhibition in Taipei.
[Read more…] about TWD and IX Renewables sign strategic MoUCNOOC starts up Xijiang oil project offshore China
Fossil Energy – Xijiang On Stream
CNOOC has brought onstream its Xijiang 30-1 development project in the Xijiang 30-2 oil field in the eastern South China Sea ahead of schedule.
[Read more…] about CNOOC starts up Xijiang oil project offshore ChinaDebut Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Calypso
Wind Energy – Cable Laying Vessel
Van Oord’s brand new cable-laying vessel Calypso has made its official debut by installing cables on its first offshore wind project.
[Read more…] about Debut Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel CalypsoCochin Shipyard orders another SMST gangway for North Star SOV
General – New Gangway
Cochin Shipyard has awarded SMST from the Netherlands a second contract for the delivery of a gangway, the Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB) L2, with an Access and Cargo Tower (ACT) for North Star’s next newbuild Service Operation Vessel (SOV).
[Read more…] about Cochin Shipyard orders another SMST gangway for North Star SOV