The green light has been given to the Hornsea Project Four Offshore Wind Farm by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The venture involves the expansion of the offshore wind farm known as Hornsea Project Four. This particular development site is nestled within the western sector of the former Hornsea, otherwise…
DetailsConocoPhillips today announced a new gas condensate discovery located 22 miles northwest of the Heidrun Field and 150 miles from the coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery well, 6507/4-1 (Warka), was drilled in 1,312 feet of water to a total depth of 16,355 feet. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery…
Detailshttps://youtu.be/OL4nx0g5ItI The government is apparently close to giving the green light to a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. The nuclear plant contractor, EDF, have intensified talks in recent weeks. A decision to green-light Sizewell will be welcomed by unions as an important move to preserve jobs and expertise in a high-skilled and…
DetailsScottish energy services giant John Wood Group has completed the sale of its nuclear business to US engineering firm Jacobs for £250m. The announcement came after the deal was cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority on 4 March. Its nuclear business was focused on decommissioning work at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The sale…
DetailsScottishPower has begun plans for a major expansion of onshore windfarm projects across Scotland in anticipation of a government U-turn on support for wind power projects. The renewable energy arm of the big six power supplier has already considered almost 100 sites for a new generation of windfarm, using a smaller number of more powerful…
DetailsEquinor made a final decision to invest in floating wind turbines to power offshore oil platforms off Norway after the government agreed to subsidize a large part of the cost. Hywind Tampen will cost a total of almost 5 billion kroner ($550 million), it said in a statement on Friday. That’s in line with the…
DetailsThe decommissioning of the Brent field was a decade in the planning. It was the heaviest-ever offshore lift in 2017. Twelve huge propellers linked to satellite positioning and wave-watching systems kept the world’s biggest ship steady within half a metre of its targets – eight lifting points welded to one of Europe’s largest oil and…
DetailsSubsea 7 today announced the award of a sizeable contract by Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located approximately 160 miles offshore, east of Aberdeen. The contract scope involves the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of a 30km gas export pipeline, a gas export riser and associated subsea infrastructure, for tie-ins…
DetailsHarland and Wolff went into administration in August, putting about 120 jobs at risk, after the collapse of its Norwegian parent company InfraStrata. The yard, best known for building the Titanic, was bought for £6m by the London-based energy firm, InfraStrata. InfraStrata said it will retain the 79 workers who are still employed. It also…
DetailsHeerema Marine Contractors has signed a new contract to support the construction of a wind farm project, this time in Taiwan. Assigned by the Taiwan branch of Jan de Nul, Heerema will take on the installation of 21 jacket foundations (4 legged) for the Changhua project. The Changhua Windfarm Phase 1 project is situated in…
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