The 15 MW wind turbines developed by Vestas have been selected by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp. The JV is developing the 2.1 GW Empire wind 1 and Empire Wind...Read more
Constructing Equinor’s infrastructure at the Johan Sverdrup field required the construction and installation of some large and heavy structures. One of these structures, the main support frame (MSF) module is now part of the Equinor’s...Read more
Mammoet’s team in Norway recently performed the weighing and load out of two Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 modules at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund. The two offshore structures weighing 5500 tons and 6700 tons were transported...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Equinor for the delivery of a subsea production system for the Breidablikk development in the North Sea. The contract value is estimated at about...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Equinor has awarded TechnipFMC with several large pipelaying and subsea installation projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The companies signed two firm contracts for the Breidablikk and Snorre Expansion projects and...Read more
United Heavy Lift has safely moved an 8,000-tonne turret for Equinor’s new Johan Castberg FPSO. The turret is designed by SBM Offshore and will now be shipped from Drydocks World Dubai to Singapore where the...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Kvaerner has awarded Incus-owned Scana Offshore a contract for the supply of mooring equipment to Hywind Tampen, Equinor’s new floating wind farm. The contract is Scana Offshore’s first hardware contract in the floating...Read more
Faced with the coronavirus and the crude price collapse, oil and chemical companies are drastically scaling back capital investments to preserve cash. Most major companies have announced multibillion-dollar reductions.
Shell will reduce its 2020 capital expenditure...Read more
More than 200 European mid- and small-sized oilfield service companies face insolvency as Covid-19 will hit the market hard and cut purchases by USD 5 billion year-on-year, a new analysis by Rystad Energy shows.
In pre-coronavirus...Read more
Equinor has launched a new climate initiative to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operated offshore fields and onshore plants in Norway with 40% by 2030, 70% by 2040 and to near zero...Read more
Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has won a large transport and installation contract for two of the three Dogger Bank offshore wind farms, each capable of delivering 1.2 GW of electric power. The contract will be...Read more
Jan de Nul has secured a major offshore wind contract. The company will install the turbines for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farms, which is the largest wind project in the world. Jan...Read more
The Oil and Gas Authority has granted Norwegian oil major Equinor five new licenses for exploration on the UK Continental Shelf, which is a major market for the oil company.
The licences are situated in the...Read more
Allseas has won a new decommissioning contract from Equinor Energy to remove the 48,000 tons weighing Statfjord A platform. Allseas’ flagship Pioneering Spirit will lift the topside from its concrete gravity-based substructure in one piece...Read more
