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Heerema wins contract for Borkum Riffgrund 2
Heerema Marine Contractors has obtained an agreement from Dong Energy to carry and install the offshore substation for the 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm in the German North Sea.
read more... 28/03/2016
Gazprom saw a record oil production of 10 million barrels at Prirazlomnoye field, in Arctic north
Russian giant Gazprom saw a milestone production at its Arctic Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea, 60 km offshore Russia with its 10 millionth barrel of oil.
read more... 23/03/2016
Vattenfall will construct 3.6 GW of offshore wind in UK
Sweden’s Vattenfall has begun plans for one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Norfolk Vanguard and bordering Norfolk Boreas will each have a capacity of 1.8 gigawatts. In the meantime, a new British study expects to reduce the cost of offshore wind to 12.8 cents, which would still lead to a quarter more expensive electricity than in Germany in spite of the better or equal conditions in the UK.
read more... 22/03/2016
Statoil and ExxonMobil obtain oil licenses in Ireland
Oil titans Statoil and ExxonMobil have obtained six offshore licenses in Ireland.
read more... 04/03/2016
ScottishPower will continue with 714MW UK offshore wind farm
ScottishPower has made its ultimate investment decision for a 714MW offshore wind farm in the UK. It anticipates to spend minimum 50% of the total £2.5 billion investment in the country.
read more... 25/02/2016