Norway's Aker Offshore Wind and Swedish firm Hexicon have signed an agreement to jointly explore and realize floating wind opportunities offshore Sweden, that could generate 'several gigawatts' of renewable power.'The two companies have agreed to jointly work to mature early-phase prospects in Sweden. The companies intend to establish a 50-50 joint venture with an ambition to realize multiple Swedish projects with a combined capacity of several gigawatt…
Shannon Foynes Port Company has selected Bechtel to update its Vision 2041 master plan to accommodate offshore and onshore investment within and near its harbor in Ireland. Bechtel will support the company in considering how to deliver significant growth and expansion of the port…
Soaring demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) as buyers steer clear of Russian fuel is putting some long-stalled U.S. export projects back on track. But rising costs for materials and labor threaten to snarl these plants once again.Two developers with projects sidelined due to the U…
Swedish floating wind tech firm Hexicon said Friday its Twin Hub stepping stone project had been awarded a marine license for the installation of an offshore floating wind demonstrator in the Celtic Sea.'Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence…
Welsh Government and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership have formally launched the Celtic Sea Cluster, to help drive market creation for floating wind, accelerate supply chain readiness and develop a strategy for upgrading regional infrastructure…
Swedish developer of twin offshore wind turbine technology Hexicon has this week said it will develop a demonstrator project for floating wind power at Metcentre’s deepwater area off of Norway’s coast. 'The project, TwinWay, is a pilot to commercialize new offshore floating wind technology…
Engineering and construction firm Bechtel is partnering with windfarm developer Hexicon to demonstrate innovative twin-turbine floating offshore wind technology for large-scale floating power generation projects off the coast of the U.K. 'The…
Offshore engineering and construction company McDermott has successfully completed its restructuring process after filing for bankruptcy in January to restructure its $4.6 billion debt.The company said Wednesday its balance sheet restructuring equitized nearly all of McDermott's $4…
Australia's largest independent oil and gas company Woodside said it has awarded a contract to Bechtel (Western Australia) Pty Ltd to undertake front-end engineering design (FEED) for its proposed brownfield expansion of existing Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities…
Bechtel and TechnipFMC have been awarded front end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (ADNOC) offshore ultra-sour gas project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project comprises the Hail…
Great Yarmouth-based oilfield and renewables firm ATAM Group is opening its second office in Aberdeen and planning to launch three new products. The firm was founded just last year and supplies tools and software products for maintenance…
UK-based technical consultancy MMI Engineering discusses issues around passive fire protection integrity, and the launch of a new industry network – PFPNet. Weather erosion of lightweight concrete passive fire protection…
Image: Delfin LNG Bechtel announced it has been selected by Delfin LNG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corp., to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED)…
BG Group announced that operational control of Train 1 at its Queensland Curtis LNG plant has been formally transferred to QGC, BG Group's Australian subsidiary, from Bechtel Australia, which constructed the facility. QCLNG…
The final two modules for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project arrived for the plant’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing units on Curtis Island, in Queensland, Australia. The modules were built at Batangas…