
Ofgem opens £3.5bn Hornsea 3 transmission tender
Tender Round 14 seeks an owner and operator for Hornsea 3’s grid connection, with inflation-linked revenue available for up to 25 years, conditional on asset availability and performance.

Tender Round 14 seeks an owner and operator for Hornsea 3’s grid connection, with inflation-linked revenue available for up to 25 years, conditional on asset availability and performance.

Jackdaw’s four-well platform connects to Shearwater through a subsea pipeline. Its jacket, topsides and pipeline are installed, and drilling was completed in early 2026, according to Adura.

Geo Ocean IV is collecting seabed elevation, morphology and backscatter data across approximately 218 square kilometres, with completion expected on 30 October 2026 if weather conditions allow.

Equinor plans to route Grimsnes volumes through Stjerne to Oseberg Sør, with two or three wells under consideration and subsea equipment procurement planned before project sanction.

DOF will deploy a construction support vessel in Q1 2027 to remove subsea infrastructure and clear the seabed across several offshore fields, with engineering and disposal also included in the contract.

Galdor Exploration will gain access to TGS data and technology, including its Seismic Foundation Model, to assess prospects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and across the wider North Sea.

Equinor and partners have discovered up to 10.3 million boe of recoverable gas resources at Gullfaks South in the Norwegian North Sea, using the Askeladden rig to drill an exploration sidetrack.

Buchan Offshore Wind has received DNV Basic Design Certification for BW Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation, advancing the nearly 1 GW offshore wind project in Scotland.

Valaris has added approximately $220 million in offshore drilling contract backlog, including a PETRONAS exploration program in Suriname and new jack-up contracts and extensions in Australia and the North Sea.
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