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Nexans has supplied the first of four contracted Statoil Standard umbilicals. The umbilical, made up of electrical and fiber optic cables, and hydraulic and chemical lines, will be employed at theOseberg Delta field located 150km west of Bergen. In December 2012 Nexans was awarded a contract from Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three developments on the Norwegian continental shelf: Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and Smørbukk South (Norwegian Sea). In the fall of 2013 the contract was extended to include the delivery of umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaks Valley gas field. In total, Nexans will provide 50km of static and dynamic umbilicals. The umbilicals have been manufactured at Nexans’ specialized facility in Halden, Norway. Umbilical contract gets under way

The UK government has agreed the 1.2GW East Anglia One offshore wind farm off England's east coast, making it the largest offshore project in the world to obtain consent. The department of energy and climate change (DECC) has given approval for constructionof theproject, beingdeveloped by a joint venture between Vattenfall and Iberdrola’s UK subsidiary, Scottish Power Renewables. It follows a positive recommendation from the UK’s consenting body, the Planning Inspectorate. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2017, with the offshore installation commencing in 2018 and commissioning in 2019. A turbine supplier has not yet been revealed, but the consent allows for up to 240 turbines to be installed at the site, which, considering the total capacity of 1.2GW, would mean a minimum capacity of 5MW per turbine. World’s biggest offshore consent

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