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Rig dismantling incident snuffs out one life leaving nine more exposed to gas – Throwing health, safety, and environmental perils at recycling yards into stark relief

A tragic accident recently claimed the life of one worker and put nine more directly in the path of danger due to gas exposure at a shipyard, where a 1975-built semi-submersible drilling rig was being taken apart for recycling purposes.
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‘Great progress’ in cable laying ops at mega $6 billion US-Canada subsea link to power Big Apple with renewables

NKT, alongside other players hired for work on an underwater high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable project between the U.S. and Canada, is continuing to make inroads in putting all the subsea marine infrastructure in place.
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‘World’s longest and deepest’ €2.4 billion subsea green electricity interconnector given a go at Mediterranean energy map metamorphosis

A multi-billion-euro underwater high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector project, envisioned to link Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, will connect the green electricity transmission dots for the Cyprus-Greece-Israel triangle, bringing togeth…

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TSO quartet moving forward with €3.5 billion subsea cable link between four countries to bring green energy to Europe

Four transmission system operators (TSOs) have pooled resources to create a joint venture (JV) company that will bring a subsea cable link between Azerbaijan, Romania, Georgia, and Hungary to life for a price tag of €3.5 billion, sending renewable elec…

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