🇫🇷🔗 French Geocean Advances Germany’s Energy Future with Wilhelmshaven 2 LNG Terminal

French company Geocean, contracted by Norway’s ECOnnect Energy, is managing subsea installations for Germany's Wilhelmshaven 2 LNG terminal, a project by Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) aimed at strengthening Europe’s energy security.
Geocean is installing six 1,600-meter thermo composite pipes (TCP) flowlines, two pipeline end manifolds (PLEMs), and an 1,800-meter fiber optic cable. Using its Fast-Flex barge, a modified installation vessel, the company is efficiently laying a 1.7-kilometer gas pipeline 14 meters underwater to link the FSRU Excelsior, owned by Excelerate Energy, to Germany’s grid.
The terminal uses ECOnnect’s IQuay solution, a jettyless system streamlining LNG imports, eliminating traditional infrastructure requirements for faster operations. Geocean began work on September 9, loading TCP reels on September 13, with pre-trenching operations underway.
Wilhelmshaven 2 is set to start operations in late 2024, joining three other DET LNG terminals along Germany’s North Sea coast. This initiative follows the commissioning of Germany’s first floating LNG terminal in December 2022, marking progress in energy innovation and security.