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  • In focus: Are oil & gas plays truly becoming a thing of the past or are we not there yet?

    15 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    Worldwide dependence on oil and gas has been in evidence ever since the Ukraine crisis started, casting doubt over the pace and the lengths the world is prepared to go to in order to embrace decarbonisation. While the shift to green energy investments is undoubtedly both necessary and inevitable, the current global energy security concerns have – to an extent – pushed it aside as pure oil plays have dominated the energy market and trumped low-carbon diversification so far this year. Or have they?

  • Equinor facing protests over one of the biggest new oil and gas projects in UK

    19 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian state-owned Equinor is facing a massive digital protest against the company and its operated Rosebank project, located West of Shetland.

  • Will the UK’s huge new oil & gas project overcome the hurdles in its path?

    5 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Rosebank, located West of Shetland, is now facing additional obstacles that may hinder its progress and delay the sanctioning yet again.

  • UK plans to ensure energy independence by scaling up renewables while maximising North Sea production

    7 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    In light of the war in Ukraine and amid rising concerns over energy security, the UK government has moved to strengthen its energy security.

  • In focus: Gas still runs the show but bets on hydrogen threaten to steal it

    9 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition

    Will the increase in investments enable hydrogen to dethrone gas as the key player in the energy decarbonisation game?

  • Sustainable Marine exports first floating tidal power to Nova Scotia grid

    11 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    UK-based marine energy company Sustainable Marine has harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid.

  • Clock is ticking for the future of tidal stream energy in UK, industry warns

    23 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Leading figures in the marine energy sector have warned that the UK’s world-leading position in tidal energy can only be maintained with ‘practical support from Government to match its undoubted goodwill’.

  • TotalEnergies’ profit soars on high gas prices

    27 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    TotalEnergies has strengthened its balance sheet and doubled its profit in the third quarter of 2022 on a year-on-year basis.

  • Spotlight on energy transition trends and developments

    12 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation

    Achieving a more sustainable system will require a diverse energy mix – if we make the right choices. The energy transition has been talked about for many years, but now the pandemic has given the world an opportunity to make it happen more quickly. During the recently completed 13th Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2020 […]

  • Valaris rigs embarking on new assignments

    20 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Several offshore rigs owned by Valaris are embarking on their new assignments in the Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania, and Brazil.

  • Equinor buying Suncor’s UK assets for $850 million

    3 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has inked an agreement to acquire Suncor Energy UK Limited, a subsidiary of Canada’s Suncor, for a total consideration of $850 million.

  • BP sees profit surge while working to ‘accelerate greening’

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    BP saw its profit surge in the last quarter of 2021 as a result of higher oil and gas prices, refining margins, and stronger trading results.

  • Jersey adds new board members with expertise to complete North Sea project farm-out

    22 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition

    Jersey has appointed new members to its board, which are expected to possess the expertise required to complete the farm-out process for the GBA development project in the North Sea.

  • Equinor files key document ahead of plans to invest billions in UK oil and gas project

    5 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Equinor has filed an ES related to the development of its Rosebank oil field located West of Shetland to the UK authorities

  • DNV: With mid-century targets out of range, UK requires ‘clear roadmap’ to reach net-zero

    7 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    DNV: As the UK is not on track to meet its mid-century targets, “a clear roadmap” needs to be set up to achieve net-zero by 2050.

  • Ithaca Energy gains access to two of the largest undeveloped discoveries in UK North Sea

    7 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Ithaca Energy, owned by Israeli Delek, has reached an agreement to acquire Siccar Point Energy, the operator of the Cambo oil project.

  • In focus: Global innovations and collaborations take the wheel of energy transition

    24 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The direction of the global transition to clean energy is getting more refined each week, as more of the world’s energy majors start investing in innovation and collaboration to shift energy production away from GHG-heavy sources.

  • UK opens its first oil and gas licensing round since 2019 to boost energy security

    7 October 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Transition

    UK government has launched the 33rd offshore oil and gas licensing round, making 898 blocks and part-blocks available in an effort to boost the country’s energy security.

  • The plot thickens for controversial Bay du Nord oil project despite govt approval

    12 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian state-controlled oil and gas giant Equinor is now facing more challenges related to the development of its controversial Bay du Nord offshore oil project located in Canada despite recent approval by the government.

  • The Netherlands: Construction of Maasvlakte 2 Running Like Clockwork

    5 November 2010

    Since work started on the construction of Maasvlakte 2 two years ago, 170 million m3 of sand has been brought in. That is more than would be needed to fill the Rotterdam – Fyenoord soccer stadium to the brim 100 times. At the height of the ‘sand operations’, some ten trailing hopper suction dredgers were […]

  • BP’s giant incoming hydrocarbon projects to watch in 2023

    5 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Heavy lifting, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    While tackling the energy trilemma, BP has been working on multiple projects and three of these are on track to start up next year.

  • The Netherlands: DAMEN Presents New Approach to Deep Sea Dredging

    31 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The new flexible dredging concept is the answer to increasing demand for raw materials while sand winning locations are located further from shore at increased dredging depths. The RoRo Deep Dredge, which can work up to -200 m dredging depth, has specifically been designed to meet this demand and to challenge current technical limitations. Shortage […]

  • Court scrutiny underway for $12 billion oil & gas project off Canada

    6 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The saga surrounding the development of a controversial Bay du Nord offshore oil project located in Canada continues with a court challenge.