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  • U.S. energy secretary pick Jennifer Granholm backs Biden’s green push

    1 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    After many negative comments targeted President Biden’s plan to halt oil and gas leasing, the nominee for the position of energy secretary Jennifer Granholm defended the administration’s push for a clean energy transition.

  • Kongsberg rolls out new subsea transponders with pressure sensor

    9 February 2021
    Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Kongsberg Maritime has augmented its range of cNODE MiniS SSBL (Super Short Base Line) and LBL (Long Base Line) transponders with new models incorporating an internal, high-accuracy strain gauge pressure sensor. The new transponder units primarily deliver positioning of ROVs, AUVs and towed bodies, but also support operations such as locating of subsea structures. This […]

  • Greens: GBR Needs Action, Not Lobbying

    9 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    To save the Great Barrier Reef from an ‘In Danger’ listing, the Abbott Government needs to follow the World Heritage Committee’s recommendations, instead of telling other countries to back off, as reported today. “The best way to avoid a World Heritage ‘In Danger’ listing, which would be a disaster for our tourism industry, is to […]

  • Well intervention brings production boost for North Sea field

    9 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Well intervention activities have been carried out at the Bittern field located in the North Sea, boosting its production.

  • Ex-Qatari Investors Group CFO joins GMS

    7 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    GMS has appointed a former CFO of the Qatari Investors Group as its new CFO, since, its current CFO has decided to step down from the role.

  • Australia: Greens Call for Ban on Dumping on the Reef

    19 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Australian Marine Conservation Society has welcomed the Greens policy to ban dumping in the Reef, stating it would pressure all major parties to adopt a ban. Felicity Wishart, the Great Barrier Reef campaign director said that the ban was crucial because the government was set to approve the dumping of millions of tonnes of […]

  • Geelong Debate Scheduled for October 6

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Minister for Ports David Hodgett has welcomed the Opposition’s agreement for Shadow Minister for Ports Natalie Hutchins to face him in a debate on opposing ports policies. “After more than a month of resistance from the Opposition Leader’s Office, we have an agreement where Ms Hutchins is prepared to stand up in front of the […]

  • GE Responds to Legislators

    23 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Last week, GE’s Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety Ann R. Klee responded to state legislators who wrote to the company about the Hudson River Dredging Project. In the letter, she explained the continuing work on the dredging project, reporting about the progress being made and the appropriate next steps. According to Klee, GE expects to complete the […]

  • DP World London Gateway: Intertidal Habitat Created

    10 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    DP World London Gateway has completed the creation of 65 hectares of important intertidal habitat, comprising 59 hectares of mudflat, which will provide feeding ground for wading birds and fish, and six hectares of saltmarsh.  The new intertidal mudflat – equivalent in size to 82 football pitches – is located on the south bank of […]

  • New manager joins Xodus

    4 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Xodus Group has appointed Nigel Underwood as a new manager to head up the company’s London subsea and pipelines division. Nigel Underwood will oversee Xodus’ international subsea and pipelines work, from concept through to detailed design and delivery. Underwood joins Xodus from Petrofac, where he was consultancy manager. Nigel Underwood said: “It’s great to be […]

  • TechnipFMC scores iEPCI contract for Shell’s Gulf of Mexico development

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Energy giant Shell has awarded TechnipFMC with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract for a deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract defined as “significant”, TechnipFMC will supply the subsea tree systems in addition to the EPCI of the umbilical, riser, and flowline systems for the Dover development. […]

  • BV approves containerized LNG solution from Newport/Marine Service

    11 March 2022
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy

    Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) granted approval in principle (AiP) to Marine Service and Newport Shipping for a jointly developed containerized LNG solution.

  • Shell Makes FID for PowerNap Subsea Tie-Back in GoM

    1 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has made the final investment decision (FID) for the PowerNap deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. PowerNap is a subsea tie-back to the Shell-operated Olympus production hub. The project is expected to start production in late 2021 and produce up to 35,000 barrels of oil […]

  • Eurogrid’s debut green bond to finance German offshore wind connections

    7 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    Eurogrid GmbH, the parent company of 50Hertz, has issued its debut green bond in the amount of EUR 750 million, which will finance the Ostwind 1 and 2 grid connections in Germany. The corporate bond with a term of 12 years and an interest rate of 1.113% was issued on the regulated market with the […]

  • Allianse Innovasjon Joins GCE

    7 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norwegian technology startup Allianse Innovasjon has become member of the GCE Ocean Technology Cluster. Allianse Innovasjon (AI) has partnered with several companies to provide a more whole approach to solving technology challenges in the ocean sphere. “For us it was natural progression to apply for membership in the GCE Ocean Technology Cluster, since we already […]

  • In focus: Energy transition nudges oil and gas into strategic reviews as renewables enter record-breaking age

    10 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Oil and gas companies and associated supply chain have started responding to the global energy transition push by announcing strategic business reviews and expansion of focus to cleaner and emissions-free markets more aligned with net-zero targets, as renewable energy sector prepares to enter the record-breaking age bound to continue with each passing year.

  • Driven by the big ban, LNG growth and energy transition to pick up speed – WoodMac

    16 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Transition

    War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand, and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition, WoodMac says.

  • Great Success for Doosan Demo Days (Czech Republic)

    27 July 2012

    Based on the model of last year’s very successful inaugural Heavy Days event, Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has welcomed very close to 500 existing and prospective customers to this year’s Demo Days events held in June and July 2012 in the Czech Republic. Held at the Kozli Quarry close to Pisek, south west of the […]

  • On fleet expansion quest, Dolphin Drilling snaps up two Transocean rigs

    23 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Drilling is in the process of buying two rigs from Transocean for a total of $61.5 million, plus an additional $3 million.

  • Bureau Veritas commits to setting science-based emissions reduction targets

    5 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Bureau Veritas has joined the Science Based Targets initiative, a group of companies who are demonstrating the highest level of ambition on climate and paving the way to a net-zero future.

  • Kingussie Flood Alleviation Channel Works in Full Swing

    8 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Highland Council and Pitmain Estate announced today that the final phase of the work to construct the Kingussie Flood Alleviation Channel is now underway. The jointly-funded project between the Council and Pitmain Estate is located on the estate’s land above the village of Kingussie. McGowan Ltd. of Aviemore carried out phase 1 of the construction in June and July. This phase saw the formation of a section of the diversion channel between the Allt Mor and Loch Gynack. […]

  • Jindal: BP Agrees to Pay USD 340 Million for Restoration (USA)

    1 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Governor Bobby Jindal announced that BP has agreed to fund approximately $340 million in restoration projects for Louisiana. This investment is part of the $1 billion that BP agreed to invest for early restoration of damaged natural resources resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP has agreed to fund approximately $340 million for the […]

  • NYK pens $50 million sustainability-linked loan

    8 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Transition

    Japanese shipping major NYK has signed a sustainability-linked loan agreement worth $50 million with the compatriot Shiga Bank. This is the first sustainability linked loan contract denominated in a foreign currency to be inked in Japan, and the second one for NYK following the signing of a yen-denominated deal in November 2019 in Japan. The […]

  • Ørsted joins UK offshore wind sea state forecasting project

    27 July 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has joined a GBP 400,000 sea state forecasting project, launched by UK’s national Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Centre of Excellence, a collaboration between the University of Hull and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The project’s goal is to deliver a significant reduction in missed working days by developing an innovative approach to sea […]

  • Officials Inspect Kakum River Dredging Activities (Ghana)

    29 July 2013

    Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur at the weekend visited the Kwaprow community to inspect progress of work on the dredging of the Kakum River. The visit was a sequel to a similar one last year during which he sympathized with the people on a flood that affected the area, which claimed houses and other valuables, […]