10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • Seaturns to deploy full-scale wave energy device at offshore test site in 2025

    11 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Technology

    French wave energy developer Seaturns has signed an agreement with the OPEN-C Foundation to deploy a full-scale wave energy demonstrator at the SEM-REV offshore test site near Le Croisic, with installation scheduled for summer 2025. According to Seaturns, the move follows the completion of reduced-scale (1:4) tests, conducted between October 2023 and February 2025 at […]

  • Australian FPSO cutting its ties to two oilfields after 26 years

    26 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    As it continues to tick off items from its decommissioning list, a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Timor Sea is severing its bonds with two oilfields off the coast of Australia, with a new milestone in its progress enabling it to remove the possibility of oil leakage.

  • Ship recycling sector in Türkiye faces renewed scrutiny amid recent incidents

    15 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    The ship recycling industry in Türkiye has seen a wave of developments in recent months, drawing renewed scrutiny over safety practices, transparency, and environmental oversight, the Belgium-based NGO Shipbreaking Platform has shared. According to the organization, the spotlight is once again on Aliağa, where controversies regarding the sale of shipbreaking yards, the arrival of a […]

  • Germany has its first green ship recycling facility

    21 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    For the first time, it will be possible to recycle vessels in Germany rather than sending them to South Asia for demolition.

  • North Sea field closing 56-year gas chapter as Eni explores its CCS future

    17 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage

    Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has drilled an appraisal well for a veteran field in the UK sector of the North Sea to assess its potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

  • North Sea oil & gas operators urged to up production ante by stepping up well intervention and development drilling game

    28 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    As energy security concerns continue to run the show, Great Britain’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has called on oil and gas operators to join forces and bolster well interventions and development drilling activities to revive shut-in wells to sustain domestic oil and gas production, which will lower the reliance on energy imports, support the supply chain, and unlock cost-efficient energy output.

  • Asbestos scandal engulfs Italian ferry after controversial Croatia refurbishment plan

    2 September 2025
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    The Italy-flagged ferry Moby Drea, once cleared by Italian authorities for refurbishment in Croatia, has re-emerged as a controversial dismantling case after protests from Croatian civil society organizations exposed its heavy asbestos contamination, raising questions over regulatory oversight and the vessel’s true fate. As informed, news that a fifty-year-old Italian ferry was bound for Croatia […]

  • NextGeo expands into new regions via acquisition of share in 61-year-old Italian firm

    22 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of 75.4% of the share capital of a compatriot subsea services company established in 1964, thereby expanding its operations into the Mediterranean and West African countries and broadening its range of services. The transaction involves the acquisition of 75.4% of the […]

  • Proposed North Sea oil project makes progress but UK urged to mend its fiscal ways

    4 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Given the need to secure future investments in domestic energy, the UK is being asked to change its current fiscal and regulatory regime related to its oil and gas policy, as NEO NEXT Energy and its partners, Serica Energy and Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), take steps to move forward with a proposed oil redevelopment project in the North Sea.

  • NOIA depicts Gulf of America as anchor of US energy independence and maritime strength

    27 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    A new report, published by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), has painted the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) as one of the world’s most valuable and dynamic offshore energy regions, spotlighting it as a critical engine of innovation, economic strength, and national security.

  • Tenaz gains access to ‘highly prospective’ North Sea gas assets in $244M deal

    6 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Canada’s public energy company Tenaz Energy has acquired a private company holding interests in an offshore development on the border between the Dutch and German sectors of the North Sea.

  • Interview: High-growth regions, subsea, and FPSO jobs unlocking EnerMech’s resilience in energy realms

    18 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    EnerMech, an Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist, has pinpointed the focus on high-growth regions, subsea work, and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) assignments as its tripartite resilience formula, which it uses as keys to achieving resilience against the backdrop of ongoing economic and geopolitical woes.

  • Jack-up duo reborn: Petrodec unveils fused platform at Damen’s shipyard

    22 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Damen Shiprepair, part of the Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen Shipyards Group, has hosted a naming ceremony for a self-elevating heavy lift jack-up, being repurposed from two former units by decommissioning services specialist Petrodec, at its yard in Rotterdam. 

  • ONE commits to green ship recycling as newest member of STRI

    29 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    Singapore-based liner shipping player Ocean Network Express (ONE) has established a ship recycling policy and joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI) to showcase its “commitment to responsible practices and environmental stewardship”.

  • France commissions 23 MWp floating solar project

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    A 23 MWp floating solar plant has been commissioned at the Arroux gravel pits in Saone-et-Loire, French floating solar company Ciel & Terre said. The project spans five lakes and includes 40,000 solar panels connected to 50 inverters. According to Ciel & Terre, the annual output is estimated at around 26 GWh, equal to the […]

  • Dajin commissions 250 MW fishery-solar hybrid in China

    8 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Beijing-based company Dajin Heavy Industry has commissioned its 250 MW Shilihai fishery-solar hybrid photovoltaic (PV) project in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China. The project, which is now fully connected to the grid, employs a dual-use model of “power generation above, aquaculture below,” spanning approximately 353 hectares of fish ponds and featuring 370,000 bifacial solar panels. According to the […]

  • Subsea pre-commissioning contract in Australia comes along to EnerMech

    2 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured a contract it describes as major for the delivery of pre-commissioning and specialist services for an offshore gas development in Australia. The scope of work includes the provision of riser and umbilical services for the second phase of the installation campaign for the project located in the East […]

  • Germany’s H2Mare commissions floating test platform for power-to-X production

    22 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    H2Mare, a project focused on researching the offshore production of green hydrogen and other power-to-X (PtX) products from wind energy, has launched a floating test platform to demonstrate a complete PtX process chain for sustainable fuels in Bremerhaven, Germany.

  • India commissions 1 MW green hydrogen plant at Kandla Port

    31 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition

    India has commissioned a 1 MW green hydrogen power plant at Kandla Port, marking a step forward in the country’s push toward cleaner maritime infrastructure.

  • BP puts Gate Energy on commissioning duty for its deepwater FPU

    16 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    BP Exploration & Production, a subsidiary of the UK-based energy heavyweight BP, has picked Gate Energy, a Houston-based engineering, commissioning, and field services player, to handle the commissioning scope of its semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) destined for a deepwater project in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico).

  • COSCO Shipping commissions DSIC for six LNG/methanol-ready tankers

    5 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Chinese state-owned maritime transport giant COSCO Shipping has tapped compatriot vessel construction player Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), for a sextet of alternative fuel-ready tankers. According to Greek shipbroker Intermodal, COSCO Shipping is expected to cash out $119.1 million for each of the six 307,000 dwt tankers. Once completed, […]

  • Bechtel taps EnerMech for pre-commissioning gig on Woodside’s LNG project

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured a new assignment with Bechtel, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, for work on the second train of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Australia.

  • European Commission completes hydrogen framework with new low-carbon methodology

    9 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    The European Commission has adopted a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission methodology for low-carbon hydrogen and fuels, as set out in the Hydrogen and Gas Market Directive, completing the European Union’s (EU’s) regulatory framework for hydrogen.

  • HD KSOE commissions GTT for tank design of six LNG-fueled containerships

    3 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured a contract from South Korean shipbuilding giant HD KSOE to design cryogenic tanks for six new LNG-fueled containerships ordered by shipowner Capital.

  • European Commission kick-starts work on EU ports and industrial maritime strategies

    2 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    In a long-awaited move, the European Commission has started preparations for an EU Ports Strategy and EU Industrial Maritime Strategy and is inviting stakeholders to participate in the process.