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  • STAX Engineering ramps up UK port operations with $50M investment

    22 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    STAX Engineering, a California-based company specializing in maritime emissions capture and control, has decided to scale up its operations in the United Kingdom with an investment of up to £38 million ($50 million) across UK ports. As disclosed, STAX Engineering is currently discussing collaboration opportunities with the Harwich Haven Authority to explore how the demand […]

  • Repsol books Dolphin Drilling’s 1977-built rig for multi-well work

    7 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has turned a letter of intent (LoA) into a multimillion-dollar rig deal with Repsol, a Spanish multinational energy and petrochemical company.

  • Former SBM Offshore CEO joins Yinson Production board

    9 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital

    Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson, has appointed a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Netherlands-headquartered SBM Offshore to its board of directors to reinforce its growth strategy.

  • UK case study shows wave energy lowers cost of 24/7 renewables

    24 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    A new case study from Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean highlights the role of wave energy in achieving the lowest-cost 24/7 clean energy in northern Scotland. According to CorPower Ocean, wave energy consistently reduces system costs, installed capacity, and storage requirements across scenarios for 2032, 2040, and 2050. By 2050, wave energy provides 22% […]

  • ClassNK approves SRC’s retrofit methanol storage solution

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Vessels

    ClassNK has granted approval in principle (AiP) to SRC Group for its Methanol Superstorage solution.

  • Europe urged to step-up its renewable hydrogen game

    8 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition

    The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition (RHC), as the voice of the value chain, encompassing renewable energy suppliers, start-ups, investors, and industrial offtakers dedicated to making Europe the global leader in renewable hydrogen solutions, has called on the European decision-making realms and leaders to scale up incentives, funding opportunities, and market fundamentals for clean technology, especially the landscape surrounding hydrogen made from renewable sources.  

  • North Sea operator prolongs Petrofac’s UK gig for two more years

    22 September 2025

    Petrofac, a UK-headquartered oilfield services provider, has won a contract extension in the UK sector of the North Sea, allowing it to remain on an assignment with Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer.

  • EU puts its foot down on Russian oil & gas imports with gradual phase-out

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

    The latest step taken to end the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels is contained within its plans to gradually ban imports of oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from next year, with limited exceptions for existing short-term and long-term contracts. This legislation is described as a response to Russia’s systematic weaponisation of energy supplies.

  • US gov’t, TotalEnergies strike $1 billion deal; Company to invest reimbursed offshore wind fees in its oil & gas projects

    24 March 2026
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and TotalEnergies have signed settlement agreements to terminate the company’s two offshore wind leases in the United States, confirming recent reports that a deal was being drafted under which TotalEnergies would be reimbursed $928 million (around €806 million) paid in lease fees. Under the deal, TotalEnergies, along with […]

  • BAR Technologies and Union Maritime secure double approval for dual-fuel LNG tanker duo fitted with WAPS

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vessels

    UK-based shipping company Union Maritime (UML) and compatriot design and engineering firm BAR Technologies have received a green light from the Marshall Islands flag for the former company’s dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker duo fitted with wind propulsion systems. As disclosed, the approval, which has confirmed that the two maritime players’ proposals covering bridge […]

  • Lloyd’s Register updates guidance on fuel cell installation on ships

    7 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Technology, Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released updated guidance on the installation of fuel cells on ships.

  • Spirit Energy books AG on multi-year North Sea gig

    18 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Spirit Energy, an energy company with two shareholders consisting of Centrica (69%) and Stadtwerke München GmbH SWM (31%), has hired AG Consultancy and Apps (AG), an independent SAP consultancy, on a long-term assignment to support its assets in the North Sea. 

  • BP entrusts Three60 Energy and AF Offshore JV with decom gig at North Sea field

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

    BP has hired a new joint venture (JV) between Three60 Energy (THREE60) and AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), a subsidiary of AF Gruppen, on a multimillion-pound assignment for integrated decommissioning services at its field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). 

  • IMO delays adoption of shipping carbon tax in ‘might is right’ show

    20 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed to delay the planned adoption of the Net-Zero Framework (NZF) for one year in a vote at the Extraordinary Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC E.2) in London on October 17.

  • Allseas tasked with dismantling long-serving platform in UK North Sea

    18 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Allseas has won a contract with TAQA UK for the engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) of a platform in the UK Central North Sea.

  • UK and US to commit to boosting nuclear power capacity

    16 September 2025
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Companies from the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (U.S.) have signed “major” new deals that are expected to supercharge the expansion of nuclear power stations in both countries. As disclosed by the UK government, the deals between the two nations have been enabled by a new agreement—to be known as the Atlantic Partnership […]

  • Digital twin project aimed at curbing UK shipping emissions wins over $1M in funding

    18 September 2025
    Collaboration, IT & Software, Transition

    A consortium comprising the Scottish Heriot-Watt University’s Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), IT and business consulting firm CGI, and Maritime UK has clinched over £1 million (roughly $1.3 million) from the United Kingdom government to craft a new digital twin solution for cutting shipping emissions. The funding was awarded via UK SHORE, the […]

  • ABP-backed collaboration wins UK government funding for green methanol project

    18 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    TURBO-METH, a green methanol production technology project backed by the UK’s port operator Associated British Ports (ABP), has secured funding as part of the UK Department for Transport’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) 6.

  • BP, Petrobras keeping Transocean rig duo busy in US Gulf and Brazil

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

    Two drillships, which are part of a rig fleet owned by Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean, are staying in the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) and Brazil, thanks to multimillion-dollar contract options, which the UK-headquartered BP and Brazil’s Petrobras decided to take advantage of to prolong the rigs’ existing assignments.

  • Hibiscus spuds one of only three UKCS wells scheduled in 2025 as sector faces ‘historic lows’

    19 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Malaysian independent oil and gas exploration and production company, Hibiscus Petroleum, has spudded a new well at a field in the Central North Sea (CNS) off the coast of the United Kingdom.

  • Dolphin Drilling’s 35-year-old rig returning to its North Sea gig

    23 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the return of a 1990-built semi-submersible rig, which it acquired from Transocean, to the North Sea, where it will resume its assignment in UK waters.

  • LR joins forces with Texas firm to explore use of micro-nuclear reactors in powering ships

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    UK classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has partnered with Deployable Energy, a Houston-based nuclear technology company, to advance the safe use of micro-nuclear reactor technology to power ships.

  • Community input seen as ‘vital’ piece of UK’s next subsea electricity transmission puzzle

    24 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission has sent out an invitation to residents to attend events designed to provide more insight into the plans for the development of the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway project, envisioned to link Scotland and England.

  • Noble’s 2014-built drillship picks up new drilling job in Africa

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

    U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant Noble Corporation has won a new drilling assignment in western Africa, which one of its drillships will carry out off the coast of Ghana.

  • UK government to channel more than $1.49B into maritime industry growth

    15 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The United Kingdom (UK) government has decided to allocate over £1.1 billion (approximately $1.49 billion) in joint government and industry investments for the maritime sector, seeking to expand growth and boost innovation in engineering, green technology and construction sectors. Per the nation’s Department for Transport, the funding encompasses a private investment amounting to £700 million, […]