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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • UK’s first green shipping corridor is in the making

    18 September 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    The UK-based clean energy enabler NatPower Marine and compatriot port operator Peel Ports Group are set to commence installation of shore power at Heysham in September 2025.

  • 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.

  • North Sea operator raising €450M to fund boost in UK gas field and growth opportunities

    17 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer, has disclosed pricing of its senior notes offering and the extension of its reserves based lending (RBL) facility, which is expected to fuel the firm’s acquisition of an additional stake in a gas field in UK waters and optimize financial flexibility for further expansion and growth.

  • NKT named preferred bidder for UK’s subsea green electricity superhighway

    15 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England, set to become one of the biggest electricity transmission projects in the UK. SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission have selected NKT as […]

  • UK workers’ strike threat pays off: 130-strong North Sea crew endorses pay boost with CNOOC

    18 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital

    With the wage growth mission spreading its wings across North Sea platforms, offshore workers have increasingly turned to potential industrial action pursuits to get better pay deals in the UK’s offshore energy sector, as illustrated by the latest wage win secured by workers employed on assets operated by CNOOC Petroleum Europe (CNOOC), a European affiliate of CNOOC, a Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant.

  • BP unlocking more US oil & gas with go-ahead for $5 billion Gulf of America project

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

    BP has decided to move forward with its second production platform in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico) in less than two years to augment its upstream business by making a final investment decision (FID) for one of the eight to ten major projects expected to start up globally between 2028 and 2030.

  • Petrofac staying longer on North Sea assignment with Shell’s affiliate

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

    UK-headquartered oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured a contract extension in the North Sea, which will enable it to keep working for a subsidiary of Shell, a compatriot energy giant.

  • Anemoi completes rotor sail installation on 325,000 dwt U-Ming VLOC

    1 October 2025
    Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Taiwanese shipping company U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation (U-Ming) and the UK-based wind propulsion technology provider Anemoi Marine Technologies have completed the rotor sail installation on U-Ming’s Grand Pioneer, a 325,000 dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC).

  • PowerCell to deliver fuel cell systems for two hydrogen-powered bulk carriers

    1 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    PowerCell has secured a contract to supply fuel cell systems for two hydrogen-powered bulk carriers being built by GMI Rederi.

  • UK subsea contractor orders three ROVs for work in West Africa

    11 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Film-Ocean, a UK-based subsea contractor providing ROV inspection and intervention services, in partnership with its parent company Stapem, is investing in three work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from SMD. The order comprises two SMD Quantum 250-hp heavy-duty work-class ROVs and one SMD Atom ultra-compact work-class ROV. Delivery of the Quantum ROVs is scheduled for next […]

  • NeuConnect: Auctioneer selected for cross-border transmission capacity

    17 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    As part of plans for preparations for the start of commercial and market operations, Joint Allocation Office (JAO) has been appointed as the provider for auctioning cross-border transmission capacity for the NeuConnect high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the UK and Germany. With converter stations on the Isle […]

  • ‘World’s largest’ jack-up starts first decom with Perenco post refurbishment

    15 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    A heavy lift jack-up vessel owned by the Netherlands-based decommissioning services specialist Petrodec has started decommissioning work with the UK subsidiary of Anglo-French oil and gas player Perenco in the Southern North Sea (SNS).

  • TechnipFMC scores work on ExxonMobil’s seventh oil chapter in Guyana

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

    TechnipFMC has tucked under its belt a new multimillion-dollar subsea assignment, which will enable it to help ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil, to bring to life an offshore oil project in Guyana’s Stabroek block.

  • ELIRE Infra and partners secure UK funding for hydrogen floating power hubs to decarbonize ports

    8 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition

    ELIRE Infra, part of the UK’s ELIRE Group, and its consortium partners have secured £1 million (around €1.152 million) in UK Government funding to develop hydrogen floating power hubs aimed at decarbonizing port operations and supporting the UK’s transition to net zero.

  • UK: Three partners to delve into the potential of ammonia in maritime decarbonization

    5 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Scottish Port of Cromarty Firth, Brunel University of London, and UK environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo have joined forces to launch a feasibility study that aims to understand how ammonia could support the decarbonization of the maritime sector and a concept for a next-generation ammonia combustion engine.