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  • Maritime Shipping Firms Fined for Violating Fuel Regulation (USA)

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined three international shipping companies a combined $440,250 for failure to switch from dirty “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering Regulated California Waters, as required by state law.  “Ships en route to California ports emit thousands of tons of diesel exhaust each year,” said ARB […]

  • Petrofac bags another five-year deal with UK firm

    14 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Petrofac has won a five-year deal with Anasuria Operating Company to assist AOC in optimising the value of its North Sea assets.

  • Danish firm wins another five-year deal with TotalEnergies

    30 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    TotalEnergies has handed out a long-term deal to Denmark’s Semco Maritime for the provision of field support personnel.

  • Velesto jack-up to drill five firm wells for Petronas

    1 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Velesto has secured more work for one of its jack-up drilling rigs for operations in Malaysia with Petronas Carigali.

  • Murphy Oil hires subsea firms for Dalmatian field work

    5 December 2016

    U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil has ordered a multiphase boosting system for its Dalmatian offshore development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The system will be supplied by Subsea Integration Alliance, a company formed in 2015 by OneSubsea, Schlumberger, and Subsea 7. According to Subsea Integration Alliance, the award marks industry’s first deepwater integrated subsea […]

  • BVB44M: Sturdy Elegance in a Long-Range Superyacht From Bloemsma Van Breemen Shipyard

    20 December 2013

    ‘Long-range cruising in style’ is what best sums up the latest delivery to come out of the Bloemsma Van Breemen Shipyard in Makkum. The 44 metre motoryacht, prosaically named BVB44M, was designed by Pieter Beeldsnijder, the Dutch designer behind iconic yachts such as Athena and Ethereal. The hull lines and engineering were designed by Vripack […]

  • EU Funds Two Spanish Floating Offshore Wind Projects with EUR 67.4 Mln

    9 July 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The European Commission yesterday awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. This makes the polluters the driving force behind developing new low-carbon […]

  • Production vessel engulfed in flames after explosion

    3 February 2022
    Environment, Exploration & Production, Safety, Vessels

    An offshore production vessel located in waters offshore Nigeria has been engulfed in flames following an explosion.

  • Creating Job Openings through Energy Production (USA)

    25 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee have been advancing legislation to put Americans back to work and unlock access to the U.S. energy resources. Expanding American energy production, both onshore and offshore, is one of the best ways to create over a million new jobs and spur economic growth. “The American people don’t want […]

  • Aramco splashes $30 billion on 17 more deals with US players

    21 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s energy heavyweight, has revealed a new batch of multibillion-dollar memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements, encompassing liquefied natural gas (LNG), financial services, advanced materials manufacturing, and procurement of materials and services with U.S. companies such as SLB, Baker Hughes, McDermott, Halliburton, NESR, KBR, Flowserve, NOV, Worley, and Fluor.

  • Sevan Marine hires law firm to investigate bribery allegations

    29 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Sevan Marine, a Norwegian designer of cylindrical offshore drilling and production units, has engaged a law firm in relation to allegations linking the firm to a bribery scandal in Brazil. In a statement issued today, Sevan Marine ASA has said it has recently become aware of articles in the Brazilian press which refer to a former […]

  • Shell hires Wood on five-year gig in Trinidad and Tobago

    20 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Shell has hand-picked Wood’s joint venture company, Massy Wood, for the delivery of engineering projects and asset support in Trinidad and Tobago.

  • French firm hired to jumpstart stalled Cypriot LNG project

    26 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    French-based engineering company Technip Energies has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Cyprus’ Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (ETYFA) for the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

  • Eco Wave Power to assess wave energy potential in South Africa

    25 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Vision

    Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power has signed an agreement with Africa Great Future Development (AGFDL) to conduct a feasibility study for a potential wave energy project at the Port of Ngqura in South Africa. According to Eco Wave Power, the agreement marks the company’s first move into the African market, aligning with its strategy […]

  • Two Greek Firms Fined for Dumping Oil in Texas Ports

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Greek companies pleaded guilty to discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by their oil tanker.

  • Norwegian energy giant hires compatriot firm for subsurface support 

    2 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has selected compatriot company AGR, part of energy and marine consultancy ABL Group, for the provision of subsurface and field development support related to project developments of its facilities, offshore installations and onshore plants.  As part of the long-term frame agreement, AGR will provide expertise in multidisciplinary subsurface work, including […]

  • JERA–Woodside LNG pact bolstering Japan’s winter energy resilience

    23 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Japan’s JERA, an equal joint venture of two major Japanese electric power companies, TEPCO Fuel & Power Incorporated and Chubu Electric Power Company, has signed a non-binding heads of agreement (HoA) with the Singaporean subsidiary of of Australian energy giant Woodside for the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the latter’s portfolio.

  • As UK’s general elections draw near, candidates urged to throw support behind ‘homegrown’ energy transition

    6 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has called on all participants in the upcoming general elections to back the domestic energy sector, as this transition pathway is said to safeguard energy security and jobs while accelerating economic growth.

  • UK: South Boats Continues to Build Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessels

    18 January 2012

    This South Catamaran 16m vessel is the fifth of a five boat order from Turbine Transfers Ltd. for the 16m to be delivered. This vessel compliments the twenty six wind farm vessels already built or in build for Turbine Transfers Ltd. by South Boats. The ‘Porth Cadlan’ has an LOA of 16.8m, Beam of 6.3m, Draught […]

  • Top News of 2013

    31 December 2013
    Equipment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Vessels

    Australia: QGC Provides QCLNG Project Update (VIDEO) QGC, a BG Unit and operator of the QCLNG project, has released a new video showcasing the construction and shipping of modules from Thailand to Curtis Island, where the LNG project is located. VIDEO: From Plant to Plant – The LNG Process Woodside of Australia posted a video […]

  • USS Pinckney Disrupts Group of Suspected Pirates Near Yemen

    22 December 2011

    Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91), assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, disrupted a group of suspected pirates close to the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), south of Yemen, Dec. 19. The Merchant Shipping Industry Best Management Practices, Version 4 (BMPv4) encourages merchant vessels to register with the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) […]

  • Minister Barker Names South West as Marine Energy Park (UK)

    23 January 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker made the announcement on a visit to Bristol where he met with key members of the new initiative. The South West Marine […]

  • Interview: JMU’s Contra Rotating Propellers Cut Fuel Consumption

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    With the climate in the shipping industry as competitive as ever, the shipowners look favorably on any breakthrough that could lead to cutting shipping costs.   That is why Japan Marine United Corporation’s (JMU) innovative fuel-saving Contra Rotating Propeller System (CRP) has made waves within the shipping community. This technology, which was developed independently by JMU, is […]

  • Bibby Offshore: Successful Evacuation Drill

    9 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is leading the way in saturation diving safety in the North Sea after recently carrying out fully successful evacuation trials. The trials involved mating a Self Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL) from the company’s Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to a Portable Hyperbaric Reception Facility onshore. Saturation diving requires […]

  • EnerMech Acquires UK and Australian Companies

    23 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Oil and gas engineering company, EnerMech, has snapped up Australian industrial sector firm Vicon Services, and UK-based pump equipment specialist Total Reclaim Systems Ltd, in deals worth a combined £10 million. The Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group will introduce new business lines and significantly strengthen its presence in the multi-billion dollar Australian energy sector through the […]