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  • Greenpeace activists end 13-day occupation of Shell’s oil platform (Gallery)

    14 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Greenpeace activists have disembarked Shell’s oil platform at the port of Haugesund in Norway after 13 days of occupation and a journey of almost 4,000 kilometers from the Canary Islands, with no arrests having taken place.  Four activists boarded the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from inflatable boats north of the Canary Islands […]

  • In focus: Accelerating buildout of sustainable energy mix amid fossil fuel impasse

    15 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Last week’s G20 summit in India concluded with mixed progress on environmental issues. The leaders hailed the ambitious new renewable energy goal to “pursue and encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally” by 2030. However, the gathering was marked with lingering disagreements and weak wording about phasing out fossil fuels.

  • USA: MBARI’s Seafloor-Mapping Robot D. Allan B. Yields Host of New Geologic Discoveries

    6 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    MBARI’s seafloor mapping robot has had a busy year. It documented a huge lava flow from a three-month-old volcanic eruption off the Oregon coast; it charted mysterious three-kilometer-wide scour marks on the seafloor off Northern California; and it unearthed data that challenge existing theories about one of the largest offshore faults in Central California. MBARI […]

  • USA: Scripps Researcher Receives Royal Meteorological Society Honor

    19 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Britain’s Royal Meteorological Society has awarded Tim Barnett, an emeritus research marine geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, its Symons Gold Medal, the society’s premier award. It is the first time in the history of the award that a Scripps scientist has received the honor. The society, founded in 1850, will formally […]

  • Incoming ACP Administrator to Give Keynote at TOC Conference (Panama)

    31 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Jorge Luis Quijano, incoming Administrator for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), will give the opening address at this year’s TOC Container Supply Chain Americas conference, returning for the fourth time to Panama on December 4-6. Quijano, who officially takes up his new role on September 4, was named this March as the successor to Alberto […]

  • Deep dive into oil and gas exploration – then, now, and ahead

    1 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    What will become of oil and gas exploration efforts in the near- and longer-term following a drastic decrease in the level of oil and gas investments?

  • IMO: Shadow fleet, decarbonization and geopolitical tensions are top 3 focus areas in 2025

    20 January 2025
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the world’s shipping regulator— prepares to address a range of pressing issues in 2025, with the top three being dark fleet, decarbonization and geopolitical pressures.

  • Parker Reports All-time Record Results for Fiscal 2011 (USA)

    15 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, reported all-time record results for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2011. Fiscal 2011 sales were $12.3 billion, an increase of 23.5 percent from $10.0 billion in the prior year and surpassing the previous record achieved in fiscal 2008. Net […]

  • Seafarer mental health crisis at a tipping point due to COVID-19 impact

    29 July 2020
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

     The seafarer community is in the midst of a mental health crisis due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the seafarers’ welfare and that of their families, the latest edition of the Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) published by the Mission to Seafarers shows. The SHI is a barometer of the key issues facing […]

  • US NREL: Offshore wind turbines offer path for clean hydrogen production

    12 July 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have found that using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • EDF Launches Its First Annual Energy Day (UK)

    18 December 2012
    Human Capital

    Budding engineers will gather at the EDF Energy London Eye on Wednesday (19 Dec) as EDF Energy launches its first annual Energy Day to highlight career opportunities and the importance of engineering to the UK economy. With a drive to recruit more engineers – and a particular focus on the Women in Engineering initiative – […]

  • Norway: DeepOcean Group Presents New Board of Directors

    15 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      DeepOcean Group Holding AS, an integrated provider of subsea, trenching and marine support vessels and services, today announced the formation of its Board of Directors. The Board is currently comprised of five directors, including three industry veterans, as well as two representatives of the Company’s new shareholders: Thomas Thune Andersen, Chairman of the Board; […]

  • Rystad: Oilfield services market could replace lagging revenue by tapping into energy transition projects

    23 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Hit by the Covid-19 downturn, the oilfield service market is not likely to rebound to last year’s activity level until 2023, according to a Rystad Energy analysis.

  • The Netherlands: ROHR, an Ellicott Dredge Enterprises LLC Unit, Acquires IDRECO

    3 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) has announced that its subsidiary Rohr International Dredge Holdings, Inc. acquired the principle business assets of IDRECO GmbH , including its current backlog, inventory and all associated intellectual property (IPR), on June 29, 2012. IDRECO, which is based in Heerenberg, the Netherlands, approximately 100 km from Amsterdam, will continue to remain […]

  • With 50 GW in plans by 2040, Dutch Gov’t to start work on pinpointing new offshore wind areas next year

    19 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The Dutch government will start identifying further offshore wind areas in 2023, following the recently announced targets of 50 GW by 2040 and 70 GW by 2050. Currently, the government is working on an outlook for offshore wind, which adds more forward-looking plans to the roadmap and accounts for larger wind areas, offshore hydrogen production, […]

  • Weak Earnings Quarter for BP, CEO Says

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    BP today reported its quarterly results for the second quarter of 2012. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, was $3.7 billion, compared with $5.7 billion for the same period in 2011 and $4.8 billion for the first quarter of 2012. Compared to the previous quarter, […]

  • UK: BG Says Makes Progress on QCLNG

    9 February 2012

    BG Group today issued its Annual Strategy update after posting its 2011 results. BG Group’s Chief Executive Sir Frank Chapman said: “The outlook for global gas and LNG demand is strong. BG Group is well set to capitalise on these opportunities and is making good progress with delivering its plans.” Sir Frank continued, “not only […]

  • Westport Revenue Rises

    27 February 2014

    Westport Innovations said its revenue, excluding joint ventures’ revenues, for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 was $52.6 million compared with $39.9 million for the same period last year, an increase of 32%. For the year ended December 31, 2013, revenue was $164.0 million, achieving previously stated guidance of $160 million to $180 million, reflecting […]

  • First oil flows from subsea tie-back in North Sea

    6 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    North Sea-focused Ithaca Energy has started production from a subsea tie-back to its FPF-1 facility located in the UK North Sea.

  • UK: BP 2Q Profit Down

    31 July 2012

    BP today reported its quarterly results for the second quarter of 2012. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, was $3.7 billion, compared with $5.7 billion for the same period in 2011 and $4.8 billion for the first quarter of 2012. Compared to the previous quarter, […]

  • With largest annual backlog since before 2014 woes hit industry, Transocean envisages ‘multi-year upcycle’

    22 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Transocean is anticipating further growth in rig demand over the coming years, which will bring higher day rates and fleet utilisation.

  • Shell appeals against Dutch ruling, highlighting need for balance in addressing climate change and security of supply

    30 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Shell believes that the energy transition is more than just reducing carbon emissions, but is a “political balancing act, requiring government-led policies.”

  • Parker Drilling Second Quarter 2008 Net Income Increases 34 Percent

    7 August 2008

    HOUSTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD), a global drilling contractor and service provider, today announced that 44 percent revenue growth for the three months ended June 30, 2008 led to a 34 percent increase in profitability compared with the second quarter of 2007. Other highlights include: — Net Income of $22.6 […]

  • Stena Drilling drillship comes to spud Chevron’s prospect in West Mediterranean as Egypt anticipates oil & gas growth with further exploration

    4 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Stena Drilling has brought one of its drillships back to Egyptian waters to embark on a drilling assignment with Chevron in the mostly unexplored West Mediterranean (West Med) blocks off the coast of Egypt.

  • COSCO, SIPG take a 20% stake in Chinese logistics player SAIC Anji

    19 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    Chinese state-owned transportation service conglomerate COSCO SHIPPING Group and terminal operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) have invested in SAIC Anji Logistics, a logistics unit owned by Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp, each obtaining 10% of the company’s shares.