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  • $4 billion LNG lawsuit going ahead as arbitration starts

    23 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Sinolam International, a Singapore-based investment company focused on oil, gas, and power investments in emerging markets in Asia and Latin America, has decided to move forward with a lawsuit related to Panama’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power market by submitting an arbitration request under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention against the Republic of Panama in connection with the cancellation of a license for a major gas-fired power generation project.

  • Bay of Fundy tidal turbines get regulatory green light

    14 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued a Fisheries Act Authorization to Eauclaire Tidal to deploy up to three Orbital Marine Power O2-X tidal turbines at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). According to FORCE, the deployment is the first project to move forward under Canada’s revised staged approach for tidal stream energy, […]

  • Trump’s EPA rolls back Biden‑era oil & gas rules, slashes $2.5 billion in costs

    7 April 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that it will enable $2.5 billion in compliance savings over 15 years by cutting the red tape and revising the Biden-Harris administration’s oil and natural gas regulations to curb gasoline and energy costs.

  • First US subsea rock installation vessel begins sea trials

    18 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV), owned by Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), has begun its sea trials, with operations to start soon. GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first steel cut in July 2023 and the keel laid in May 2024. Acadia was […]

  • DeepOcean answers subsea oil & gas tie-back call in UK waters

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

    Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired for a subsea tie-back assignment related to a hydrocarbon field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Oil production uptick in Gulf of Suez as new well comes online

    21 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO) has put into production mode a new well at an offshore field in the Gulf of Suez, boosting its oil output off the coast of Egypt.

  • Vattenfall blasts WWII sea mines at German offshore wind project sites

    15 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has removed three unexploded sea mines dating from World War II in the area where it will build its Nordlicht offshore wind cluster in the German North Sea. The mines, each with an explosive force comparable to 200-300 kilograms of TNT, were first located as anomalies during prior geophysical surveys of […]

  • Saipem’s subsea drone clears tests with Petrobras ahead of offshore deployment

    19 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vision

    Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing facility in Trieste, Italy, in the presence of Petrobras […]

  • Massachusetts backs tidal and wave energy with $1.9 million grant

    14 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo), a non-profit corporation dedicated to the sustainable development of ocean renewable energy, has been awarded nearly $1.9 million from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to upgrade and expand its tidal and wave energy test sites, supporting the development of marine renewables across the state. The $1,885,870 funding package […]

  • Seabed preparation starts ahead of construction of new Dutch offshore wind farm

    30 March 2026
    Business Developments & Projects

    The first preparations ahead of offshore construction work at the OranjeWind project site in the Netherlands have begun, as Jan De Nul has started the filter layer installation campaign. In the coming weeks, the rock installation vessel Simon Stevin will install the first layer of erosion protection, which is essential to enable the subsequent installation […]

  • Bechtel takes a deep dive into tragic incident with three fatalities at US LNG project

    10 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Safety

    Bechtel Energy, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, has shed light on a fatal incident in which three workers lost their lives and two were injured while working on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under development in the Lone Star State, United States.

  • Japanese long-distance cable-laying vessel receives general design approval

    4 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), verifying the vessel’s compliance with relevant rules at the detailed design level. NYK reported that it had, on February 13, completed the basic design of the long-distance CLV, being developed for […]

  • Major modifications at Norway’s offshore oil & gas field are a go

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

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received the blessing from the country’s authorities for the subsea tie-back in the Norwegian Sea to up the hydrocarbon production ante at its field off the coast of Norway.

  • Singapore gives conditional approval for renewable energy import from Sarawak

    17 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) has given its conditional approval for the import of renewable energy from Sarawak in Malaysia to Singapore through subsea cables spanning over 700 kilometers. Sembcorp Utilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, and Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia’s largest renewable energy developer, announced the conditional approval today, October 17. […]

  • New player enters underwater robotics market with AUV prototype

    3 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    ZenaTech, a Canadian technology company specializing in AI drone, drone as a service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS and quantum computing solutions, has entered the underwater robotics market with the development of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) prototype. ZenaTech reported on March 31 that its ZenaDrone subsidiary had developed the IQ Aqua AUV prototype intended for multiple underwater use […]

  • Scottish wave energy firm to launch demo projects in Taiwan and Guam

    28 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Scotland-based marine energy company ZOEX Power has secured the first-ever sale of its wave energy prototype device, after completing real-world sea trials on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The purchase order was secured from a fully owned subsidiary of Türkiye’s Ordu municipality, named Oren Ordu Enerji A.S., following long-term sea trials at Belde Park. The […]

  • VARD marks keel laying milestone for subsea construction vessel in Europe (Gallery)

    28 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian shipbuilder VARD has held a keel laying ceremony for an offshore subsea construction vessel it is building for Dong Fang Offshore (DFO).

  • 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.

  • First oil & gas well in US Gulf now online, second set to follow suit shortly

    23 January 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Beacon Offshore Energy, a Texas-based exploration and production company, has brought its initial well on stream at a field in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico) and drilled another one, which is anticipated to begin production by the end of the first quarter of 2026.

  • Multimillion-dollar fine for EnQuest over 33 idle wells as UK cracks down on decom inactivity

    9 April 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Great Britain’s regulator, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has hit London Stock Exchange-listed energy player EnQuest with a penalty over decommissioning failures related to 33 inactive wells.

  • Rig on the move: Stena drillship sailing from US Gulf to Las Palmas ahead of Egyptian gig

    24 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    A 2012-built drillship, owned by Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling, has finished its drilling campaign in the U.S. Gulf and is on its way to Las Palmas before going to Egypt to undertake its next hydrocarbon exploration assignment.

  • Hyundai Motor breaks ground on hydrogen fuel cell facility in South Korea

    6 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Hyundai Motor Company, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new hydrogen fuel cell production plant in Ulsan, South Korea.

  • Jan De Nul to install Formosa 4 subsea export cables, named preferred supplier for Formosa 6

    9 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    Jan De Nul has signed a contract with Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) for the installation of subsea export cables on the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm. SRE has also selected the Belgian offshore construction contractor for export cables on its Formosa 6 offshore wind project. Under the contract for Formosa 4, Jan De Nul will […]

  • Canada’s $5.1 billion LNG project continues to take shape (Gallery)

    24 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Woodfibre Management, a privately held Canadian company based in Vancouver, has made progress in the construction of its operated $5.1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, under development in British Columbia, Canada.

  • Mersey tidal power project moves forward with cooperation extension

    6 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has extended a “successful and productive” collaboration with K-Water, the Korean company behind the “world’s largest” tidal power facility at Sihwa Lake. The memorandum of agreement (MoA), first signed three years ago, is supporting the Combined Authority’s plans to harness the tidal power potential of the River Mersey.  According […]