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  • Subsea cable firm XLCC relaunches as Aquora, focuses on installation first

    26 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels, Vision

    UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilizing a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also provide maintenance services for critical infrastructure, and with cable […]

  • US portrays offshore leasing and planning as ‘critical’ to historic oil output highs

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

    The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has spotlighted the role offshore leasing and planning play in driving record oil production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

  • Prysmian to buy Spanish cable survey and installation solutions provider

    26 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group is set to acquire ACSM, a Spanish provider of solutions for submarine cable installation, including subsea surveying, route planning and seabed preparation. Based in Vigo, ACSM has been operating for over 20 years across 60 countries, with over 350 employees. Its revenues in 2024 were €62 million and its EBITDA […]

  • AquaTerra performs ‘first-of-its-kind’ repair work on North Sea platform

    12 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    UK-headquartered AquaTerra Group has undertaken offshore caisson repair at a platform in the North Sea. The firm claims this is the first time a full-length internal caisson repair has been executed on an offshore production facility, bringing a defective caisson back into service.

  • 250 North Sea workers to reap benefits from UK union recognition deal

    9 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Human Capital

    The offshore workers’ voices on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) are set to be amplified as Unite, described as Britain’s largest offshore trade union, has secured a new recognition agreement with Apache, a North Sea operator.

  • ABS debuts digital twin to enhance safety, cut downtime, and extend lifespan of FPSOs, FLNGs, and FSRUs

    28 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Technology

    The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society, has launched a real-time 3D structural digital twin life-cycle management tool, which is a web-based solution tailored for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO), floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG), and floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owners and operators.

  • Middle East conflict halts more offshore drilling ops as another rig owner confirms temporary suspensions

    26 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Arabian Drilling, said to be Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling company by fleet size, has revealed temporary suspensions for some offshore rigs in the Arabian Gulf, as its land fleet remains unaffected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

  • Startups invited to test ocean tech at Australia’s research facilities

    10 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    The University of Western Australia (UWA) Coastal and Offshore Research Laboratory (CORL) has launched the Ocean Innovation Challenge, offering startups and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) a chance to access a full week of free testing at its ocean research facilities. According to UWA CORL, the initiative provides an opportunity to validate early-stage concepts, advance […]

  • Multi-year time charter duo strengthens BW LPG’s presence in VLGC market

    9 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Singapore-based shipowner and operator BW LPG, associated with BW Group, has secured two long-term time charter-out deals for a pair of very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

  • Finnish firm to arm Jan De Nul’s subsea rock installation vessel with propulsion package

    20 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Finland-headquartered propulsion specialist Steerprop has been entrusted with equipping a new subsea rock installation vessel with a complete propulsion package. Once constructed, this ship is destined to join the fleet of Jan De Nul, a dredging and offshore contractor.

  • WATCH: Valaris drillship undergoing upgrades in Spain as another rig reaches Brazil

    3 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    A 2014-built drillship, owned by the Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris, has come to Brazilian waters ahead of its assignment with Equinor Energy do Brasil, a subsidiary of Norway’s energy giant Equinor. Another unit from the rig owner’s fleet is currently getting upgrades in Spain for its next assignment in West Africa.

  • Seabed clearance for second Malta-Italy interconnector to remove 393 targets

    19 March 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Safety

    The seabed clearance phase for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy has begun, aiming to make the cable corridor route debris-free and safe for cable installation. Following the completion of the detailed marine route survey carried out by Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), the IC2 interconnector has advanced to the identification and clearance phase […]

  • Venterra companies expand capabilities, geographical reach

    10 March 2026
    Business & Finance

    UK-based Venterra Group has announced two new business developments within its group of companies over the past few days, as INSPIRE Environmental expanded into Scotland and GeoForce Technical Services launched an advanced geotechnical soil testing capability. INSPIRE Environmental has opened a permanent operational base in Aberdeen, aimed at supporting offshore wind projects across Scotland, the […]

  • Italy’s Fincantieri and NextGeo seal the deal for autonomous vehicle development

    29 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Ingegneria dei Sistemi (IDS), and compatriot Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic collaboration for the development of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and related technologies for civil applications in the oil & gas and renewable energy sectors. Through the agreement, signed […]

  • Safety overhaul underway at Equinor’s Barents Sea LNG plant after incident probe

    6 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Safety

    Following an internal investigation of an accident at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has introduced measures to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

  • ‘World’s largest’ cable laying vessel launches, sea trials on schedule

    22 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Jan De Nul has launched its first XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), Fleeming Jenkin, with the final vessel construction phase now starting, including sea trials. Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named William Thomson, last May, deemed the […]

  • Hamburg Declaration: North Sea countries target 100 GW of cross-border offshore wind, boost to green hydrogen

    26 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    Energy ministers from nine North Sea countries signed the ‘Hamburg Declaration’ at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on January 26, agreeing to work towards up to 100 GW of cross-border offshore wind capacity in the North Seas by 2050, while also advancing offshore renewable hydrogen as part of a more integrated regional energy system. […]

  • Big Oil vs climate advocates on US offshore leasing plan: Key to energy security and jobs or coastal economy threat

    21 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Trump administration’s draft five-year offshore leasing plan continues to run the gauntlet of commentators’ reactions, sparking both applause and outrage. While some are calling it vital for national security, energy independence, and job creation, others see it as a major risk that could jeopardize the $250 billion coastal economy and millions of jobs in […]

  • 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.

  • New oilfields development project switches production mode on

    22 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought online its oilfields development project in the shallow water of the Pearl River Mouth Basin off the coast of China.

  • HYDS forges ahead with green hydrogen production projects

    6 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Hydrogen Solutions (HYDS) has reached final investment decisions (FIDs) for its two green hydrogen production projects, HyFuel and Kaupanes Hydrogen, advancing them into the construction phase.

  • US pushes to streamline permitting with new bill by fast-tracking LNG export approvals

    29 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As the United States (U.S.) has set its cap on growing its liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, multiple steps are being taken to shake off the regulatory shackles impeding the LNG export boom. The latest such move is encapsulated in a proposed bill aimed at accelerating the federal approval process for LNG exports.

  • Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach commit to ‘bolstered’ zero-emission initiative

    12 November 2025
    Environment, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has issued a stamp of approval for a cooperative agreement with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the Port of Los Angeles encompassing “time-bound and enforceable” commitments to develop zero-emissions infrastructure at the ports’ complex. As disclosed, the cooperative agreement, which was officially greenlit on […]

  • South Korean and US ports formalize green shipping corridor agreement

    7 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    South Korea’s Busan Port Authority (BPA) and the Ulsan Port Authority and the United States’ Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), the Port of Tacoma (PoT) and the Port of Seattle have penned a formal agreement aiming to strengthen efforts in establishing a green shipping corridor. As officials from environmental organization Pacific Environment have shared, the NWSA […]

  • US sets the date for third Gulf of America oil & gas lease sale

    19 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed the date for the third offshore lease sale out of thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas lease sales under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.