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  • Second of 30 US offshore oil & gas lease sales on the agenda for March

    19 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has revealed a proposed notice of sale for the next offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the second of thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas lease sales required by this legislation.

  • New UK-Indonesia pact targets maritime security and sustainability

    26 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Transition

    The United Kingdom (UK) and Indonesia have put pen to paper on a ‘historic’ £4 billion (approximately $5.2 billion) deal aiming to strengthen maritime resilience and security in both nations. The agreement, officially announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the recent G20 Summit, is said to underscore the UK’s and Indonesia’s “shared commitment to […]

  • Thai operator taps Candela for electric flying ferries

    3 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swedish electric boat maker Candela has signed an agreement with Thai operator Seudamgo by Leopard Transportation for ten of its electric hydrofoil ferries to initially operate on Thailand’s route between the mainland and Koh Kood Island.

  • $33.4 billion acquisition of AES filling financial coffers for Panamanian firms’ $4B lawsuit

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

    Sinolam, Panamanian companies with projects in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power generation sector, has provided its take on the acquisition of AES Corporation by a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, viewing it through the lens of opportunity, as BlackRock’s bid for AES could open a new scenario for the firm’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit by bolstering the sued player’s financial standing.

  • 15,066 blocks up for grabs in next US offshore oil & gas lease sale

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

    The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken further steps to conduct the second offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which encompasses thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas lease sales.  

  • US gov’t, TotalEnergies strike $1 billion deal; Company to invest reimbursed offshore wind fees in its oil & gas projects

    24 March 2026
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and TotalEnergies have signed settlement agreements to terminate the company’s two offshore wind leases in the United States, confirming recent reports that a deal was being drafted under which TotalEnergies would be reimbursed $928 million (around €806 million) paid in lease fees. Under the deal, TotalEnergies, along with […]

  • Highlights reel of top UK oil & gas consolidation plays

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

    The global oil and gas scene is witnessing a wave of consolidation moves through strategic mergers and acquisitions, especially in the United Kingdom (UK), where the windfall tax on oil and gas producers’ profits remains in force. The transformation across Britain’s hydrocarbon industry is gaining ground, spurred by Big Oil’s business combination steps.

  • LR unpacks new guidance charting the path to nuclear propulsion at sea

    16 October 2025
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition

    The UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued new guidance aimed at offering the maritime industry its “first” roadmap for nuclear-powered shipping. Dubbed the “Navigating Nuclear Energy in Maritime”, the document reportedly offers a pathway for the “safe and responsible” use of nuclear technology—an emerging but increasingly attractive solution for net-zero targets—in commercial shipping […]

  • Petronas tasks MISC with floating production unit for gas project offshore Brunei

    9 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    MISC Berhad (MISC), Malaysia’s owner and operator of offshore floating and energy-related maritime solutions and services, has been hired for the provision of lease, operate, and maintain (O&M) scope of work for a floating production unit (FPU) destined to be deployed at a natural gas development project off the coast of Brunei.

  • EU draws the line on Russian gas with gradual ban from 2026, oil set to follow suit in 2027

    18 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Given its determination to shake off the shackles of dependence on Russian oil and gas imports, the European Union (EU) has decided to lay down the law on these fossil fuels by holding the line on the proposed gradual ban on imports of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from next year, with oil expected to suffer the same fate in 2027 in response to what is being portrayed as Russia’s systematic weaponisation of energy supplies.

  • DeepOcean lands new job at Equinor’s two oil & gas fields in Norwegian waters

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    DeepOcean has won a new installation assignment at two oil and gas fields off the coast of Norway with the country’s state-owned energy giant Equinor.

  • Arbitration battle looms in Asia as Empyrean challenges Conrad’s withdrawal notice

    18 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Conrad Asia Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary, West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), has served Empyrean Energy, an AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company, with a notice of election of remedy and forced withdrawal, after the duo had been knee-deep in talks regarding the settlement of outstanding cash calls over the past few months.

  • Clean Arctic Alliance hails Nordic push for sustainable polar marine fuels

    3 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The Clean Arctic Alliance has welcomed the Nordic Council’s adoption of a resolution concerning polar fuels, which calls on Nordic governments to craft and implement a regulation that would mandate the application of cleaner, marine fuels that could cut black carbon emissions whilst operating in the Arctic region. The Nordic Council had adopted the resolution, […]

  • QatarEnergy handpicks contractor for CCS project set to decarbonize its LNG production facilities

    3 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy has chosen Samsung C&T Corporation as the contractor, which will breathe life into a giant carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project designed to serve the Persian Gulf state’s existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities.

  • EU-backed project advances 2 MW offshore floating solar simulations

    23 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The EU-funded SUREWAVE project has reached a milestone with the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) extending its hydrodynamic modelling tools to simulate large-scale offshore floating solar farms. According to SUREWAVE, the work scales up to a 2 MW system under different operating conditions. The modelling framework, validated through wave basin tests, was applied to simulate […]

  • Third stage of giant Australian gas project to sport TechnipFMC subsea production systems

    12 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Shortly after disclosing the final investment decision (FID) for the project, U.S. oil & gas company Chevron has awarded TechnipFMC with a contract for the delivery of subsea production systems for the third stage of development for its giant gas project offshore Western Australia. As part of the contract defined as “significant”, meaning it is […]

  • Shell rubber-stamps project to boost oil production from its Gulf of America asset

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

    Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has taken a final investment decision (FID) on a waterflood project at its field in the U.S. Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico).

  • European ports call for ‘swift’ adoption of IMO NZF

    3 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    Ahead of the next International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting taking place on October 14 in London, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has urged IMO member states to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework.

  • Survey results spotlight need for oil & gas windfall tax reform, OUEK says

    30 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Britain’s trade body for the offshore energy industry, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), has disclosed the results of its survey, which indicate that the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) needs to be tweaked from next year to unlock investments in the offshore energy arena.

  • Nexans wraps up final export cable campaign at 496 MW offshore wind farm in France

    26 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Nexans has completed the final export cable campaign at the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The operation, which involves the installation of two 225 kV High-Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) export cables […]

  • £50 billion going down the drain as UK keeps oil & gas windfall tax in place

    27 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As the dust continues to settle over the United Kingdom (UK) government’s decision to retain the energy profits levy (EPL), known as the windfall tax on oil and gas profits, Britain’s trade body for the offshore energy industry, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), has expressed its dissatisfaction with the move it portrays as a bitter blow to the UK’s energy workers and industry players.

  • NextGeo starts surveying cable corridor route for second Malta-Italy interconnector (Video)

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

    Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has begun seabed surveys along the cable corridor route for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy. The IC2 interconnector will link the Terna substation at Ragusa, Sicily, and the Enemalta terminal station in Maghtab, to be laid in parallel to the existing HVAC cable link. InterConnect Malta reported yesterday, September […]

  • EU-funded wave energy hydrogen project underway in Croatia

    23 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    A project at Zigljen Port on Croatia’s island of Pag is advancing the use of wave energy for green hydrogen production under the North Adriatic Clean Hydrogen Investment Platform (NACHIP). The “Innovative Green Hydrogen Production from Wave Energy in Zigljen Port (Novalja)” project, led by Leonitus, is valued at €5.4 million and represents the first […]

  • 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.

  • North Sea operator steps up oil project’s game with boost in production and reserves

    7 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian upstream oil and gas player Vår Energi has ramped up its production and reserves from a field in the North Sea by bringing online a new low-pressure project off the coast of Norway.