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More ‘attractive’ offshore oil & gas acreage up for grabs in Norway’s new licensing round
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has set in motion the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2024 (APA 2024) round for further exploration activity.

OKEA appoints Subsea7 and SLB to ‘accelerate subsea tieback delivery to aging platforms’
Following a recent long-term strategic agreement with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7’s Subsea Integration Alliance has secured a contract with Norwegian oil & gas company OKEA for its North Sea field. The “sizeable” integrated engineering, procurement, construct

Noble CEO: Floaters to keep on reaping the benefits of offshore drilling market’s ‘multi-year uptrend’
Noble Corporation is feeling buoyant over the future opportunities for its rig fleet, especially the floater segment.

Echandia to provide battery system for vessel conversion project
Swedish maritime battery system supplier Echandia has received an order from compatriot ferry company Öresundslinjen to provide a battery system for the conversion of M/S Hamlet from fossil fuel to full electrical operation.

Onshore cabling works progressing at 99 MW South Korean offshore wind farm
The landfall of the first submarine cable circuit has been completed by LS Cable & System and LS Marine Solution in the construction of the Jeonnam offshore wind farm in South Korea. Jeonnam Offshore Wind Power was founded in 2020 as a 51-49 joint venture between SK E&S and Copenhagen Infrastructure

BP’s profit plunges to $2.7 billion amid oil & gas price headwinds
BP has recorded a fall in profit on a quarterly and year-over-year (y-o-y) basis driven by the downturn in energy prices.

Senegalese player taps Australian-Singaporean shipbuilding duo to build vessel for its emerging offshore energy sector
Senegal’s O3S has commissioned Incat Crowther and Penguin International to build a new FSV to service the country’s offshore energy sector.

TotalEnergies and SINOPEC reinforce low-carbon energy partnership
TotalEnergies and SINOPEC agreed to deepen their collaboration in biofuels, green hydrogen, CCUS, and decarbonization.

Ricardo expands hydrogen capabilities to support maritime industry
Ricardo has invested in the conversion of one of its buildings to facilitate the development of hydrogen testing for large-scale marine engines.

MOL and Gaz-System shake hands on deal for Poland’s first FSRU
Poland’s Gaz System has signed a long-term TCP agreement for a FSRU with a subsidiary of Japan’s shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

Thun Tankers launches second eco R-class tanker
Swedish shipping company Thun Tankers, part of the Erik Thun Group, has launched the second in a series of six new eco R-class tankers.

ZTT completes Gode Wind 3 submarine cable work offshore Germany
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has finished the installation and termination of the 155 kV submarine cable connecting the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm to the DolWin kappa offshore converter platform in Germany. In 2020, TenneT contracted ZTT Submarine Cable & System to link the 253 MW offshore wind

Gasum delivers LNG to Wallenius Sol ships in first ship-to-ship bunkering in Lübeck-Travemünde
Gasum has performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunker deliveries in Travemünde, Germany, supplying LNG to two vessels owned by Wallenius Sol.

WinGD X-DF-A engines to power AET’s new ammonia dual-fuel Aframaxes
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured yet another order for its X‑DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines in what will be ‘the world’s first’ ammonia dual-fuel Aframax tankers.