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DNO Norge books Noble jack-up rig for drilling gig in Norway
Noble Corporation has won a new short-term assignment for one of its jack-up rigs, which will undertake drilling activities off Norway.
Seven European partners gather to develop decision support tool for offshore renewables
Seven European partners have teamed up for a project that will see the development of a satellite-based decision support tool to accelerate offshore renewable energy deployments. For upscaling offshore renewables, BLUE-X is set to deliver key data helpful for all five steps of the blue energy lifecy
PASSER eyeing floating wind
The work on the vertical lay-up machine (VLM) for JDR’s new cable factory in the UK is now well underway in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where Norway-headquartered PASSER Group recently opened a new fabrication facility. The Group has revealed that, besides expanding its production capacity, it is also look
BP brings online another section of its largest gas discovery ever made
BP has tucked a new milestone under its belt at a giant gas development off the coast of Azerbaijan by putting East North flank into production mode.
Shipping giants extend OCEAN Alliance until 2032
CMA CGM, COSCO SHIPPING, Evergreen and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), the founding members of the world’s largest shipping network, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Shanghai to extend the OCEAN Alliance operational cooperation for five additional years until 2032.
IMO makes ‘insufficient progress’ on slashing black carbon emissions from Arctic shipping
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed new guidance on best practices for cutting black carbon emissions from ships operating in or near the Arctic.
After first phase of operations, CorPower Ocean’s wave energy device ‘proven at commercial scale’
CorPower Ocean’s C4 wave energy converter (WEC) has completed the first cycle of the ocean commissioning program at the Agucadoura site in northern Portugal. Now proven at commercial scale, at the exposed Atlantic test site, CorPower said that the C4 device had demonstrated a unique ability to tune
Remotely controlled well completion operation wraps up in Nigeria’s waters
Shell Nigeria Exploratioration and Production Company (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has completed the first remotely controlled well completion operation in 1,060-meter water depth offshore Nigeria. The operation, performed at the Bonga field, was conducted using
Lhyfe looking to build 20 MW green hydrogen plant in UK
French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has unveiled plans for its first UK plant, which, if approved, would have an initial capacity of 20 megawatts (MW), capable of producing up to eight tons of green hydrogen per day. According to Lhyfe, the plant, named Lhyfe Wallsend, aims to supply a range of organizat
‘Groundbreaking’ ammonia fuel supply system for ships introduced
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has introduced a groundbreaking ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for ships able to operate with ammonia fuel.
TotalEnergies moving at full tilt to sanction giant oil project off Suriname by year-end
TotalEnergies is going full steam ahead with its plans to take a FID for a large oil project in Block 58 off Suriname by the end of 2024.
Increased charter rates and OSV demand lift Siem Offshore up
Siem Offshore has reported operating revenues of $336 million for the fiscal year 2023, an increase from $274.3 million in 2022, and $85.2 million for Q4 2023, compared to $64.3 million in Q4 2022, said to be caused by an uplift in charter rates, generated by increased demand for offshore support ve
HIF links up with Japanese companies for CO2 supply chain and eFuels projects
Houston-headquartered eFuels producer HIF Global and Japanese companies ITOCHU, JFE Steel, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed an agreement to jointly identify and assess potential locations to establish carbon-neutral eFuels facilities in Australia as well as a CO2 supply chain between Austra
New South Korean project eyes development of onboard CCS
South Korean boiler specialist Hyundai Heavy Industries Power Systems (HPS), shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), CO2 capture technology firm CE-TEK and classification society DNV have signed a joint development program agreement for the research and development of onb