Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of Equinor’s management of major accident risk and barriers on the Troll A platform.
The North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) consortium is seeking assistance in structured discussions with policymakers to realise the first large scale European electricity system for offshore wind. TenneT Netherlands, TenneT Germany, Energinet, Gasunie, and the Port of Rotterdam joined forces to develop
Norwegian authorities have granted consent to operator Equinor for a 10-year lifetime extension for the Troll B platform located in the North Sea.
Moving from carbon-intensive fossil fuels to more sustainable forms of energy is an area of major focus in the Netherlands as it is across Europe, but investing in energy transition involves navigating complex regulatory systems and bridging crucial knowledge gaps. On 28 November 2019, the European
Chrysaor’s decommissioning program for its Ganymede platform topsides, which is located on the Jupiter area in the UK sector of the North Sea, has been approved by UK authorities.
Germany and other European countries would allow cruise lines to pause their repayments of export credit guarantees for one year.
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found irregularities during an audit of Equinor’s operations and barriers at the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
Cyprus is no longer part of the targeted flag list of the USCG in relation to the safety performance of flag administrations.
Exploration activity offshore Norway has been reduced and 10 wildcat wells previously planned for this year will be delayed due to the coronavirus crisis and the sharp decline in oil price.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen project, which will make the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms the world’s first oil & gas platforms to be powered by a floating offshore wind farm.
TUI AG gets an EUR 1.8 billion state aid bridging loan to cope with coronavirus business impacts.
The 9th annual Offshore Wind Conference held in 2018, brought together the entire offshore wind value chain to discuss developments and innovations. In addition to key project updates, topics included future-proof business models for subsidy-free offshore wind, redesigning electricity markets for ab
ECSA stressed that more sector-specific actions are needed to save the European shipping industry.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has called for a more ambitious offshore wind target than that proposed in Scottish Government’s consultation on the draft Offshore Wind Policy Statement.
