
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has warned that possible strike action at the Mongstad refinery could affect offshore fields on the NCS.

Malaysian energy giant Petronas’ second floating (FLNG) facility, PFLNG Dua, produced its first drop of LNG recently.

Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), the agency responsible for safety in the petroleum sector across the Norwegian continental shelf, has awarded a framework agreement with global engineering and technology company Vysus Group.

SeaTwirl has been granted a patent for its divisible offshore wind turbine by the Japanese Patent Office. “Japan has great water depths and large cities along the coasts, which is an interesting market for our floating wind turbine, especially when Japan has set a goal of becoming CO2 neutral by 205

Houston-based oil and gas company Marathon Oil has laid off around 100 employees in the U.S. or around five per cent of its total workforce.

Vantage Drilling has entered into an agreement to manage Seadrill Partners’ drilling rigs following the latter’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Alewijnse and Jan De Nul Group have inked a long-term service level agreement covering the entire Jan De Nul dredging and offshore fleet. The contract, involving the works on the electrical and automation systems on board the Jan De Nul’s fleet, got underway in 2020 and will run for three years. Acc

Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) at Methil in Fife and Arnish in Western Isles. BiFab officially went into administration in December 2020 after a deal for jacket foundation work for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG)

Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has released financial results for 2020, with a slight decrease in net loss when compared to the results posted a year before.

Classification society RINA and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a joint development project agreement to develop a ship design capable of being fuelled by either ammonia or methanol.

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has won new contracts for two of its drilling rigs. One contract is with Shell and the other one is with NAM.

C-Power has announced the addition of a Saab double-hull Sabertooth hybrid autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to the six-month sea trial of the SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS).

Continuing with the fleet expansion program, U.S.-based ship owner and operator Eagle Bulk Shipping has entered into its second vessel purchase transaction since the start of 2021.

India’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas Petronet LNG has approved the creation of an LNG bunkering unit.