Oil giant BP is expecting massive reductions to asset values during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the combined hit of the oil price plunge and the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has issued a call to fund research grant proposals in Marine Wave energy. According to EPSRC, the funding available for this call is approximately £4.5 million. EPSRC anticipates that proposals may vary in scale and scope depending on t
Saudi Arabian oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco has suspended its contract for the Shelf Drilling-owned High Island IV jack-up rig.
Germany-based dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers has signed a “comprehensive” package deal with Singapore-based Trust Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Tata Power Company, India’s largest integrated power company.
Oil and gas company Vår Energi is taking the Jotun FPSO ashore for upgrading to start the first stage of the life-extension process for the Balder Area in the North Sea.
Kinder Morgan-led Elba Island liquefaction project near Savannah, Georgia, has been granted a permit to introduce feed gas to the ninth production unit.
Russia’s Sakhalin Energy has closed only one LNG train at the Gazprom-operated Sakhalin-2 facility for planned maintenance due to challenges associated with the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The maintenance also includes the Lunskoye-A offshore platform that produces the majority of the gas for the
Italy is to get its first small-scale liquefied natural gas facility as construction works progress on the Higas terminal located on the island of Sardinia. The small-scale storage, regasification and distribution facility will be ready “in a few months”, according to Gas & Heat, the Italian enginee
Russia’s Novatek is pushing ahead with the construction of its second Arctic liquefied natural gas export project despite the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The project located on the Gydan peninsula includes the construction of three LNG trains with a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes per year, each,
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea off Norway.
Japanese consortium developing the Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind farm has selected Kajima Corporation as the project’s contractor in charge of construction. The consortium, led by Renova, is developing the Akita Yurihonjo project through the special purpose company – Akita Yurihonjo Offshore Wind GK
Ampelmann has secured a contract from Royal Niestern Sander for the sale of a winterised A-type motion compensated gangway system.
A Japanese consortium of Marubeni Corporation, Tryangle, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, and the City of Yokosuka has secured a place in the Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships led by The Nippon Foundation.
Aberdeen-based provider of remotely operated robotic crawlers Spectis Robotics has partnered with Canadian ROV manufacturer Deep Trekker. The new partnership will provide Spectis with direct access to Deep Trekker’s experienced engineers to assist in the development of inspection solutions across mu
