Business Developments & Projects
DMEC launches innovation challenge for offshore test support
Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) has opened an innovation challenge for technology developers seeking support for their offshore test campaigns.
Four firms win EPCI subsea contract for giant Black Sea gas project
Turkish Petroleum has awarded a contract for subsurface solutions for the second phase of what is said to be one of Türkiye’s largest energy projects ever built to four companies. Subsea 7 confirmed the award of the “major” contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field deve
Gasum terminates natural gas supply contract with Gazprom Export while long-term LNG deal remains in place
Nordic energy company Gasum has terminated the long-term natural gas supply contract with Russia’s Gazprom Export while the long-term LNG supply contract between the two companies remains in place. On 22 May 2023, Gasum announced its decision to terminate the natural gas supply contract following Ga
Fugro nabs German geophysical survey deal
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working together with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), Fugro’s Geo-data will be
EEL Energy gets green light to deploy biomimetic tidal energy turbines in France
EEL Energy has secured a permit from the French navigation authority Voies navigables de France (VNF) to deploy its tidal energy turbine in the river Rhône near Lyon, that will later be accompanied with three additional devices.
OSM Maritime and Thome merger cleared, paving way for creation of ship management powerhouse
Competition authorities have approved the merger of ship management companies OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group. The merged company, OSM Thome, will be a powerhouse in the international ship management market, represented in 22 countries and headquartered in Arendal, Norway. “This is a big day for
More work for Expro with Harbour Energy
UK-headquartered energy services provider Expro has secured a new contract with Harbour Energy for a well abandonment campaign as part of a decommissioning project on the UK Continental Shelf. The multi-year contract, valued at more than $20 million, will see Expro use its Subsea Well Access technol
Marine license in place for Scottish subsea electricity superhighway
SSEN Transmission has secured a marine license for its proposed new subsea electricity superhighway along the east coast of Scotland. The Eastern Green Link 2 project, delivered in partnership with National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), will see the creation of a subsea transmission cable fr
In focus: Energy security in Europe – New links to strengthen the chain
Ever since the first days of the Russia-Ukraine war, energy security has been one of the top global concerns and – with gas supply issues still high on the agenda and another winter coming, accompanied by recent warnings from the Dutch intelligence and NATO on potential dangers to the offshore energ
Amogy’s ammonia-to-power system in centre of newly formed partnership
Ammonia power solutions company Amogy Inc., shipping company Skansi Offshore and system developer and integrator SEAM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate potential technology collaboration in the field of ammonia application, with the common goal of decarbonising the offsh
UK opens its first national robotics center for offshore renewables
The UK’s first-of-its-kind national robotics center for offshore renewable energy has been opened at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth. The Digital, Autonomous and Robotics Engineering (DARE) Centre will provide an opportunity for developers, researchers and the wi
Tidal energy scheme in Liverpool eyes consenting management services
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to secure consenting management services to advance the development of the Mersey tidal range project.
Oil & gas firm secures offers in UK’s first-ever CO2 storage licensing round
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has secured the offer of carbon storage licenses as part of the UK’s first-ever round of carbon sequestration licenses issued by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The license offers are within application areas known as Northern North Sea 1 and Northern North
Crown Estate Scotland seeks consultants to manage wave and tidal energy operators panel
Crown Estate Scotland has launched a tender for a consultant that would act as the manager of wave and tidal energy operators panel.