Business Developments & Projects
Bulgargaz-BOTAŞ agreement: First LNG cargo arrives in Turkey
The first LNG cargo, pursuant to the agreement concluded between Bulgaria’s state gas company Bulgargaz EAD and Turkish company BOTAŞ, has been delivered to an LNG terminal in Turkey. Bulgargaz said the gas delivered by the tanker is from the American company Shinier, which in the fall of last year
Rig spuds fifth well in Black Sea drilling campaign
Trillion Energy has started drilling the fifth well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
CRP Subsea delivers pipeline protection for jettyless LNG transfer system
England-based CRP Subsea has delivered dynamic bend stiffeners to Norway’s ECOnnect Energy that will be used for a jettyless LNG transfer system. ECOnnect Energy’s jettyless transfer system IQuay F-Class will be used to continuously transfer LNG gas from an offshore LNG production facility to a perm
Landsvirkjun teams up with Linde on clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects
Icelandic energy company Landsvirkjun and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde have signed a collaboration agreement that is expected to facilitate energy transition in Iceland through the development of clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects. Landsvirkjun said the partnership will comb
Titan completes ship-to-ship bunkering of NYK’s LNG-fueled Jasmine Leader
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has completed ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation on LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Jasmine Leader owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line. According to Titan, the operation was executed on 8 April in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in B
$25 million investment comes into ROVOP’s hands
UK-based remotely operated vehicle (ROV) solutions provider ROVOP has secured a new $25 million senior credit facility with global infrastructure and real assets manager Cordiant Capital in order to pursue growth steps. The support comes as ROVOP continues to invest in its fleet infrastructure and e
CSM trials Musk’s Starlink services on its vessels
Ship management and maritime service provider Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has revealed it is conducting a trial of the new Starlink satellite internet service on a number of vessels.
GTT bags another LNGC tank design order from Hyundai Samho
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received a new order from the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). It will design the tanks of the two vessels, which will each offer a total cargo capacity of 174,000 m3
WATCH: Semi-sub rig embarks on its inaugural decom job in North Sea
One of Well-Safe Solutions’ rigs is on its way to start its first decommissioning assignment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
UK-made tools put Equinor’s subsea electrical jumpers to test
UK’s C-Kore Systems has delivered testing tools to DeepOcean that were deployed at an Equinor-operated field in the North Sea to confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers. C-Kore said that the testing tools were used to “quickly and simply” confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on th
GCMD taps Lloyd’s Register for LCO2 offloading concept study
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has joined forces with Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a concept study on offloading liquefied CO2 (LCO2) captured onboard ships.
RVO, EnBW issue offshore wind contract notices
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Germany-based EnBW have issued contract notices seeking services for the development of offshore wind farms in the Doordewind wind farm zone and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), respectively. RVO aims to publish a tender around the end of May o
New long-term assignment for DOF vessel
Norway’s DOF Group has secured a new long-term contract for one of its anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels with Equinor.
Energinet gets green light for €65.2M subsea cable replacement project
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Supply has approved Energinet’s application for the replacement of a submarine cable that passes across Øresund connecting Denmark and Sweden. With the approval in place, Energinet can now begin the project to replace System 2 on the 400 kV cable connection