Business Developments & Projects

Scotland opens offshore wind leasing round to decarbonise North Sea oil and gas
Scotland’s new offshore wind leasing round aiming to decarbonise the North Sea oil and gas sector has kicked off today.

AKOFS Offshore to deploy Hydramec’s LARS for subsea activities in Brazil
AKOFS Offshore has ordered a bespoke active heave compensated (AHC) launch and recovery system (LARS) from Hydramec and Scantrol to be used for subsea basket deployment. Working directly alongside AKOFS for the first time, Hydramec and Scantrol have teamed up to deliver the LARS which required some

HOFOR preparing first Aflandshage supplier tender as development consent process gets underway
HOFOR is preparing to launch its first supplier tender for the Aflandshage offshore wind farm that could power the production of sustainable fuels in the Greater Copenhagen area.

UK firm ‘disappointed’ as merger plans come to naught
Kistos has made up its mind not to make a firm offer for Serica Energy, as it was unable to iron out the details for a proposed combination.

First Hydrogen to expand its green H2 business to North America
Vancouver and London-based green hydrogen company First Hydrogen has announced the expansion of its green hydrogen production plans to the North American market.

Welsh marine energy players meet with First Minister to push industry forward
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has met with representatives of marine energy companies as part of the efforts to make Wales a leader in the industry.

Innio, B.Grimm Power to explore LNG projects in Thailand
Austrian energy solutions company Innio and Bangkok-based power company B.Grimm Power have signed a deal to collaborate on building new LNG power plant projects in Th

Over 100 X-Press Feeders ships to start using ZeroNorth platform
Danish technology company ZeroNorth has signed a deal with Singapore-based global common carrier X-Press Feeders to deploy the ZeroNorth platform across the carrier’s entire fleet of feeder vessels.

Türkiye sending its fourth drillship on first drilling mission
Turkish government and its national oil and gas company TPAO are now sending the country’s fourth drillship on its first drilling mission.

Perenco set to remove decommissioned subsea pipelines from Pickerill field
Starting on 11 August, oil and gas exploration services provider Perenco Gas UK Ltd. is planning to cut and remove decommissioned pipeline ends from the Pickerill gas field in the North Sea. As part of the decommissioning project, Perenco will undertake all pipeline operations at Pickerill A and Pic

Centrica to buy LNG from Delfin Midstream
UK-based energy services and solutions provider Centrica has signed a deal with U.S. LNG export projects developer Delfin Midstream to buy LNG.

MPS books two EMEC berths for multi-megawatt wave energy array
Marine Power Systems (MPS) is set to demonstrate a multi-megawatt wave energy array at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Western Baltic Engineering joins ÈTA Shipping’s shortsea vessel project
Dutch shipping company ÈTA Shipping and Lithuania-based marine engineering specialist Western Baltic Engineering have started their joint engineering of ÈTA Shipping’s launching project ÈTA 6700.

Scana company gets riser joint order from mystery client
Scana-owned Subseatec has secured a contract with an “international energy company” for the delivery of riser joints for an offshore field development. Under the “sizeable” contract, Subseatec will deliver ready-to-use riser joints in low alloyed steel, as well as provide engineering, manufacturing,