Business Developments & Projects
MR Deepwater Subsea, OTC combine their services into one-stop-shop
MR Deepwater Subsea and Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC) have joined forces to create a one-stop-shop for real-time monitoring, digital pressure testing and Blowout Preventer (BOP) compliance services. The parties believe that the collaboration will build a wealth of knowledge regarding inspectio
Despite bad weather, Serica wraps up repairs and restarts North Sea field
Following repair and replacement of a subsea control module component, Serica has resumed production from the Rhum field in the UK North Sea.
Wärtsilä develops 1st dedicated methanol fuel supply system
Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has developed a dedicated fuel supply system for methanol, MethanolPac, as interest grows in the methanol pathway to decarbonisation.
Robotic fish under development for offshore inspections
Verlume, intelligent energy management and storage technologies firm, has joined with consortium partners to progress the development of an autonomous underwater robot that moves like a fish to enable efficient offshore inspection regimes in harsh and hard-to-reach environments.
New JV to reduce subsea work costs in offshore wind, oil & gas industry
UK-based Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and subsea communications company Aquatec Group have formed a joint venture to reduce the cost of subsea installation, maintenance and decommissioning in the offshore wind and oil and gas industry.
Hapag-Lloyd joins maritime decarbonization center investing $10 million
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd have signed a strategic partnership agreement committing to cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime decarbonisation.
Uniper books extra LNG capacity at Gate terminal
Germany’s energy company Uniper will book additional LNG capacity at Gate terminal, a joint venture of Vopak and Gasunie, by 1 billion cubic meters per year for three years.
Equinor obtains permit for another North Sea well
Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities for the drilling of another wildcat well, located in the North Sea off Norway.
Jan De Nul extends supply agreement with W&O
W&O Supply has signed a new agreement with one of the world’s leading civil engineering and dredging companies, Jan De Nul Group. The contract expands upon the existing ten-year relationship, and will see W&O supply marine valves and instrumentation to Jan De Nul to meet the needs of its complex and
New accommodation unit for Tyra heads to North Sea – gallery
The accommodation unit for TotalEnergies’ Tyra II project, located in the Danish North Sea, has left a shipyard in Italy, heading to Denmark.
Menter Môn awarded $196.5K to further hydrogen as green fuel
U.K. social enterprise Menter Môn has won a £150,000 ($196,500) grant to fund hydrogen as green fuel research.
New ‘groundbreaking’ platform provides maritime trade info, supports decarbonisation
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has developed a ‘groundbreaking’ platform that deliver information on cargo transported by individual vessels, the companies that own the cargo and the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission associated with global maritime trade.
After a year-long suspension, Petrofac allowed to compete in ADNOC tenders
Following a year-long suspension, Petrofac, is now allowed again to take part in new tenders from UAE’s oil and gas giant ADNOC.
iXblue ramps up DriX USV production to meet growing industry demand
iXblue is ramping up its production of DriX uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) to, as it says, meet the growing industry need for sea-proven autonomous platforms. According to the company, the strong increase in order intake has led to reviewing the whole industrialization process for series production