Business Developments & Projects
Awilco pursuing recycling options for stacked rig
Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling has now decided to scrap one of its rigs, which has been stacked for years.
Repsol renames Canaport LNG as Saint John LNG terminal
Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has completed the acquisition of Canaport LNG from Canadian oil and gas company Irving Oil and has renamed it Saint John LNG.
Danaos Shipping joins Methanol Institute
Greek shipping owner Danaos Shipping has become the newest member of the Methanol Institute (MI), a global trade association for the methanol industry.
Innosea joins 240MW floating solar project in Laos
Innosea has been appointed a technical advisor to the engineering team for one of the world’s largest floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) projects, to be built at the Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant reservoir in Laos.
James Fisher done with first phase of Sofia UXO ID campaign
James Fisher Renewables has completed the first part of a two-phase campaign to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features at the site of RWE’s Sofia offshore wind project in the UK, ahead of the installation of export cables.
DCSA: New standards enable just-in-time arrivals
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, has published interface standards and messaging application programming interface (API) specifications for all 50 event timestamps.
Accommodation jack-up all set up on Tyra field
Jacktel’s accommodation jack-up Haven has now started operations for TotalEnergies at the Tyra field offshore Denmark.
MPS hires Principia for floating wind and wave engineering job
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has appointed Principia as lead contractor on detailed design and engineering of the floating platform that will support both wind and wave energy generating devices.
Grieg Edge picks LMG Marin to design green ammonia tanker
Naval architect company LMG Marin has secured a contract with Grieg Star Group’s innovation hub Grieg Edge to design one of the world’s first green ammonia fueled tankers.
Wärtsilä to launch 2-stroke future fuels conversion solution, test tech with MSC
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä revealed plans to commercially launch its Two-Stroke Future Fuels Conversion platform during the first quarter of 2022.
Semcon and Hystar collaborate on green hydrogen production tech
Swedish tech company Semcon and Norwegian company Hystar will jointly develop new technology for green hydrogen production to support future energy needs.
Solstad hands over another vessel to undisclosed buyer
Farstad Shipping, a subsidiary of Solstad Offshore, has sold another one of its vessels to a buyer, whose identity was not revealed.
COP26 ends with ‘weak and compromised’ line on phasing down fossil fuels
After two weeks of intense negotiations, COP26 closed over the weekend and the final outcome is a document known as the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Survey provider wanted for Netherlands-UK gas pipeline
Dutch gas infrastructure company Nederlandse Gasunie is calling interested parties to apply for a tender seeking survey services for the subsea gas pipeline between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.