Business Developments & Projects

GEA to support shipping industry on its green ammonia journey
GEA, a Germany-based machinery and plant manufacturer and systems supplier, revealed plans to support the shipping industry in reducing emissions as a system supplier with in-house solutions, with ammonia being one of the options.

DNO Norge makes minor oil find in North Sea
DNO Norge has encountered a minor oil discovery on the Gomez prospect during the drilling of a wildcat well offshore Norway.

Toho Gas to get Sakhalin-2 carbon-neutral LNG cargo
Russian LNG producer Sakhalin Energy has agreed on the delivery of the first carbon-neutral/offset LNG cargo from the Sakhalin-2 project to Japanese utility Toho Gas.

JDR reveals plan for new subsea cable manufacturing facility
JDR Cable Systems is planning to open a new £130 million subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland.

Maersk offloads container manufacturer for $987.3M
Danish container logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has decided to sell its reefer manufacturer, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), to China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC).

VIDEO: Wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal
Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University has released this very interesting video named ‘Why do these Dutch dunes have gaps? The play between wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal’. Coastal geomorphologist Prof. Gerben Ruessink (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University) studies the natural a

Alatas expands North Sea footprint with brand new contract
Alatas was awarded a three-year crane operations and maintenance contract with Ithaca Energy, strengthening its presence in the North Sea.

Odfjell Drilling to bag $20 million from extra well with Equinor
Equinor has added an additional well to a contract for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Stavanger, which will see the rig busy into 3Q 2022.

Aker BP files development plan with fast-track solution for North Sea field
Aker BP has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Frosk field to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Sentencing hearing in Petrofac bribery case delayed
Petrofac has reached a plea agreement with the UK Serious Fraud Office in relation to its investigation into its historical use of agents.

Two offshore sections of Baltic Pipe connected at sea
Saipem’s vessel Castoro Sei has connected the two offshore sections of Baltic Pipe at sea, according to the project’s update.

AW-Energy strengthens WaveRoller patent portfolio
Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has secured a new patent approval in the European Union for its latest generation WaveRoller wave energy technology.

Gasum bunkers LNG to Ponant’s polar explorer
Finnish energy company Gasum has marked its first LNG delivery in France by bunkering LNG to French cruise line Ponant’s newbuilt polar explorer.

Neptune gains regulatory nod for production drilling on Fenja field
Neptune has received consent from a Norwegian offshore safety authority to use the Deepsea Yantai rig for operations on the Fenja field.