The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing £2.1 million in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the investment will allow ORE Catapul
As energy security concerns continue to run the show, Great Britain’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has called on oil and gas operators to join forces and bolster well interventions and development drilling activities to revive shut-in wells to sustain domestic oil and gas pr
The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed the UK-based renewable energy consultancy OWC, part of ABL Group, to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two offshore wind farm areas in Portugal. ABL Group’s Portugal-based water and environmental consultancy, Hidr
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Havila Shipping has struck a deal with Peterson Den Helder for a platform supply vessel (PSV), which is part of its fleet.
A 14-year-old jack-up rig, owned by Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, is going full speed ahead with drilling operations at an oil field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.
Bermuda-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Valaris has divested one mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) from its fleet and found multimillion-dollar assignments for five rigs within the oil and gas and offshore wind realms.
U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has signed a framework agreement with UK-headquartered energy giant Shell for the provision of umbilical-less tubing hanger installation and retrieval services using its Remote Operated Control System (ROCS) technology. Halliburton describes RO
Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has found a buyer for its eight-year-old oil tanker, which caught fire because of a collision with a Portuguese container ship in the North Sea, north of England.
In the aftermath of a court decision related to its carbon neutrality ambition, France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has shed light on its multi-energy strategy investments, highlighting its low-carbon inroads backed by a €20 billion injection over the past five years.
Norway’s technology company ECOnnect Energy has picked up two preliminary front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) deals for its modular regasification (regas) solution, said to be designed for faster delivery and be more cost-efficient than traditional floating storage and regasification units (FSRU
With offshore safety high up on its radar, Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has hired CHC Helikopter Service and Lufttransport RW for the multi-year provision of helicopter services at multiple oil and gas projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Vår Energi has secured the go-ahead for drilling activities in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway.
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri has launched its first underwater drone system for the protection of critical underwater infrastructure in both civil needs and defense and security applications. The DEEP platform consists of a network of underwater sensors for early warning, a command and con
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured contract extensions that will keep two subsea vessels at work in Guyana. The contracts of Skandi Nomad and Skandi Constructor, both operating in Guyana, have been extended by one year each. Thanks to the extensions, the 2010-built Skandi Nomad is contract
