Business & Finance

New Greensea company to manage amphibious seafloor crawling robots
Marine robotics technology specialist Greensea Systems has launched Bayonet Ocean Vehicles, a new company created to develop, manufacture, and distribute a line of amphibious robots recently acquired from C-2 Innovations. The deal includes the acquisition of the IP and inventory of C-2 Innovations’

World’s largest crane vessel set to remove Dunlin platform
Heerema Marine Contractors is moving forward with plans to remove the Dunlin platform from the waters off the UK, using its Sleipnir vessel.

Valaris disappointed as Equinor terminates drillship contract
Valaris is disappointed following the receipt of a drilling contract termination for a drillship which was supposed to work in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ocean Floor Geophysics takes over 3D seismic P-Cable operator
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), assisted by PGS, has completed the acquisition of NCS SubSea, a marine seismic firm that provides ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic data to the oil and gas and new energy markets via P-Cable system.

Aker Solutions bags another North Sea extension with ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips has awarded another extension for maintenance and modification work on its North Sea fields to Aker Solutions.

UK’s Centrica wraps up its sale of Spirit Energy Norway
Centrica has revealed that the sale of its Norwegian business and the Statfjord UK field has been completed for $1.1 billion.

Glomar Worker to back Rovco’s offshore wind tasks
Rovco has signed a charter party agreement with Glomar Offshore for the DP2 multipurpose support vessel Glomar Worker. The 60-meter long vessel will be put to work on Rovco’s subsea survey campaigns for “major” operational offshore wind farms in UK waters. Rovco will mobilize a dedicated team on the

New Fortress to sell Porto de Sergipe LNG-to-power plant to Eneva
U.S. energy company New Fortress Energy has agreed to sell 100 per cent of the equity interests of the Porto de Sergipe LNG-to-power plant to Brazilian power company Eneva.

Vaalco finds more hydrocarbon reserves in Gabon after drilling its third well
Vaalco Energy is anticipating a boost to its reserves and production after its third well in 2022 goes online off Gabon later this month.

ZeroNorth raises over $50M to accelerate decarbonisation in shipping
ZeroNorth has raised over $50 million in investment that will enable the company to look to further accelerate decarbonisation in shipping.

Hurricane abandons another UK licence after ‘rigorous screening criteria’
Hurricane Energy has decided to give up another licence in the Greater Warwick Area on the UK Continental Shelf.

Operators gearing up to sanction two of the largest undeveloped discoveries in UK
Following the extensions of licences for two of the largest undeveloped discoveries off the UK, operators of these two projects are laying the groundwork for their final investment decisions.

UK start-up hits carbon emissions reduction with subsea circular economy project
Legasea has completed a subsea circular economy project, which saw the disassembly of ten decommissioned subsea production systems recovered from the Celtic Sea, that is said to have reduced the carbon emissions of subsea decommissioning operations. The Shore-to-Store service has reduced the carbon

Wärtsilä’s new tech centre to speed up marine and energy decarbonisation
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has opened its new technology centre to contribute to efforts to advance the global decarbonisation of maritime and energy sectors. The Sustainable Technology Hub is located in Vaasa, Finland, and it features a fuel laboratory, flexible technology and engine tes