Outlook & Strategy
Four firms win EPCI subsea contract for giant Black Sea gas project
Turkish Petroleum has awarded a contract for subsurface solutions for the second phase of what is said to be one of Türkiye’s largest energy projects ever built to four companies. Subsea 7 confirmed the award of the “major” contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field deve
EEL Energy gets green light to deploy biomimetic tidal energy turbines in France
EEL Energy has secured a permit from the French navigation authority Voies navigables de France (VNF) to deploy its tidal energy turbine in the river Rhône near Lyon, that will later be accompanied with three additional devices.
OSM Maritime and Thome merger cleared, paving way for creation of ship management powerhouse
Competition authorities have approved the merger of ship management companies OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group. The merged company, OSM Thome, will be a powerhouse in the international ship management market, represented in 22 countries and headquartered in Arendal, Norway. “This is a big day for
Dual-fuel retrofitting cost shouldn’t exceed 25 pct of ship’s newbuild price
The retrofitting cost of an existing ship fitted with a two-stroke engine to a dual-fuel engine should not exceed 25 percent of the ship’s newbuilding cost, according to an assessment from DNV and MAN Energy Solutions. The duo carried out an analysis of how retrofitting the existing maritime fleet t
Marine license in place for Scottish subsea electricity superhighway
SSEN Transmission has secured a marine license for its proposed new subsea electricity superhighway along the east coast of Scotland. The Eastern Green Link 2 project, delivered in partnership with National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), will see the creation of a subsea transmission cable fr
Amogy’s ammonia-to-power system in centre of newly formed partnership
Ammonia power solutions company Amogy Inc., shipping company Skansi Offshore and system developer and integrator SEAM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate potential technology collaboration in the field of ammonia application, with the common goal of decarbonising the offsh
UK opens its first national robotics center for offshore renewables
The UK’s first-of-its-kind national robotics center for offshore renewable energy has been opened at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth. The Digital, Autonomous and Robotics Engineering (DARE) Centre will provide an opportunity for developers, researchers and the wi
Tidal energy scheme in Liverpool eyes consenting management services
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to secure consenting management services to advance the development of the Mersey tidal range project.
Oil & gas firm secures offers in UK’s first-ever CO2 storage licensing round
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has secured the offer of carbon storage licenses as part of the UK’s first-ever round of carbon sequestration licenses issued by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The license offers are within application areas known as Northern North Sea 1 and Northern North
Crown Estate Scotland seeks consultants to manage wave and tidal energy operators panel
Crown Estate Scotland has launched a tender for a consultant that would act as the manager of wave and tidal energy operators panel.
In the midst of industrial unrest in UK’s oil & gas sector, CNOOC inks ‘significant recognition’ deal
The UK’s Unite the union has secured – what it deems as – a recognition deal with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited (CNOOC).
QED Naval invites bids for Subhub tidal energy industrial demonstrator
Scottish marine energy specialist QED Naval has invited potential tenderers to participate in an opportunity to be a strategic partner in developing its next generation Subhub industrial demonstrator platform for tidal energy generation.
SHI reveals new LNG carriers and containerships designs
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced the development of innovative LNG carriers and containerships during the “Samsung Technical Seminar in Athens” (Samsung Technology Road Show) in Athens, Greece. The company unveiled its “3 Cargo Tank LNGC” and “Eco Container Ship
After Brazil, Equinor appoints TechnipFMC for work offshore Norway
TechnipFMC has secured what it describes as a “significant” contract with Equinor to provide riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Under the agreement, TechnipFMC will provide production enhancement, production data, and pre-plug-and-abandonment