North Sea wells originally used for oil production are currently being prepared for CO2 storage as part of the Greensand Future project in Denmark, which will store carbon dioxide in the Nini West field located approximately 240 kilometers northwest of Esbjerg. To remind, in December 2022, Project G
Oilfield services company NOV has launched a joint industry project (JIP) with Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor and Brazil’s oil & gas company Petrobras to work together on qualifying subsea chemical storage technology toward field deployment. The JIP is progressing an up to 200m3 subsea st
North east Scotland-based IKM Testing UK has been appointed to deliver pipeline pre-commissioning services for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, being developed on England’s east coast. Developed some 75 kilometers east of Flamborough Head, the Northern Endurance Part
Canada-headquartered marine technology player Kraken Robotics is set to acquire the UK’s Covelya Group, the parent company of Sonardyne International and EIVA, among others. Covelya Group designs, manufactures, sells and supports high-performance underwater technology for maritime defense and commer
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has received bids from carbon storage developers for more than 2 million acres of North Sea seabed as part of its second carbon storage licensing round. The licensing round was opened in December 2025, offering five locations offshore Scotland and nine offsh
The Northern Lights CO2 project in the Norwegian North Sea has started injecting the first biogenic CO2 from wastewater treatment delivered to the receiving terminal in Øygarden. Carbon removal company Inherit has delivered CO2 cargos to Northern Lights from Veas, Norway’s largest wastewater treatme
French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with a 31 MW capacity, located in Belgium. The plant, inaugurated on March 20, is located in Obourg on a former chalk quarry site that has been rehabil
The Welsh government has launched the Renewable Energy Sector Deal, a strategic partnership between the government and industry, focused on ensuring that Wales meets its renewable energy targets and unlocking the full economic potential of its renewable energy future. Central to the Renewable Energy
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is acquiring a stake in Hamburg-based Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DO), a joint venture with Schoeller Holdings, as well as shares in construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) currently under construction. The joint venture bet
Ireland-headquartered XOCEAN has received remotely operated uncrewed vessel (ROUV) certification for its X-30 vessel under the UK Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3). XOCEAN reported earlier this month that Lloyd’s Register (LR) had certified its X-30 ROUV under the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (M
Saipem’s underwater inspection drone (UID) FlatFish has completed a test campaign with Brazil’s oil & gas major Petrobras as part of a contract awarded in 2023, ahead of deployment in a real offshore environment. The functional acceptance tests (FAT) were held at Saipem’s underwater drone testing fa
Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator KN Energies has awarded Aker Solutions with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipėda. The planned terminal is expected to have a capacity of approximately 2.8 mill
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has begun production from its 100 kW microgrid-scale powerplant Dragon 4 to the Faroese grid. This is said to be a preparatory first step of the microgrid project, partly funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and in close collaboration with project partners, incl
Brazil’s offshore vessel owners OceanPact and CBO are set to combine their businesses by incorporating CBO’s holding company into OceanPact, thereby creating a firm that will have a total fleet of 73 vessels. The partners note that the business combination is a catalyst for implementing sustainable
