Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has conducted drilling activities at a wildcat well in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs. This well did not yield commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.
Siemens Energy has delivered the first of seven transformers that will help to power NeuConnect, the first energy link between the UK and Germany. The transformer was taken from Siemens Energy’s factories in Nürnberg, Germany, and delivered by barge along the Rhine River to Rotterdam, the Netherland
The vessel Seaway Aimery is laying inter‑array cables between wind turbines and the offshore converter platform at the East Anglia Three offshore wind site in the UK. The cable-laying vessel (CLV), which started the installation work in January, is supported by Seaway Moxie and will be joined by two
Türkiye‘s national oil & gas giant Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) has become a partner in an offshore exploration license in Bulgaria, located near Sakarya, Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. TPAO reported today, February 18, that it had, as a partner, joined the exploration license in the Khan Te
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has awarded approval in principle (AIP) certificates for five vessel projects developed by Chinese Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group), spanning LNG and ethane carriers, a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), onboard carbon capture (OCC)-ready design an
DEME has awarded Hellenic Cables with a contract for the supply of inter-array cables for the 390 MW BC-Wind offshore wind project in Poland, developed by Ocean Winds. Under the contract, the Greece-based manufacturer will be responsible for the design, engineering, manufacturing, testing, and suppl
Two American defense companies have entered into a strategic agreement to build a high-tech “wall of steel” in the Gulf of America to support oil & gas and commercial shipping operations. The partnership between South Carolina-headquartered marine autonomy specialist Janus Marine & Defense and New M
New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has selected Australia’s engineering company Worley as client engineer and technical advisor for the development of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Worley will support the ministry through the procurement
Offshore construction has begun on the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects in Poland, developed by Equinor and Polenergia, which will together have 100 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 1.4 GW. The 2026 offshore construction campaign will see the installation of 100 monopiles, tran
Marine energy technology and project solutions provider ORPC has completed testing activities that had the goal of improving installation, operation and maintenance of its megawatt-scale tidal energy device. The testing, wrapped up at the end of 2025, was part of the ORPC-led LOGIC-Tide research and
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor to upgrade the subsea compression system for the Gullfaks field in the Norwegian North Sea. SLB said that OneSu
Norwegian drillship-owning company Deep Value Driller has entered into an agreement with Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem for the sale of its seventh-generation drillship for a total purchase price of $272.5 million. In the announcement of the amended bareboat ch
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Havila Shipping has signed a contract with TotalEnergies for the 2009-built platform supply vessel (PSV) Havila Herøy to be deployed in Norway. Under the contract signed with TotalEnergies EP Norge AS, the PSV Havila Herøy will perform operations for 136 days, with
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on decarbonization targets, digitalization goals, smart port solutions and training to support the maritime industry’s transition to sustainable operations. “This co
