Aker BP has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use two of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) for work on its operated portfolio in Norway.
As offshore wind expands into new frontiers, jack-up vessels face increasingly difficult working environments. Beyond the sandy soils of the North Sea, projects are now being built on dense tills, coral limestone, and even exposed bedrock. These hard seabeds are testing the limits of conventional ja
Floatel International, an offshore accommodation provider, has won a new assignment for a ten-year-old semi-submersible accommodation vessel off the coast of Norway.
As part of a brand-new environmental strategy, starting from 2026, vessels that sail emission-free in and out of the Norwegian Port of Oslo are to be exempt from quay fees while plugged into shore power. Officials from the Port of Oslo have explained that those ships that are sailing in an eco-frien
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has struck a new multi-year agreement with the Capital City of Prague’s gas and electricity company, Pražská plynárenská, to supply gas to the Czech Republic. The ten-year deal, which has enabled gas supplies to the Czech Republic, will last until October 1
Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide an integrated hybrid propulsion system for a bulk carrier currently under construction at the Dutch Royal Bodewes shipyard for Norwegian maritime transport company Aasen Shipping. According to officials from Wärtsilä, the 9,500 dwt
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has secured a contract extension for one of its units with Oil India Limited, an exploration and production company, for operations off
Finland-headquartered propulsion specialist Steerprop has been entrusted with equipping a new subsea rock installation vessel with a complete propulsion package. Once constructed, this ship is destined to join the fleet of Jan De Nul, a dredging and offshore contractor.
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has bolstered its oil and gas portfolio in African waters by striking an asset exchange deal with Conoil, which enables it to up its stake in an offshore license in Nigerian waters.
U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) has introduced a new support category focused on commercialization, marking an expansion of its long-running program that has so far centered on testing services for marine energy technologies. The initiative provides business-foc
Seatrium has hired Sulzer, a Switzerland-headquartered sustainable flow control innovation player, to provide pump packages for two next-generation floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, destined to be deployed at assets operated by Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.
Fugro has completed geophysical and archaeological surveys for Energia Wind 2020 to support the development of the 330 MW Rimini offshore wind farm. The survey covered both the wind farm site and the export cable corridor, located approximately 12 nautical miles (approximately 22 kilometers) off th
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured 12 more months of work off the coast of Australia with Woodside, an Australian oil and gas operator.
South Korea’s HD Hyundai has become the world’s first shipbuilder to build and deliver 5,000 ships, marking half a century since its first vessel delivery in 1974.
