One of the leading tidal energy experts in UK, Jeremy Smith from the Scottish company QED Naval, has urged the UK government to give the tidal sector dramatically more financial support in order to improve the resilience of the country’s clean energy systems.
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has been hired by an undisclosed energy firm for the construction of topsides for a gas project in Australia.
Wintershall Dea has finished the drilling campaign at a field in the Norwegian North Sea with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.
CRP Subsea has secured several deepwater contracts to provide distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) in Brazil for undisclosed companies. The distributed buoyancy modules will be used to reduce top tension by maintaining a lazy wave configuration of the pipeline, reducing the risk of pipeline failure a
Singapore-based shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has opened a new Centre for Maritime Efficiency (CME) to enhance its operational efficiency as part of the commitment to lowering its carbon footprint. According to PIL, the key role of the new centre is to enable the company to grow
RWE, one of the world’s leading companies for renewable energy, and Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck have signed a collaboration agreement to develop the use of floating solar parks at sea, while also outlining plans for integration of such power plants with offshore wind farms.
A new video has been released by Methanol Institute (MI) and Fastwater, highlighting the benefits of methanol as a marine fuel for small craft operating in ports and inshore waters.
Afentra plc has inked a deal with Croatia’s INA-Industrija Nafte to acquire the latter’s interests in two blocks offshore Angola.
Eidesvik Offshore has secured a five-year contract with Van Oord for the offshore support vessel Subsea Viking. The 103-meter long vessel will be deployed at Van Oord’s projects as a trenching support vessel and will be the main platform for the company’s trencher Dig-It. The contract will commence
Mannesmann Grossrohr, a unit of German steel producer Salzgitter, will supply the pipes for the link to the Brunsbüttel LNG terminal.
Green energy infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has revealed it will bid for four seabed lease sites with a combined capacity of 6 GW of floating wind to decarbonise the UK’s oil and gas sector under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. This scale w
A drillship managed by Vantage Drilling and owned by Aquadrill Offshore is being reactivated for its new job in India.
U.S.-based LNG specialist Excelerate Energy and Bulgarian natural gas firm Overgas signed a deal on Excelerate’s planned Vlora LNG terminal in Albania.
Expleo, a global engineering, technology and consultancy service provider, has developed a closed-loop e-methanol fuel solution for shipping that is said to deliver a 92% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and OPEX savings of £1.4 million (around $1.6 million) a year, per vessel. The compan
