Oil and gas company Lansdowne has embarked on an arbitration battle to pursue its Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) claim against Ireland over the country’s refusal to issue a lease undertaking for an oil and gas field in the North Celtic Sea, which is operated by Barryroe Offshore Energy’s subsidiary, Ex
Danish wave energy firm Wavepiston and its Spain-headquartered partner Bluenewables have submitted all permitting documentation for a site in Gran Canaria where a pilot wave energy farm is planned to be developed. Wavepiston describes the submission of permitting documentation for the selected site
Three international oil and gas players, France’s TotalEnergies, Qatar’s QatarEnergy, and U.S.-headquartered ConocoPhillips, have joined forces with the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), Syria’s state-owned oil exploration and production company, to embark on a hydrocarbon quest in the Mediterranean S
Aberdeen-headquartered energy solutions business OEG has obtained a long-term multimillion-dollar contract extension to provide assistance during drilling activities off the coast of Australia.
UK designer and manufacturer of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) ZeroUSV has made a strategic investment in the Manor Marine shipyard, which in the last 12 months constructed and outfitted all four Oceanus12 vessels currently in operation. By becoming a shareholder in Manor Marine, ZeroUSV says it se
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of three harsh environment mid-water and deep-water semi-submersible drilling rigs, has firmed up a multimillion-dollar assignment for its 36-year-old semi-submersible rig on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), while
With a final investment decision (FID) now out of the way, Australia’s energy giant Santos and its joint venture partners will move forward with the development of a tie-in gas project in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Oceania.
Offshore Renewable Energy Sustainability Alliance (ORESA), an Interreg North-West Europe project, has extended the application deadline for its second innovation call targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing products, technologies, or services in the offshore energy sector. The
Naples-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has won a €10 million contract to deliver geophysical survey and unexploded ordnance (UXO) activities to ensure safety during the installation of subsea energy infrastructure in the Central Mediterranean. The contract was secured with a leading intern
Underwater acoustic monitoring equipment has been deployed off Scotland’s east coast as part of a two-year study aimed at improving the understanding of minke whale activity in areas being considered for offshore wind farms’ export cable routes. The work, led by the Scottish Association for Marine S
OneSubsea, a joint venture (JV) established in 2023 by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has completed the acquisition of the subsea business of Norwegian Envirex Group. SLB reported on March 12 that the OneSubsea JV had entered into an agreement for the acquisition, as a result of which Envirex Gro
Seatrium Technology & Innovation, a technology subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore, marine, and energy engineering solutions specialist Seatrium, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore to advance next-generation offshore power and digital infrastructure c
Siemens Energy has delivered all 14 transformers that will help to power NeuConnect, the first energy link between the UK and Germany. The seventh and final transformer was delivered to the converter station site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, this week, following the delivery of all seven transformers
Fugro has started geotechnical survey work for the Berwick Bank offshore wind project under a contract the company was awarded by SSE Renewables. The contract covers geotechnical investigations for Berwick Bank B, the second phase of the wider 4.1 GW offshore wind development in Scotland, planned to
