The Petroleum Safety Authority has discovered a total of four irregularities and improvement points during an audit of the Maersk Drilling-owned Maersk Reacher jack-up rig.
As the dust is settling in the aftermath of COP26, new developments in the offshore energy sector are laying the grounds for the net-zero future.
Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies has commissioned a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test rig to validate the InfinityWEC’s power take-off (PTO) with instant force control capabilities.
Norway’s oil production in October 2021 exceeded the NPD’s predictions by 2.8 per cent, while the gas output also experienced a boost compared to September.
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading research and innovation centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, has appointed Cristina Garcia-Duffy as its technical director and a member of its executive management team.
South Korea has completed the construction of a wave energy demonstration plant, equipped with energy storage system, on one of the islands of the Chuja archipelago in the Jeju Strait.
Russia’s federal agency FSUE Rosmorport and Primorsky Universal Transshipment Complex (Primorsky UPK) have signed an agreement to develop the first deepwater universal seaport complex in the Baltic Sea.
A special online conference has been organized by Portugal’s leading marine energy R&D centre, WavEC Offshore Renewables, to provide a platform for Japanese energy firms, institutions and government officials to uncover key marine renewable energy opportunities in the region.
China Classification Society (CCS) has signed a new initiative to drive greater data-driven green global logistics supply chains.
The U.S. government agency BOEM has held an oil and gas lease sale for acreage in the Gulf of Mexico, cashing in more than $191 million in high bids.
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has expressed her belief that the Cambo oil project off Shetland should not get the green light.
North-East England-based company ATLAS Decommissioning has secured the giant Inchgreen Dry Dock in Scottland and plans to make it an export hub for the responsible decommissioning of global shipping fleets.
Southern California ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles have decided to delay consideration of the container dwell fee directed at ocean carriers until 22 November.
The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) programme has selected nine marine energy projects to receive testing and technical support as part of its fourth call for applications.
