On August 15, 2025, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, marked 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future.
As oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s coast continues to garner attention, the offshore drilling activities planned by two energy giants, France’s TotalEnergies and the UK-based Shell, have hit a snag, with the Western Cape High Court opting to set aside the South African government’s decisi
U.S.-based marine energy firm Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has called on New Jersey lawmakers to accelerate support for the state’s emerging marine energy sector during a joint hearing of the New Jersey Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee and the Senate Environment a
The joint venture of National Grid Electricity Transmission and SSEN Transmission has selected Hitachi Energy as the preferred bidder to deliver high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations in Scotland and England for the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) project. Marked the biggest project in th
Dutch Fugro is about to commence survey work for the Western Link 2 (WL2) interconnector that will link Scotland and Wales. Fugro is set to begin marine geophysical surveys in the nearshore area of Caernarfon Bay today, August 14, with work expected to be completed by October 12, weather dependent.
North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has offered a license for gas storage in the East Irish Sea to dCarbonX, a subsidiary of Snam, which is expected to propel the UK’s decarbonization aspirations forward, thanks to offshore hydrogen storage.
Venture Global, an American producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from North American basins, has secured a win in the arbitration process with the UK-headquartered Shell over the U.S. player’s delay in kicking off full commercial operations.
The United States has officially rejected the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) net-zero framework, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shipping sector, and vowed to retaliate against countries that support the framework.
Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned energy giant, has received the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to undertake plug and abandonment (P&A) activities in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
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 paid in part the amount required to comply with the UK Supreme Court’s decision in a historic corporation tax liability case, which
HDF Energy, Neuman & Esser (NEA), and GIZ have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to jointly explore green hydrogen applications for decarbonizing maritime transport across Indonesia’s small islands.
Given its interest in unlocking oil and gas growth, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed its plans to award 220 oil blocks, spanning the African country’s onshore and offshore basins, in its latest hydrocarbon licensing bid round. This entails 59 offshore blocks
DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas player DNO, has secured a drilling permit, which will enable it to drill a well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant.
Australia’s energy player Santos has been declared the winner of a court case it brought against Fluor Australia, a subsidiary of Texas-based engineering firm Fluor Corporation.
