UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has taken another consolidation step on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) by striking a deal to acquire the oil and gas portfolio of Spirit Energy Limited and its affiliates for an upfront consideration of £57 million (around $74 million).
Norwegian container tonnage provider MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has placed orders with China’s Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for the construction of six 3,700 TEU container vessels that will be prepared for alternative fuels and advanced emissions-reduction technologies. First delivery is expected
Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, are getting ready to begin drilling activities in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.
Jan De Nul has installed three HVAC subsea cables, delivered by Hellenic Cables, between TenneT’s offshore converter station DolWin kappa and Nordseecluster 1 and 2 sites, the two locations in the German North Sea making up the 660 MW Nordseecluster A offshore wind farm, which itself is part of a bi
Norway-headquartered Odfjell Group, a player in seaborne transportation and storage of chemicals and other specialty bulk liquids, has bankrolled and put into operation mode what it describes as the first operational green shipping corridor between Brazil and Europe.
London-based environmental, energy and engineering consulting company Ricardo is leading a study that investigates the feasibility of a green shipping corridor between Panama and Algeciras, Spain, aiming to decarbonize maritime trade and modernize global connectivity. The study is funded by EU deleg
Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Ocean Infinity has taken delivery of the 14th and final vessel in its Armada fleet, ordered in 2020 as a fleet of next-generation robotics-equipped, low-emission vessels for geophysical and geotechnical surveys. The latest delivery completes the 86-meter class of Armada vessels, following the introd
A 2019-built semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean, has now been acquired by Odfjell Drilling, which plans to rename this mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) in 2026.
French-based engineering company Technip Energies has secured a detailed engineering assignment for the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Gulf of Thailand.
Great Britain’s National Gas Transmission (NGT) has appointed London-headquartered engineering consultancy Penspen to explore whether oxygen can act as an effective inhibitor for hydrogen embrittlement, seen as one of the major challenges in repurposing and constructing pipelines for a future hydrog
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has secured a project lease agreement with Minsheng Financial Leasing Co (MSFL) for an offshore unit, which is expected to be repurposed from a jack-up rig into a fully integrated drilling and production platform.
Swedish-Swiss ABB and France-based HDF Energy have signed a joint-development agreement (JDA) to develop a high-power fuel cell unit that will enable megawatt-scale installations to power large seagoing ships. The partners, who signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2020 envisaging the collab
Two players, MISC and China Offshore Engineering & Technology Company (China Offshore), have secured an approval in principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for their concept of an ammonia floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.
