Belgium-based provider of offshore survey services GEOxyz has opened its first office in the United States. The new office is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and will serve as GEOxyz’s U.S. headquarters. It will be led by Vice President U.S., Douglas Forbes, and Director U.S., Leeron Tagger. A
Japan’s JX Nippon is in the process of acquiring the country’s rig owner, JDC, in a bid to strengthen its position in the oil and gas industry.
The Dutch government has designated an area for what will become the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. That area is Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden (the North of the Wadden Islands), identified earlier for offshore wind development and deemed most suitable for providing 500 MW
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded contracts to GEOxyz and RPS advies- en ingenieursbureau B.V. for the execution of metocean campaigns at three offshore wind energy search areas in the Netherlands. The tender, which was divided into three lots, outlines that the data is obtained by
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), together with its research partners, has developed new marine energy blade designs that use composite materials to reduce costs and increase energy capture by up to 24%.
NKT has completed the cable pull-in of the 320 kV HVDC power cable for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link in the North Sea. The pull-in operations were completed by the crew on board the cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria. Once secured in the transition joint bay, the
Norwegian HydrogenPro, a technology company and an OEM for high-pressure alkaline electrolysers, has announced it will take its first major step into the US market with the establishment of a 500 MW manufacturing facility in Texas, US, with an estimated total investment cost of $30-50 million. Accor
SH Diana, a hybrid diesel-electric expedition ship being built for the British cruise line Swan Hellenic, has completed its sea trials. The ship’s builder, Finnish Helsinki Shipyard, confirmed in its social media update that the SH Diana returned from a “successful shakedown cruise” on Sunday evenin
CF Industries Holdings, a global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) for IPL’s ammonia production complex located in Waggaman, Louisiana, US. Under the terms of the agreement, CF Industries said it will purchase
Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report reveals that the number of offshore rigs in the U.S. was on the upswing last week with three units added to the mix.
A Subsea7 pipelay vessel has begun pipe spooling for the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project being developed in Norway. The vessel Seven Oceans arrived at Subsea7’s Vigra Spoolbase in Norway to spool the first section of the 100-kilometer pipeline that will run from Øygarden to
Swedish wave energy company Seabased has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of 10MW wave energy plant offshore the Polynesian country and archipelagic state of Tonga.
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH), a non-profit environmental and consumer protection association, has filed an objection demanding an immediate halt to the construction of the planned Baltic Sea LNG terminal for which initial works have started. Earlier this month, the environmentalist group voiced i
A 300-ft jack-up drilling rig built by CIMC Raffles has joined the fleet of Italy’s contractor Saipem, following a naming ceremony in China ahead of a five-year contract in the Middle East.
