
Norway saw a small increase in gas production while its oil output dropped below NPD’s predications for the third month in a row.

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its partners are planning to start drilling an exploration well offshore South Africa in the third quarter of this year.

The Danish government has signed a new political agreement with eight parties which implies that it will have a 20% co-ownership in future carbon storage licenses in the North Sea. Danish parties Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre, Enhedslisten, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Dansk Fol

Finnish shipping company ESL Shipping, part of Aspo, has signed a €20 million ($21 million) loan agreement with Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).

Galp has secured an extension for an exploration licence located offshore Namibia close to Shell’s Graff and TotalEnergies’ Venus discoveries.

GAZ-SYSTEM has completed the technical acceptance of the Goleniów – Ciecierzyce gas pipeline, another onshore section of the Baltic Pipe, 30 days before the planned date.

London-based energy player INEOS has signed a deal with U.S. LNG company Sempra Infrastructure for the potential supply of 1.4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG for 20 years.

Rhode Island-based Jaia Robotics has raised more than $1 million in seed funding that will be used for its micro-sized autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Jaia Robotics, founded in 2020, specializes in developing what are said to be low-cost, high-speed, micro-sized configurable autonomous marine

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has decided to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary called EcoMOL, which will tackle immediate GHG emission reduction by ships’ operational efficiency through digital solutions.

TotalEnergies and its partner APA Corporation have completed a flow test on an exploration well in Block 58 offshore Suriname.

Shipping and logistics company GAC Norway, part of GAC Group, has joined Norwegian hydrogen energy project HyValue, as part of its commitment to sustainability and accelerating decarbonisation across the wider maritime industry.

Beach Energy has submitted an environment plan to the Australian offshore regulator for infill drilling on a field in Commonwealth waters.

The University of Rhode Island (URI) has been accepted into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program.

Technology group ABB has secured a contract with Aker Solutions to deliver the main electrical, automation and safety systems for the Northern Lights project, the transport and storage component of Norway’s Longship project for establishing full-scale CO2 capture, transport and storage facilities. N