
Among numerous energy transition initiatives, the ones that stood out the most this week were enacted by governments which truly do have the power to bring about the long-overdue upgrade to our energy landscape.

The world is moving away from fossil fuels and so is the maritime industry. Ports — being an important maritime segment — are facing significant changes. For the German port sector, the transformation is seen as a mammoth task that lies ahead.

The UK’s competition regulator is looking into the proposed merger between offshore drilling giants, Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling.

Following a profit warning in late January, Saipem has revealed details about its revised strategic plan for the 2022-2025 period.

Seplat Energy has inked an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of ExxonMobil’s Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited.

Sumitomo Electric Industries and Seaway 7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to together provide subsea cable engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) services for offshore wind projects in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration is planned to

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said the world’s first liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier Suiso Frontier came back to Japan with its first cargo from Australia.

Eni has started production from Ndungu Early Production development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore.

Swedish-Israeli company Eco Wave Power has welcomed the ambassador of Portugal to Israel Jorge Cabral on a site visit to the EWP-EDF One wave energy project being developed in Israel.

Texas-based engineering firm Audubon Engineering Company has won a contract to provide services for a greenfield LNG interconnect on the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Norwegian seismic player TGS, in partnership with Schlumberger, has acquired over 50% of the 3D survey over the northern portion of the Egyptian Red Sea.

Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF Group) has been hit with the newest sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Putin’s “war of choice” against Ukraine.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway.

A proposal for £7 billion tidal lagoon project, to be developed by private sector off the coast of Conwy and Denbighshire in North Wales, has received unanimous ‘support in principle’ from Denbighshire County Council.