
Finnish tech company Wärtsilä has launched its new IQ Series exhaust gas treatment system, designed by its Exhaust Treatment business unit in Moss, Norway.

Swire Projects, the projects division of Swire Shipping, has signed an agreement with the Hamburg-based Nordic Projects & Finance (NPF) for the long-term charter of six multipurpose (MPP) heavy-lift vessels.

Jersey has appointed new members to its board, which are expected to possess the expertise required to complete the farm-out process for the GBA development project in the North Sea.

Australia-headquartered provider of large-scale metal additive manufacturing technology and solutions AML3D has 3D printed what is said to be the world’s largest high-pressure oil and gas piping component to be tested and verified by Lloyd’s Register.

Russia’s federal agency FSUE Rosmorport has signed a cooperation agreement with the LLC Novaya Pristan for the implementation of expansion projects in the seaport of Novorossiysk.

Neptune Energy has extended a contract for Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai rig to include additional wells in the North Sea next year.

Engineering company SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIAD MI) has installed a re-liquefaction plant for the evaporated natural gas (boil-off gas – BOG) at the small-scale LNG Ravenna LNG terminal in Italy.

The Petroleum Safety Authority has discovered a total of four irregularities and improvement points during an audit of the Maersk Drilling-owned Maersk Reacher jack-up rig.

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has signed an agreement with Cruise Saudi and Globe Group to build one new cruise terminal at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, as well as develop four berths at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam and Yanbu Commercial Port.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged at 15 last week, based on Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report from last Friday.

As the dust is settling in the aftermath of COP26, new developments in the offshore energy sector are laying the grounds for the net-zero future.

Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies has commissioned a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test rig to validate the InfinityWEC’s power take-off (PTO) with instant force control capabilities.

French energy major TotalEnergies is preparing to drill a wildcat well in waters offshore Namibia, using a Maersk Drilling-owned drillship.

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named Blue Economy Enterprise of the Year having won the Rural Blue Award at The SHIREs (Scottish Highlands and Islands Rural Economy) Awards.