
Oil major BP has completed the transaction for the sale and leaseback of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO).

TGE Shanghai, a unit of TGE Gas Engineering, has signed a tank engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Guangdong Huizhou LNG.

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the largest commercial shipbuilder in India, has held a keel-laying ceremony for two autonomous, zero-emission electric ferries being built for Norway-based company ASKO Maritime AS.

Although we are in the midst of the summer holidays and mails are returned with out-of-office messages, some moves were made on the offshore energy chess board. Moves that show that the strategy of the game is changing towards a more sustainable future. In this weekly update recent developments from

Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has joined an elite panel of marine energy experts in Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal, to discuss the region’s ambitious plan to become an epicentre for offshore renewables.

Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) has provided input to the Government of Nova Scotia’s consultation on the Sustainable Development Goals Act (SDGA) and new Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth, highlighting the benefits of offshore wind, and wave and tidal energy.

Saipem’s pipelay vessels Castorone and Castro Sei have installed over 70% of the Baltic Pipe offshore gas pipeline.

Murphy Oil is expecting its floating production system for the King’s Quay project to reach a shore base in the Gulf of Mexico soon.

Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has bought the remaining 25 per cent of interest in Canada’s Canaport LNG from Canadian oil and natural gas company Irving Oil.

French-based solar power developer Ciel & Terre has through its subsidiary Laketricity formed a joint venture with BlueWave Solar to deliver floating solar projects in Massachusetts and across the northeast region of the United States.

Beacon Offshore has signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy to deliver a floating production and storage unit for the Shenandoah project.

Kuwait’s national oil company Kuwait Petroleum issued a tender seeking a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for delivery in September.

Van Oord has selected Tekmar Energy to provide Generation 10 cable protection system (CPS) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has begun its work programme to replace the submarine electricity distribution cable between Skye and Harris. The cable replacement project, which received marine licence approval from Marine Scotland on 23 July, includes the installatio