Houston-based energy player Talos Energy has made a new oil discovery in the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, thanks to its drilling activities with a drillship owned by Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor.
Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) has taken delivery of the next 13,900 TEU fit-for-the-future container vessel from Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding. As disclosed, the vessel—christened One Sincerity—was constructed at Imabari’s Hiroshima Shipyard. It was handed over to its o
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power Global and its partner I-KE International Ocean Energy, a subsidiary of Lian Tat Company, have obtained the official land use tender from Suao Port Company for a wave energy pilot station in Taiwan. According to Eco Wave Power, this marks the first time a commerc
Following the arrival of a drillship at its drill site, Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras is getting ready to embark on the pre-operational assessment, as the final stage of the licensing process for drilling a deepwater well in Amapá.
BP has corroborated the award of engineering and procurement support assignments to the SOCAR-KBR joint venture (JV), entailing KBR, a U.S.-headquartered science, technology, and engineering player, and Azerbaijan’s SOCAR.
Construction has started on the cable route for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), a subsea link said to be the UK’s largest-ever electricity transmission project and the longest high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the country. Developed by a joint venture of SSEN Transmission and National Grid El
Santos is facing a multi-week extension of the deadline for the negotiations surrounding an $18.7 billion non-binding indicative offer made by a consortium spearheaded by XRG, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which entails Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) and global
The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two plows, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planned
Amigo LNG, a Mexican joint venture between Texas-based Epcilon LNG and Singapore’s LNG Alliance, has landed a definitive multi-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gunvor Singapore, an independent commodity trading house, for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its liquefaction fa
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an infrastructure investor part of BlackRock, has entered into a definitive agreement with Italy’s energy giant Eni for the acquisition of a co-control 49.99% interest in the latter’s carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) business. The partners in May
A joint venture encompassing Japanese shipping companies NYK and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Malaysia’s energy-related maritime services provider MISC, and China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited (CLNG) has taken delivery of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built for QatarEnergy, as part
UK-based subsea technology and services company SMD has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), after the previous one spent a decade in the role. The new CEO, Kenny Liu, is succeeding Julian Zhu, who led the establishment of SMD’s innovation division and oversaw the expansion of UK facilitie
Modular marine batteries developer and maker Fleetzero has commissioned naval architecture company Glosten to design what is expected to be the world’s longest-range hybrid electric vessel.
Spain-based Astilleros San Enrique, part of Grupo Marina Meridional, has reached a new stage in the construction of the BlueNewables floating solar project with the keel laying of the first of two platforms. The work is taking place at the former Factorias Vulcano site in Vigo. According to local me
