Sumitomo Electric Industries has started working on its part of the project to build offshore wind farms off Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture – the first large-scale commercial offshore wind project in Japan.
Remote ship surveys and inspections have become increasingly popular amid the coronavirus crisis.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has begun an assessment of Santos’ environment plan for the operations of the Ningaloo Vision FPSO located off Australia.
Deugro has completed loading the second shipment of wind turbine towers for the SeaMade offshore wind farm at the Port of Avilés in Spain.
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, has lifted a module for Equinor’s Snorre A platform from the quayside at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, ahead of its transportation and installation in the North Sea off Norway.
On Friday, 3 April, EnBW marked the ninth year of operation of its Baltic 1 offshore wind farm – Germany’s first commercial scale offshore wind farm.
Australia’s top power and gas retailer, Origin Energy, noted that to date there has been no material impact on the company’s energy supply operations amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Most of Origin’s workforce is working from home and only roles critical to maintaining energy supply remain at the site,
Petrofac is joining other providers in actions responding to the unprecedented market conditions. As a result, Petrofac will reduce its capex by 40%, reduce salaries across the company, and reduce its personnel by about 20%.
Providence Resources has moved to raise about $3 million through the issue of new shares and entered into an exclusivity deal for the farm-out of the Barryroe field, located offshore Ireland, with SpotOn Energy.
Shelf Drilling has entered into a mutual agreement with a customer to shorten the contract for another one of its jack-up drilling rigs operating in the Middle East, which makes it a third early termination for Shelf in less than a month.
Australia-based oil and gas company Otto Energy has taken measures to mitigate the effects of the low oil price environment.
Upstream PS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GR Engineering Services, has entered into a three-year contract with Triangle Energy for the provision of operations and maintenance services to the Arrowsmith Stabilisation Plant (ASP) and Cliff Head Alpha offshore platform in Australia.
Australian LNG player Woodside Petroleum has joined a consortium of Japanese companies to study exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen. Woodside has signed a deal with LNG importing giant JERA, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake the joint study. The study will be examining the large-s
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has decided not to participate in the tender for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, citing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason. ”In light of the current COVID-19 situation, we have carefully evaluated our risk-reward b
