France-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies and its U.S.-based peer Chevron have set the wheels in motion to embark on offshore drilling and appraisal activities off the coast of Nigeria in search of more deepwater oil and gas arsenal in West Africa.
DNV has published two new coordinated standards for floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) systems with the aim of improving their safety, reliability, and long-term performance. These two new standards, DNV‑ST‑C108 Structural design of floats for floating photovoltaic systems and DNV‑ST‑E309 Station kee
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has acquired a 2016-built cable laying vessel (CLV) from Norwegian DOF Group, representing the second offshore wind-dedicated CLV introduced in Korea. The 10,000-ton class Skandi Connector was designed by Dutch shipbuilder Damen and has to date been deployed on
Venture Global, an American producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from North American basins, has sealed two LNG agreements with France’s energy giant TotalEnergies and Vitol, an energy and commodities company.
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has been chosen to deliver one cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Türkiye for the needs of Bulgargaz EAD, which is Bulgaria’s public supplier of natural gas and a subsidiary of Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD.
Canada-headquartered Stamper Oil & Gas Corp., a Namibia-focused oil and gas exploration company, has confirmed an extension of a Namibian offshore petroleum exploration license (PEL), as energy majors continue to move in across multiple basins in the African country to pursue hydrocarbon exploration
Danish energy company Ørsted has issued a tender looking to award a six-year frame agreement for pipeline inspection services to be performed in the Danish part of the North Sea. Ørsted is planning for a new frame agreement with bi-annual remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspection with planned call-
Oslo-listed global consultancy group ABL Group is expanding its end‑to‑end technical offering to the energy industries by making a move to bring into its fold SynergenOG, a Malaysia‑based process safety and technical risk management consultancy for the energy industry.
Føn Energy Services has launched what it says will be its busiest offshore wind season to date, with inspection and repair campaigns underway across 14 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and Poland. The company has mobilized technicians, vessels, diving teams, remotely operate
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has teamed up with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), an Egyptian state-owned player, to pursue oil and gas exploration activities off the coast of Egypt.
Preparation work is underway in Danish waters to replace an outdated submarine cable that connects Denmark and Sweden, passing across Øresund. Swedish and Danish transmission system operators (TSOs) Kraftnät and Energinet own and operate four Øresund links that connect Zealand and southern Sweden vi
England-based energy transition-focused player EnergyPathways has joined forces with Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports group, to jointly evaluate the Port of Barrow on the southwest coast of Cumbria as the onshore facilities site for its large-scale energy storage project in the
Dutch non-destructive testing specialist Ned Marine Services has expanded its inspection capabilities with the launch of subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and flying drone inspection services for non-destructive testing (NDT). The new service is aimed at Dutch and wider European customers and i
Norway-headquartered Red Rock has completed the commissioning and harbour acceptance testing (HAT) for the crane systems onboard Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra. Besides the crane delivery, Red Rock also supplied two work baskets with a common HPU solution for the vessel. Nexans
