Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore has joined forces with Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, to strengthen its fleet with a new-build multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vesse
Switzerland-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a privately owned global shipping and logistics giant and part of MSC Group, has reported two projectile attacks on its Panama-flagged cargo ship in the Middle East, which is interpreted to highlight threats to maritime trade.
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has achieved the start of non-associated gas (NAG) production at its giant oilfield in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan.
JDR Cable Systems has opened its new subsea cable factory in Cambois, near Blyth, UK, which the company says expands its capacity to supply inter-array, interconnector and export cable systems for offshore wind projects. The new plant is aimed at supporting growing demand for offshore wind infrastru
Given its plan to bring to life two approved oil and gas developments in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin off the coast of Brazil, the country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has signed off on deals for two floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units with Dutch giant SBM Offshore, laying
Multiple offshore workers are poised to cast their votes to determine whether they will embark on industrial action at two platforms in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), which are operated by Neo Next + Energy E&P, created by the merger between TotalEnergies’ UK North Sea upstream oi
CB&I, a designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks, and terminals owned by a consortium of financial investors led by Mason Capital Management, has won a new deal for multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks destined for an LNG export project under development in Louisiana, United S
Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation has pivoted to a fully focused, pure-play energy infrastructure company by exiting the exploration and production segment and betting on liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and container growth at Puerto Bahía.
Vantage Drilling, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, and Eldorado Drilling, an offshore drilling player backed by a group of well-known Norwegian investors, have embarked on a merger quest, which is expected to strengthen drilling capabilities, customer relationships, and investment ca
Early works to support the installation of the mainland underground cable section of the 1.8 GW power transmission link that will connect the Scottish Western Isles to the UK national electricity transmission network for the first time are set to begin on June 8. The Western Isles HVDC Link will con
A conditional final investment decision (cFID) is paving the way to prolong operations at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Netherlands until 2036, securing its role in the country’s LNG infrastructure beyond 2027.
U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB is pooling resources with Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi to help the operator advance progression from discovery to development, cutting time to first oil by building on multi-discipline, collaborative well planning workflows that reduce cycle times f
Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, a subsidiary of U.S. energy player Cheniere Energy Partners, has tasked Bechtel, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, with helping bring to life a liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project in Louisiana, United States
Worley’s Rosenberg engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) center of excellence in Norway has secured a new contract with Subsea7 to fabricate subsea structures for Equinor’s oil & gas development in the northern North Sea. Worley Rosenberg will fabricate 34 subsea structures, mainly compris
