While a specialist panel is being set up to review appeals, clouds still obscure the exact timing of hydrocarbon exploration activities, which are poised to begin once an environmental go-ahead is in hand, enabling the first well to be spud at an offshore block in South Africa’s Orange Basin.
Spain-based consulting, engineering, and architecture services firm IDOM has deployed its prototype wave energy converter (WEC) at the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the system’s technological validation and to obtain key information for its future scalability. The MARMOK A 5 float
ABL Energy & Marine Consultants Brasil has been selected for the marine warranty surveyor (MWS) role to support Subsea7 with the transportation and installation of subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) infrastructure offshore Brazil. The scope will encompass pipelines installed on FPSO Mar
France-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies is setting the stage to bring online its deepwater oil discovery in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia, as the African country enhances port infrastructure and policy framework ahead of the project launch, which is seen as a growth driver for th
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.
