Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro has opened a new geotechnical testing laboratory in Taiwan to cater to the offshore wind market and energy and infrastructure sectors. In 2020, Fugro established the Fugro IOVTEC joint venture with IOVTEC Co., Ltd. to support its business expansion in Taiwan’s offshor
UK well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions is targeting carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) projects with the appointment of the company’s first energy transition manager. Well-Safe announced on 17 October that it is adding CCUS as well as geothermal project capabilities to its offerin
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has completed the manufacturing of cables for the submarine power interconnection between Egypt and Saudi Arabia – the first-ever large-scale link between the Middle East and North Africa. Prysmian secured the contract worth about €221 million with the Egyptian Electri
The Australian Renewable Agency (ARENA), on behalf of the Australian government, has opened applications for the $2 billion program that aims to catalyze the country’s hydrogen industry. Following consultation with a broad range of key stakeholders, which involved 114 written submissions and three p
Houston-based oil and gas company Marathon Oil has entered into an LNG sales agreement with Glencore for the Alba field in Equatorial Guinea, effective from next year. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Marathon Oil entered into a five-year firm LNG sales agreement with Glencore Energy UK for a
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded compatriot offshore oil and gas services provider Ocyan with a contract to carry out the revitalization of a network of gas pipelines in the Campos Basin. The contract, valued at approximately $317.49 million, is expected to last four and
Taihan Cable and Solution has been selected as the preferred supplier of submarine cables for the Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea. On October 4, 2023, Taihan signed a preferred supplier agreement with Anma Offshore Wind. Under the agreement, the South Korean company is responsible for supplyi
Romanian ministries have prepared a draft emergency ordinance with which the Maritime Spatial Plan (MSP), a strategic planning document identifying the spatial and temporal distribution of current and future activities and uses within Romanian waters, is approved. Romania’s Ministry of Environment a
Seismic signals have been recorded in the vicinity of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, indicating a possible explosion had occurred around the time an unusual drop in pressure was observed. To remind, Balticconnector was shut down at midnight on October 8 after Finnish a
Yinson Production, together with client Azule Energy, is set to pilot an offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Agogo in Angola. The plant, said to be the world’s first post-combustion carbon capture unit installed onboard an F
Vietnam’s Petrovietnam Drilling and Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has commenced a drilling program for Northern Gulf Petroleum in the Gulf of Thailand. PV Drilling’s 2007-built jack-up rig PV DRILLING I started to perform the drilling program at Block G6/48, Rossukon conventional oil field,
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will install ammonia dual-fuel engines in two 46,000-cubic-meter medium-sized LPG carriers that are being built for Belgian shipping company Exmar. The vessels, measuring 190 meters in length, 30.4 meters in width, and 18.8 m
As the world races towards a net-zero emissions future by 2050, it’s imperative to acknowledge some hard truths and heed the wake-up calls emerging from the latest reports and analyses. The energy transition journey is undoubtedly complex, laden with challenges and unearthing difficult realities as
SBM Offshore has gotten its hands on a contract to perform FEED for an FPSO, destined to work on ExxonMobil’s sixth oil project off Guyana.
