
Oil and gas company Vår Energi has made a ‘significant’ discovery of oil and gas in the King and Prince exploration wells in the Balder area in the Southern North Sea offshore Norway.

TGS has commenced Sophies Resolve Refocus 3D, an ocean bottom cable (OBC) and narrow azimuth (NAZ) imaging program in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. remained unchanged for two weeks in a row, according to a weekly rig count by Baker Hughes.

Offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has sold two of its anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels to an undisclosed buyer.

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has awarded a 100-day contract to compatriot shipping company Eidesvik Offshore for one of its platform supply vessels.

Damen Shipyards Group has reached a major milestone in the construction of its first fully-electric Reversed Stern Drive tug, having installed the tug’s batteries. Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam is constructing the RSD-E Tug 2513, named Sparky, for New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland. Damen is build

Swedish ferry company Stena Line has welcomed its new, scrubber fitted roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferry following a handover ceremony at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey.

Norway’s oil production in May 2021 was four per cent above predictions made by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).

BIMCO, the world’s largest shipowners’ association, is looking at a number of initiatives to approach how shipping can reduce its plastics footprint in light of delays in international action and discussion.

A group of companies from the offshore renewable industry has developed a pre-engineering design software solution for the subsea architecture of floating wind farms.

Hong Kong-based leasing major China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing) is pursuing its fleet expansion with orders for ten MR oil/chemical tankers to be built at Jiangsu New Times Shipbuilding Co.

Spanish authorities have arrested an oil tanker in the Port of Almería for the illicit discharge of hydrocarbons.

Energy Information Administration (EIA) weekly report has shown that LNG exports from the U.S. went up this week, with Henry Hub prices going up as well.

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed several agreements to support LNG carriers owned by Qatar-based Nakilat.