Portland Port in the UK has received full approval to carry out liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship (STS) transfers, adding to its existing oil and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) transfer services. At the port based in South Dorset, STS operations can be performed alongside one of the berths or
Oceaneering has performed the first piloting operation of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its onshore remote operations center (OROC), for Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. The company’s Subsea Robotics segment and Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Sy
Norway’s VARD has completed upgrades of DOF Group’s 2018-built subsea vessel Skandi Minder to strengthen its capabilities and extend service life. The repair and conversion described as “major” were performed at Vard Langsten and included a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/LARS upgrade with installat
Austria-headquartered oil & gas player OMV has appointed BP executive Emma Delaney as its first female chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Alfred Stern. Delaney has been appointed by OMV‘s Supervisory Board as the Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO as of September 1, and will assume the
Innovex International, a Houston-based company established in 2024 by the merger of Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions, has acquired Louisiana-headquartered Drilling Innovative Solutions (DIS), a manufacturer and distributor of downhole tool products for oil & gas exploration. Innovex said tha
UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register and South Korea’s Pusan National University (PNU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the first-ever global certification framework for liquid hydrogen shipping. The framework aims to create the first internationally recognize
Norway’s energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured an extension to a multi-year ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition contract in the Gulf of America. The contract has been extended for an additional three-year duration, with a “major producer in the Gulf of America”, TGS said. Kristian Joh
Dubai-based independent energy and commodities trading group BGN is expanding its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fleet capacity with the order for four new dual-fuel very large gas carriers (VLGCs) to be built in Korea. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) will construct the four VLGCs at its shipyar
A three-party partnership has been established to explore the marketing and supply of low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel to maritime end-users in Singapore. Singapore-headquartered NYK Bulkship (Asia), a subsidiary of Japanese shipping major NYK, Singaporean bunker supplier Golden Island, and Yara
A U.S.-UK partnership has launched what is said to be the first-ever pilot project that will see the extended at-sea trial of a system designed to remove methane during normal ship operations. California-headquartered climate technology company Bennu Climate and Lomarlabs, an innovation arm of Lomar
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has signed a strategic agreement with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for the acquisition, processing, reprocessing and promotion of seismic and geophysical data across the country’s offshore basins. TGS announced on April 16 that it will deliver
Dutch Fugro has opened a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) test pool in Singapore, which will help its teams identify and resolve technical issues early, validate performance against design requirements, and optimize procedures before mobilization. According to Fugro, the facility provides a contr
Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has further extended its contract with the subsea support vessel Island Valiant, which it has used for North Sea operations for the last three years. Mermaid Subsea Services began using the 93.4-meter-long vessel in 2024 for well plug & abandonment
DeepOcean has performed an inspection and 3D scanning of subsea infrastructure in a single operation rather than as two separate ones as typically done, at an offshore field in Senegal operated by Woodside Energy. DeepOcean has completed a full-field baseline subsea survey and a full 3D scan simulta
