Norwegian drillship-owning company Deep Value Driller has entered into an agreement with Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem for the sale of its seventh-generation drillship for a total purchase price of $272.5 million. In the announcement of the amended bareboat ch
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on decarbonization targets, digitalization goals, smart port solutions and training to support the maritime industry’s transition to sustainable operations. “This co
Norway’s VARD has delivered the seismic source vessel Sanco Sailor to compatriot Sanco Shipping, following the completion of conversion from a seismic research vessel. Sanco Shipping purchased Sanco Sailor in July 2025, at the time named PGS Apollo, after which the 2010-built, 106.6-meter-long vesse
Italy’s energy giant Eni has made a gas and condensate discovery offshore Côte d’Ivoire, said to be the second largest in the country after Baleine, discovered in 2021. The discovery, named Calao South, was made within the major Calao channel complex, which also includes the Calao discovery, with th
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has selected five contract partners to help deliver future investment of up to £950 million (about €1.09 billion) in the Scottish subsea electricity network and support the multi-year framework to renew and upgrade subsea electricity lin
Yanmar Power Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan’s industrial diesel engine and machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings, is planning to build a new factory for test runs of marine hydrogen engines. The company has acquired land at the Phoenix industrial site in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, where it
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has begun preparations to kick-start an offshore project in Argentina, where it will deploy two vessels for an expected combined duration of over 250 days. DOF reported yesterday, February 16, that it had secured a substantial contract, defined as worth between $25 m
U.S.-headquartered Chevron, through its four Dutch subsidiaries, and Greece’s Helleniq Energy have signed lease agreements with the Greek government for the exploration of four blocks offshore Greece. The awarded consortium, in which Chevron holds a 70% operating interest and Helleniq Energy a 30% i
Eco Wave Power has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Wavefront Asset Management (WAM) under which the UK-based asset management firm is expected to provide structured equipment financing and leasing solutions to support the deployment of Eco Wave Power’s wave energy generation equipment across it
A joint venture (JV) company of Malaysia’s MISC Group and Vietnamese PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) has secured a contract that will keep a 1990-built floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel working in Vietnam. The contract awarded to Vietnam Offshore Floating
Equinor and its partners Petoro and OMV have made an oil & gas discovery some 190 kilometers northwest of Bergen, in Norway, marking the first exploration well drilled in the production license. Wildcat wells 33/12-N-3 HH and 33/12-N-3 GH were drilled in the Granat prospect near Gullfaks, in connect
Aker Solutions has secured a five-year contract with Aker BP for maintenance, modification and operation services (MMO) across all of its key assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The work will be executed within the next-generation MMO alliance covering Valhall, Fenris, Ula, EIGA (Edvard
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has delivered a methanol dual-fuelled container vessel at its shipyard in China that will go on a charter with Denmark-based container shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk. The methanol dual-fuelled 5,900 TEU type container carrier was delivered by Tsuneishi Group (Zhou
The French Government is planning to have 250 MW of tidal energy capacity awarded by 2030, as part of the third edition of the country’s energy strategy on the way towards carbon neutrality by 2050. The Publication Pluriannuelle de l’Energie (Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE)) includes commercial t
