
The Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program, supported by the United States Department of Energy, has set the opening date for the third Request for Technical Support (RFTS) for the first half of April 2021.

Norwegian LNG transportation provider Awilco LNG has named the company’s new chief financial officer.

Marine-i has agreed to support marine engineering specialist Feritech Global in its plan to create the world’s first autonomous subsea vehicle specially designed for geotechnical survey work.

Activist firm Engine No. 1 has named directors it wants shareholders to remove from the board of directors of ExxonMobil at the oil major’s upcoming annual general meeting.

Australian energy major Santos said it would let shareholders cast a non-binding advisory vote on its climate change report in 2022 as it makes the push towards net-zero emission by 2040.

UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority, has outlined how the oil and gas industry should work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Denmark has joined as a co-sponsor of the proposal to create a $5 billion International Maritime Research and Development Board (IMRB) was submitted to the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The proposal was submitted on the 10th of March 2021 by Georgia, Greece, Japan, Liberia, Malta,

Van Oord has entered into collaboration with FUELSAVE for the adoption of innovative combustion conditioning technology that is expected to further reduce the emissions on its fleet.

The IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has appointed Purnima Jalihal as new Vice-Chair of the OES Executive Committee.

Italian Eni and Polytechnic University of Milan signed a new framework agreement for the joint innovation and research center for technologic acceleration in carbon neutrality.

Nicola Offshore, a new German-based company specialising in turnkey services for marine survey campaigns, has started operations from its headquarters in Hamburg.

Canadian marine technology company Kraken Robotics has secured $2.2 million in new contracts for subsea batteries and synthetic aperture sonar, and funding awards for new projects.

Japan’s Itochu Corporation, Itochu Enex, Ube Industries and Uyeno Transtech reached an agreement to work together on the supply of marine ammonia fuel and the development of supply sites in Japan.

The UK Government is considering declaring the beginning of the end for the North Sea oil industry with a ban on new exploration licenses.