The Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission released a new plan on August 26 that will lead to China’s largest city opening an allocation round by the end of this year for at least 1 GW of offshore solar energy capacity that will be co-located with offshore wind. As reported by offshore
Island Offshore has taken steps to enlarge its fleet by placing a new order with VARD, covering the design and construction of another hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) three months after ordering the first one.
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has confirmed the end of an assignment for one of its diving support vessels (DSVs), which recently finished its first decommission work in hybrid mode. Boskalis’ saturation divers worked on subsea infrastructure for Harbour Energy in the North Sea, where th
Helix Energy Solutions has picked up multimillion-dollar long-term assignments off the coast of Brazil for two vessels, which will carry out well intervention work for the country’s energy giant, Petrobras.
The wind energy industry employs 370,000 people in Europe, however, if countries act on their goals, 600,000 jobs will be needed by 2030 and finding and skilling is one of the biggest challenges that the continent is facing, according to Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope. At a session held at the ONS
Texas-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips has handed out a global contract to Aberdeen-based technology company, Raptor Data, to manufacture and utilize a fleet of tools, which will initially be deployed in Norway. Pathfinder, described as the first plug-and-play in-well verification system, i
Dutch operator Kotug International has secured a contract with the subsidiary of Italy’s energy giant Eni to deliver marine services said to be critical for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Congolese waters.
German energy company Uniper has selected Swedish eFuel company Liquid Wind to develop its sustainable electrofuel project NorthStarH2, which aims to produce eMethanol for the shipping and chemical industries, in Östersund, Sweden. Uniper’s NorthStarH2 plant will convert biogenic carbon dioxide and
Norwegian vessel owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured a new contract for one of its large platform supply vessels (PSVs).
Ocean Installer, part of the Moreld Group, has been hired to handle a subsea tie-back project to an existing floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating in the North Sea, as part of a new frame agreement for offshore construction.
Scotland-headquartered engineering and consulting business John Wood Group (Wood) is advancing three carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which combined can store up to 21 million tonnes of CO2 annually, the equivalent of nearly half of Norway’s total C
While Velesto, which is set on actively pursuing new assignments in Southeast Asia for its jack-up fleet, is due to send one of its rigs to Sarawak soon for a previously secured drilling campaign, another of its jack-ups has got a hold of a job off the coast of Vietnam.
With the assistance of the Norwegian seismic company TGS, the Government of Liberia, through the Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA), has initiated a direct negotiation licensing round featuring 29 offshore blocks in the Liberia and Harper Basins. TGS supports this effort by providing a p
With major regulatory approval in place, the path has been cleared for the next phase of development for a project that will harness and store renewable energy from Australia and transmit it to Singapore via a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. The Australia-Asia Power Link (AAP
