Dutch offshore services giant Boskalis has expanded its fleet with the addition of a DP2 vessel for offshore geophysical and geotechnical surveys, which the company describes as relatively new and enormously multifunctional. The Horizon Zenith vessel is deployed by Boskalis’ UAE-headquartered subsid
InterConnect Malta (ICM), a government entity responsible for Malta’s energy interconnection projects with Italy and offshore renewable energy, has appointed Fugro Italia to survey two areas which the Maltese government plans to put out to tender for floating wind development. Fugro has now started
Norway’s marine geoscience and technology player Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract extension of the “major” deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey off the coast of India. Shearwater has extended its project with India’s government-owned energy giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONG
Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric Industries has completed all onshore and offshore cable installation work for the Greenlink Interconnector between Ireland and the UK, with trial operations expected in the coming months. The project included the manufacture and installation of onshore HVDC cros
Prosafe has ironed out the terms of a contract for one of its vessels to support a project off the coast of Australia.
Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto has put together an investment offer for the first-phase buildout of an array of tidal kites in Hestfjord, Faroe Islands. According to Minesto, the actual production results of its utility-scale tidal energy kite Dragon 12 (D12) are used to accurately predict e
GFI LNG and Pilot LNG have teamed up to develop a small-scale LNG terminal in Mexico’s Salina Cruz on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.
BP has hired two Audubon and Exmar Offshore to handle the engineering and design of topside and hull, respectively, for a floating production unit (FPU), which will be deployed at its sixth-operated deepwater project in a prolific high-margin basin within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Aker BP has expanded its collaboration with Aize, a digital twin software provider, by including a software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement for all relevant facilities.
Liquefied CO2 (LCO2) marine transportation company Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) and China’s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry have signed a joint study agreement to ensure market readiness and detail design development for LCO2 carriers. The joint study will include the LCO2 carrier based on KNCC’
The C-Horizon vessel is set to soon kick off shallow water debris removal, boulder relocation and pre-lay grapnel run activity in UK waters to clear the proposed cable route for the first direct energy link between the UK and Germany. The 1.4 GW NeuConnect interconnector will see the construction of
UK-based engineering consultancy Ryder, part of Tekmar Group, has completed a geotechnical site investigation for an offshore floating tidal turbine project located at the Fall of Warness European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) test site in Orkney. A site investigation assessed ground conditions for de
Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petronas, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) company Storegga have signed a joint study and development agreement (JSDA) to evaluate the CO2 emissions storage capabilities of saline aquifers and the construction of CCS
Inpex Browse E&P, a subsidiary of Japan’s energy company Inpex Corporation, has won a license allowing it to search for hydrocarbons in a block off the northern coast of Western Australia as part of the country’s 2022 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release.
