Danish company Wavepiston has installed its first full-scale energy collector on its wave energy system offshore the Canary Islands. Wavepiston reported that it had on February 8 installed its first full-scale energy collector on the Wavepiston string at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (P
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has entered the Guyana market with what it says is its first major contract with ExxonMobil in the Americas. Under this contract, DeepOcean is to plan and carry out a range of subsea activities, including subsea construction and jumper installations, an
Norway-based Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by its compatriot Equinor to carry out a feasibility study for the latter’s Mongstad industrial transformation project in Vestland County on the west coast of Norway. According to Aker Solutions, the study aims to identify solutions to signific
Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft has placed an order with ABB for the delivery of an integrated power and propulsion system for Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV), currently under construction. The CLV, specially designed by Skipsteknisk, will be able to carry out the transport and lay of various
During Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC), Alice Krekt, the Director of NLHydrogen talked about hydrogen, emphasizing that all the countries in Europe need to grow at the same time through the hydrogen value chain, “at least for mobility, for the level playing field, for the industr
Japan’s FPSO operator MODEC has unveiled its new, mid-term business plan, covering the period from 2024 to 2026.
As the FPSO destined for Senegal’s first offshore oil development arrives in the African country, Woodside is closing in on the first oil from the project.
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has launched the first two platforms for the Merganser offshore floating solar demonstration project into the water at TMA Logistics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Merganser offshore floating solar demonstrator plant will have an installed capacity of 520 kWp and wi
Energy services provider Expro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Scotland-based well integrity and production optimization company Coretrax, from an investment group led by Buckthorn Partners, for a total consideration of approximately $210 million. By acquiring Coretrax, Expro said
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has issued a call for tenders for a floating LiDAR and associated provision of data for the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS). The scope of work under the contract that will be awarded through the tender includes the installation, operation,
ABL Group has completed the marine warranty survey scope related to the installation of Germany’s Ostsee Anbindungsleitung (OAL) subsea pipeline, where the first gas feed-in is expected soon. GASCADE Gastransport contracted ABL to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to supervise the transp
DOF Group has secured a contract and a contract extension in Asia Pacific, securing further backlog in the region. The latest contract secured for the region will use Skandi Hercules and see the vessel fully utilized off the Australian coast into the third quarter of this year. The contracted scope
Norwegian NTE’s (Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk) green hydrogen production plant at Kråkøya in Nærøysund municipality has produced its first hydrogen gas. According to NTE, this represents a significant step forward for zero emissions in the maritime sector as the plant is the first hydrogen produ
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured multiple orders for fully integrated WAM-V unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) totaling over $1.25 million. According to OPT, the recent commercial orders come from clients in Latin America, highlighting the wide-ranging capabilities and applications of the WA
