The Northern Lights joint venture (JV), encompassing oil majors Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has issued the first storage certificates for CO2 permanently stored in the Aurora reservoir in the North Sea, documenting the quantities of CO2 transported and stored. The first CO2 volumes were trans
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support Ocean Winds with the construction of Poland’s BC-Wind offshore wind farm. The BC-Wind offshore wind farm is to be constructed over an area of approximately 90 square kilometres, located w
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered oil and gas major ExxonMobil, has hired French maritime services player Bourbon on a long-term assignment off the coast of Guyana.
Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura V
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured a new assignment with Bechtel, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, for work on the second train of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Australia.
A new seismic reimagining program is scheduled to be performed over Angola’s offshore Block 22 in support of the country’s upcoming licensing round. French geophysical services company Viridien, formerly CGG, announced today, December 10, a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s “h
Solstad Maritime (SOMA) has won multiple new contracts for several construction support vessels (CSVs), with the work to start this and next month. The contracts for the 142.6-meter-long Normand Navigator and 127.5-meter-long Normand Cutter include additional services such as remotely operated vehic
Petronas Carigali Brunei, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has awarded McDermott with a subsea contract for a natural gas development project off the coast of Brunei. McDermott will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) se
A consortium of six companies has launched a project aimed at addressing the competitiveness and bankability of wave energy farms by validating the technology in conditions required for large-scale deployment in UK waters. The consortium includes European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), The University
Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has signed a shipbuilding contract with Norwegian shipyard Westcon for the delivery of a subsea and cable laying vessel (CLV), a move said to come due to the need for installation capacity in Taiwan, as another DFO vessel will be working in Europe until the end
North Sea oil & gas operator and producer Ithaca Energy has appointed TechnipFMC to deliver flexible pipe for its development in the UK North Sea. Under a contract defined as significant, TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, and install flexible risers, flowlines, and associated hardware for the Cap
MISC Berhad (MISC), Malaysia’s owner and operator of offshore floating and energy-related maritime solutions and services, has been hired for the provision of lease, operate, and maintain (O&M) scope of work for a floating production unit (FPU) destined to be deployed at a natural gas development pr
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has opened its second carbon storage licensing round, offering 14 locations offshore Scotland and England for exploration and appraisal, with the stores offering up to 2 gigatons of additional CO2 storage capacity. The round, opened today, December 9, offers
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has landed a new multimillion-dollar assignment with an undisclosed oil and gas operator for one of its drillships off the coast of Australia.
