Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a new multimillion-dollar assignment for its 12-year-old drillship off the coast of Egypt with BP Exploration Delta, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant BP.
Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with 50Hertz for survey services that will support offshore wind development in the German Baltic Sea. Under the agreement, the Sweden-based offshore survey provider will deliver geophysical and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) seabed surveys, w
Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured a trading permit to operate its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV) entirely through remote operations without a support vessel, marking an important step towards full certification. The permit, issued by the Norwegian Maritime Authorities with technical va
French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Nexans‘ Board of Directors has resolved to appoint Julien Hueber as the new CEO and to part ways with Christopher Guérin, who held the position for seven years. Guérin will
Bechtel Energy, an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management player, has selected compatriot Chart Industries to supply cooling equipment for the second stage of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of North America’s energy inf
Swedish e-fuel plant developer Liquid Wind has been granted €3.6 million (SEK39 million) in funding for its e-methanol project in Örnsköldsvik.
German-based developer of floating renewable energy platform solutions SINN Power has commissioned what is described as the world’s first vertical floating photovoltaic (PV) system at the Jais gravel pit in the Starnberg district, Bavaria, marking a new milestone in renewable energy deployment on in
Norway’s Solstad Maritime has secured new contracts for several anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) and a construction support vessel (CSV) that combined have a firm duration of approximately 700 vessel days. The AHTS Normand Saracen and Normand Scorpion have been awarded contracts with an und
The University of Western Australia (UWA) Coastal and Offshore Research Laboratory (CORL) has launched the Ocean Innovation Challenge, offering startups and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) a chance to access a full week of free testing at its ocean research facilities. According to UWA CORL, the
Ireland-headquartered oil & gas company United Oil & Gas has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks International to secure a specialist survey vessel for a planned survey program offshore Jamaica. TDI Brooks‘ survey vessel Gyre will perform a pisto
Sunfire has been selected by P2X Solutions to conduct the front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the 40 MW hydrogen project in Joensuu, Finland.
Remazel Engineering, a company of Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, has secured a contract for the delivery of a high-capacity rock placement system for Jan De Nul’s recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV). Jan De Nul reported some ten days ago that it had ordered the new SRIV,
Houston-based subsea energy equipment and services specialist KOIL Energy Solutions has secured a contract to deliver subsea distribution equipment for a project in the Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico), operated by an “international operator”. Under the contract defined as significant, KOIL
London-headquartered energy services provider Hunting has begun the delivery of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) accessories to support deepwater drilling operations offshore Guyana, described by the company as a strategically important energy region. Hunting secured the $20 million contract early t
