Dutch Fugro has realigned its operations in the Americas by reducing its workforce and scaling back operations due to expected lower revenues caused by a pause in new offshore wind projects. In the financial update for the first quarter of 2025, Fugro stated that rapidly increased geopolitical and e
Equinor has received the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations at a field off the coast of Norway.
The European Commission has approved a €400 million Spanish State aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank’s ‘Auctions-as-a-Service’ tool for the auction closing in 2025.
Offshore marine survey operations are scheduled to begin soon at what would be the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway, connecting Scotland and England. Ireland-based XOCEAN is in charge of carrying out the marine survey works for the Eastern Green Link 5 (EGL5) project using seven remotely o
Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has now received an order from the Norwegian offshore safety regulator after a probe into the management of data security risks for industrial ICT systems on board one of its jack-up rigs working off the coast of Norway.
Aker BP has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which will be drilled this month with a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
Lithuania, Latvia and Germany are planning to jointly develop a hybrid offshore electricity interconnector between the two Baltic States and Germany, which would be 600 kilometers long and with a capacity of 2 GW. Lithuanian transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid and its Latvian and German count
During the session held from April 7 to April 11, MEPC 83 approved the IMO Net-Zero Framework, said to be the first in the world to combine mandatory emissions limits and greenhouse gas (GHG) pricing across an entire industry sector.
Energiequelle Finland, a part of German energy company Energiquelle, has received planning consent for its Oulu Green Hydrogen Park project from Finland’s city of Oulu.
Tritec Marine, a subsidiary of Northern Marine Group and Stena Group, has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its Safe Bunker 20,000 cubic meter (cbm) LNG bunker vessel design.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has unveiled a significant spike in the oil and gas arsenal of reserves in the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which is said to reinforce the nation’s offshore energy dominance aspirations.
Nova Scotia is moving ahead with a procurement process to fill two tidal energy berths at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE), located in the Minas Passage. The province has tapped Power Advisory to manage the process, which is expected to begin in May. According to the Nova Scotia go
Sunda Energy has submitted drafts for public consultation of the environmental impact statement (EIS) and environmental management plan (EMP) for the drilling of its planned appraisal well at a gas field off the coast of Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia.
Delfin Midstream has confirmed the receipt of one more key permit for its American liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which is under development in Louisiana and offshore in the U.S. Gulf.
