Four transmission system operators (TSOs) of the Nordic region have decided to take measures into their own hands and strengthen their cooperation amid rising geopolitical tensions and ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts.
Three players have embarked on a decarbonization mission to bring offshore electrification operations to new heights in the UK and Norway by throwing carbon capture solutions into the mix to curb oil and gas installations’ carbon footprint.
Consulting and engineering firm Wood has established and is leading a joint industry partnership (JIP) to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects through the creation of industry guidelines for CO2 specifications. Wood set up the JIP to collate industry research and the e
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) has signed a consignment contract with four local companies for engineering design work related to a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The agreement was signed with ENEOS Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation, Ele
Correll, part of SPIE Group, has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul to complete the 66 kV inter-array cable (IAC) termination and testing on wind turbines for RWE’s 1 GW Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. The works are planned to commence in July 2025 with the mock-up scheduled for November 2
C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has secured a multi-year contract with UK-based energy giant BP to provide subsea construction and inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services in the Gulf of Mexico. According to C-I, the three-year contract includes the deplo
A geophysical and geotechnical survey are about to begin on a gas project being developed by Shell that is set to export gas from a field in Venezuela to the UK energy giant’s platform off Trinidad and Tobago, marking the start of preliminary work on the project. Chartered by Geohidra, a Venezuelan
U.S.-based Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a partnership with industrial service provider 3B General Trading & Contracting to advance Kuwait’s offshore energy and maritime projects. The agreement paves the way for the deployment of OPT’s wave adaptive modular vessels (WAM-Vs), unmanned s
After a number of announcements revealing work scheduled for 2025, Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices has secured two consecutive projects in Asia Pacific that will be carried out this year. Shearwater will perform two consecutive towed streamer survey projects
ORLEN Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s ORLEN Group and formerly known as PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), has decided to withdraw from the Polaris CO2 exploration license, the only CO2 storage located in the Barents Sea, with Horisont Energi now assessing the way forward for the project. The Polaris li
SLB’s OneSubsea joint venture (JV) has secured what it says is a major contract with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras to deliver the full subsea equipment scope for a deepwater project in the Campos Basin off Brazil. Following a competitive tender, OneSubsea has been appointed to deliver
Woodside is continuing to make inroads in developing its giant energy project off the coast of Australia.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has scheduled subsea works at the MeyGen Tidal Array in Scotland’s Pentland Firth for late October, aiming to install a tidal turbine and recover monitoring equipment. SIMEC Atlantis Energy is set to carry out subsea operations at its MeyGen Tidal Array site in Scotland’s Pentl
Myclin Express Offshore (MEO Group) and South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on offshore wind projects. Together, MEO Group and Taihan plan to foster collaboration on offshore wind projects, especially in South Korea, with the deploymen
