UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a strategic agreement with Tubacex through which it has secured exclusive rights to use the Spanish company’s tubular joint connection technology, seen as “critical for completing oil & gas wells”. The companies have signed a strategic agreemen
UK-headquartered Zero USV has introduced an extra-long-range (XLR) version of its Oceanus12 unmanned surface vessel (USV), extending its operational capability to 7500 nautical miles and up to 60 days without requiring external support. The original Oceanus12, launched earlier this year, was designe
Australia-based Shelf Subsea has completed reactivation works for its 2010-built saturation diving vessel, with all new ABS certificates reissued and the vessel now ready for its first job. Shelf Subsea reported some five days ago that the 82-meter-long DP2 vessel Southern Nova had finished its majo
The National Wealth Fund (NWF), the UK’s sovereign wealth fund, has backed ScottishPower with £600 million to support the delivery of seven priority transmission grid upgrade projects anticipated to help facilitate more renewable energy onto the system, reduce congestion costs, lower the cost of ele
Poland’s CRIST has held the keel laying ceremony for an offshore support vessel (OSV) it is building for Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group.
A Malaysia-headquartered provider of marine services to the offshore oil & gas industry has made a move that brings it a step closer to the construction of a multi-purpose cable laying vessel (CLV). Megamas Resources has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with German shipyard Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven to
The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES) have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to coordinate efforts around energy and carbon storage in the North Sea. According to NSTA, the agreement outlines shared priorities, including enabling co-location of technologies,
The Danish Energy Agency has prequalified ten companies eligible to submit proposals for funding available under its carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiative aimed at helping the country reach its climate goals.
PGE Baltica has signed a contract with a consortium of Polish companies to carry out a specialist geophysical survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm. The two companies that will perform the survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the presence of unexploded ordnance and shal
A joint venture of UK’s Enshore Subsea and Belgian Herbosch-Kiere has laid the two submarine cables for what is said to be a project that aims to revolutionize Senegal’s power infrastructure and provide sustainable electricity to millions of people. The partners reported today, May 16, that the seco
Switzerland-based StreamTec Solutions has signed a cooperation agreement with Timor-Leste’s national oil & gas company Timor Gás & Petróleo, E.P. (TIMOR GAP) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MPRM) to establish a company that will develop an underwater pipeline highway for the tra
Dutch shipowner and operator Royal Wagenborg and INEOS Energy, a London-based E&P business have launched and named ‘the first’ European-built offshore CO2 carrier to enable carbon capture storage across Europe.
DEME Group has acquired a 50% stake in Germany-based Bauer Offshore Technology, which provides drilling services for the construction of offshore wind foundations. DEME Group’s wholly owned subsidiary DEME Offshore Holding acquired a stake in the Schobenhausen-based company. Bauer Offshore Technolog
Fugro has initiated a recruitment process to replace its Group Director for Europe and Africa, who has decided to step down in order to pursue other opportunities. The Dutch company reported at the beginning of this week that Erik-Jan Bijvank was stepping down as Group Director Europe and Africa to
