A new monitoring technology that is said to ensure more frequent checks of the future CO2 storage and results in less impact on the environment is currently being tested for Project Greensand in the North Sea. Magseis Fairfield reported last week that it had mobilized its MASS III nodes and modular
Swedish energy company Vattenfall conducted large-scale seabed surveys with uncrewed surface vessels at several of its offshore wind farms in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK earlier this year. In the late summer and early autumn of 2022, uncrewed vessels were used for seabed surveys across Horns Rev 1,
In an op-ed piece, Tony Lewis, chief technology officer at OceanEnergy, sheds more light on the potential of wave energy and the expectations from the WEDUSEA project, being coordinated by the Ireland-based company.
South Korea’s defense and energy conglomerate Hanwha Group is reportedly looking to acquire a controlling share in compatriot marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries. Hanwha has set sights on buying a 47.81 percent share in the company from a local equity firm Pinetree Partners worth an estimated K
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea is set to implement AGR Software’s iQx time and cost estimation and tracking software for its drilling and well projects in Norway. According to Wintershall Dea, the development will play a role in enabling greater standardization for its well and drilling
Norway-based company Inseanergy has made agreements with several aquaculture industry players to supply them with floating solar units and boost their energy transition efforts.
China’s oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has commenced operations from its oilfields onshore power project located in Bohai Bay, which will supply electricity to 39 offshore production platforms. The main facilities of the Bozhong-Kenli project include four offshore electric power platforms and one
UK-headquartered ROVOP has secured a contract with Mermaid Subsea Services (Thailand) for the delivery of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on board the DP2 diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Van Gogh. As part of the agreement, ROVOP will mobilize a newly acquired Schilling HD 150HP work ROV
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it has successfully demonstrated its own Boil-off gas Recovery System (BReS), and received a Statement of Fact from the ABS classification society. BReS is a system that recovers boil-off gas that is naturally evaporated in the fuel ta
Siemens Energy has secured a contract to deliver the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology for the Celtic Interconnector that will link France and Ireland. The 700 MW Celtic Interconnector 320 kV VSC HVDC link will be approximately 575 kilometers long, of which the offshore elem
An Italian company specialising in producing green hydrogen using renewable energy sources has applied for a maritime concession to build a 675 MW floating offshore wind farm in the Strait of Sicily.
One of the world’s largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has validated the performance of a 1.5MW class LNG/hydrogen hybrid engine (HiMSEN) developed by proprietary technology. The company marked a major milestone last week with the completion of the performance verification of the hyb
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a suite of technological processes which involve capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the gases discarded by industry and transporting and injecting it into geological formations. According to the Global Status of CCS 2022 report, as of September 2022, 196 commerci
Engie’s Laborelec has placed the final order for a storage solution to Entech Smart Energies as part of the FORWARD2030 project, whose aim is to develop a multi-vector energy system and further advance floating tidal energy technology.
