American oilfield services company SLB is acquiring majority ownership in Norwegian pure-play carbon capture company Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) as part of an agreement under which the two parties will combine their respective carbon capture businesses. SLB will pay NOK 4.12 billion (around $379.4 mil
Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), a network of ocean energy professionals, has selected new Co-Presidents and Directors who will lead the ocean energy sector through a transitional period. The appointed Co-Presidents are Guillaume Gréau, Head of Business Development for HydroQuest, France, and Patrik Mölle
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched a new emissions reduction plan highlighting that action is required for production decarbonization, including action on flaring and venting and the electrification of oil & gas installations, to ensure the future of the industry and ach
A California-based developer of wave energy technologies, CalWave, has been picked as the technology provider for a wave energy project at Yuquot, British Columbia (BC) with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN). The Indigenous-led project, supported by funding from TD Bank Group and the Clean
Greenpeace activists have held a rally in Bucharest against “the largest natural gas project in the Romanian part of the Black Sea”.
Australian oil and gas player Beach Energy is planning to reduce the headcount across the business by 30% as part of a move aimed at achieving efficiency and operational cost improvements. Beach Energy announced on February 12, 2024, it was undertaking a comprehensive strategic review that aims to r
Offshore energy infrastructure services company Acteon Group has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP), with a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) taking the helm. According to Acteon, Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the bus
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has given provisional regulatory approval for the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea connection between Scotland and Yorkshire, with over 500 kilometers said to be the longest ever built in Great Britain. Ofgem gave provisional approval of the expenditure required fo
North Sea oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Eni in relation to a potential transformational combination with substantially all of the company’s UK upstream assets. The deal implies the recently acquired Neptune Energy assets, excluding certain assets i
Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has completed the sale of two LNG carriers to Norway-based gas shipping company BW LNG.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has opened applications for the sixth annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC). In the 2025 MECC, multidisciplinary teams are tasked with integrating marine energy with blue economy applications like ocean-power
Reach Subsea has sea-launched the first unit of its Reach Remote fleet of uncrewed 24-meter surface vessels (USVs), which will, as the Norwegian company says, “revolutionize offshore subsea operations, aligning with sustainability initiatives”. The first Reach Remote unit was sea-launched on Monday,
Fugro’s geophysical vessel Fugro Pioneer is ready to be equipped with methanol engines following the conversion of the main components on board. The vessel was converted in the Netherlands as part of the Fugro-led Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping (MENENS) consortium with
The UK Government has granted a development consent order (DCO) for a newbuild CO2 pipeline that will transport CO2 from capture plants across the North West of England and North Wales to permanent storage in Eni’s depleted natural gas reservoirs, located under the seabed in Liverpool Bay. The Secre
