Veritas Capital has completed the acquisition of energy industry intelligence company Wood Mackenzie from Verisk.The acquired company will be led by Mark Brinin, who has been promoted from Co-President to Chief Executive Officer. Joe Levesque…
Offshore drilling company Stena Drilling said Friday it had signed a drilling contract with the oil and gas company Ithaca Energy in the UK.The contract is for Stena Drilling's Stena Spey midwater semi-submersible drilling rig.Under the contract with Ithaca Energy…
Oilfield services firm TechnipFMC said earlier this week that it had appointed Robert G. Gwin, former President of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, to its Board of Directors.Gwin was President of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (“Anadarko”), one…
General Electric recently filed a plan to build two new offshore wind manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins enough orders from companies in the state’s ongoing solicitation for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind.GE proposed building the…
Dubai's shipbuilding and shiprepair company Drydocks World and Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions have established a joint venture to upgrade the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for Equinor's Rosebank offshore oil and gas field in the UK…
Swedish company Echandia said on Friday that it had received an initial order for battery systems that will help a jack-up drilling rig in the Middle East reduce emissions and use energy more efficiently.According to the company, hybridization…
Chevron Australia has hired ABL Group (ABL) to do marine warranty surveys (MWS) for the Jansz-Io Compression project off the coast of Western Australia.Part of the original development plan for the Chevron Australia-operated Gorgon Project,…
Uptime International has secured two contracts with Cochin Shipyard in India, for the supply of logistics systems to be included on their newbuild offshore wind service vessels being built for Pelagic Wind Services. Uptime's scope includes complete personnel and cargo logistics systems…
Several dead whales have recently washed up on the shores of New York and New Jersey, with environmental groups blaming the offshore wind industry and calling for its halt.The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), which represents the…
February will be a month of contrasts for U.S. offshore wind industry. On the positive side, BOEM is moving forward with lease negotiations for an East Coast floating wind pilot array, and six developers submitted over 100 proposals in response to New York’s third offshore wind solicitation…
Norwegian offshore wind vessel owner Edda Wind has secured a one-year contract extension with Ørsted for its Edda Mistral vessel.Since its delivery in 2018, the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral has been operating for Ørsted at the Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom…
Marine Power Systems is collaborating with cable manufacturer FibreMax to provide integrated floating foundation and tendon solutions to the growing floating offshore wind sector.The tendon solution will be used in the anchoring and moorings of Marine Power Systems tension leg platform (TLP)…
Specialty chemicals company Evonik has extended its cooperation with offshore wind farm developer EnBW and signed a second power purchase agreement from the planned “He Dreiht” offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.The two companies signed…
Romanian oil and gas group OMV Petrom is 'closer than ever' to starting construction of its Neptun Deep gas project, its chief executive said on Thursday of the Black Sea resources she says are key to the country's energy security. The company…
A new offshore wind tender that allows bidders to compete on their willingness to pay the German government rather than receiving subsidies could ultimately result in higher power prices, Ørsted's CEO said on Wednesday.Germany's federal network…