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Equinor’s First Hybrid Power Complex Starts Operations

Dec 08, 2025

Equinor and its Brazilian subsidiary Rio Energy have started commercial power production at the Serra da Babilônia Solar facility in Brazil. Strategically co-located with the existing Serra da Babilônia Wind, this represents the first hybrid asset in Equinor’s power portfolio…

Ocean Winds Hires Seaway7 for Offshore Wind Job in Poland

Dec 08, 2025

Seaway7, part of Subsea7, has secured a sizeable contract by Ocean Winds for the work on the BC-Wind offshore wind project in Poland.Seaway7’s scope of work includes the transport and installation of 26 transition pieces and an offshore substation with offshore activity expected to commence in 2027…

Brazil’s Petrobras Targets Rapid Start-Up at Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde

Dec 08, 2025

Brazil's Petrobras could start producing at the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block in about two years, Sylvia Anjos, the state-run oil firm's head of exploration and production, said on Friday.The firm made a discovery at the block, located in the country's Campos basin…

Jan De Nul Unveils ‘Most Advanced’ Wind Farm Installation Simulator

Dec 08, 2025

Belgium’s Jan De Nul is commissioning what it calls its most advanced offshore wind installation simulator, a digital twin of its vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire designed to train crews to install the latest generation of giant wind turbines and foundations at sea…

Dajin Forms Offshore Wind Alliance with German Port Terminal Operator

Dec 05, 2025

Dajin Heavy Industry and Germany’s Briese Schiffahrt have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop offshore wind marshalling services at a new terminal in the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany.The agreement, signed on November 26, aims to establish…

Chevron's Gorgon LNG Project Gets $2B Investment Go-Ahead

Dec 05, 2025

The Australian unit of U.S. oil giant Chevron said on Friday that the partners of the Gorgon Joint Venture have approved the A$3 billion ($1.98 billion) Gorgon Stage 3 development off Western Australia's northwest coast.The development will…

Van Oord Completes Monopile Installation at Windanker

Dec 04, 2025

Van Oord has completed the transport and installation of all 21 monopiles at Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm.This achievement involved the largest monopiles Van Oord has ever installed, made possible by earlier upgrades to its heavy lift installation vessel Svanen…

EMEC Completes Tidal, Hydrogen and Battery Demonstration

Dec 04, 2025

A world-first demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.The demonstration successfully integrated three technologies – Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine…

Cadeler’s WTIV Newbuild En Route to Europe for Maiden Offshore Wind Job

Dec 04, 2025

Hanwha Ocean has delivered the Wind Mover wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to offshore wind contractor Cadeler, completing the second vessel in the company’s M-class series about one month ahead of schedule.The vessel was formally signed over on November 28 and sailed away on December 2…

Production Start at Verdande Field to Extend Norne FPSO Life Beyond 2030

Dec 04, 2025

Equinor has started production from the Verdande subsea field in the Norwegian Sea, a development that is expected to keep the Norne floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) producing beyond 2030.The field, which holds an estimated 36 million barrels of oil…

Ørsted’s Largest German Offshore Wind Farm Produces First Power

Dec 04, 2025

The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm, jointly owned by Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure, has started delivering power to the German grid.The 913 MW offshore wind farm delivered its first power to the grid on December 3, 2025.The renewable electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 3 will…

Vår Energi Makes Oil Find Near Goliat Field in Barents Sea

Dec 04, 2025

Vår Energi has confirmed an oil discovery in the Goliat North exploration well, located close to its operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea.  The exploration well located five kilometers north of the Goliat field encountered hydrocarbons in the Realgrunnen and Kobbe formations…

XOCEAN Secures Five-Year Survey Deal for Six Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

Dec 04, 2025

Ocean data acquisition specialist XOCEAN has secured five-year contract to deliver bathymetric survey services across six Dutch offshore wind farms.The agreements were coordinated by Eneco on behalf of the participating wind farms – Borssele 3&4 (Blauwwind)…

Kongsberg Maritime Marks 50 Years of Dynamic Positioning

Dec 03, 2025

Kongsberg Maritime is marking 50 years since the introduction of its first dynamic positioning (DP) system, a Norwegian innovation that transformed offshore operations and set new standards for safety and efficiency at sea.The story began in the mid-1970s…

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