Offshore News


Brazil's Locar to Integrate Kongsberg Digital's Vessel Insight

Dec 07, 2023

Kongsberg Digital has partnered with Locar, a Brazilian offshore vessel operator, to enhance its digital infrastructure and optimize DP operations.Locar will integrate Vessel Insight, Kongsberg Digital’s vessel-to-cloud infrastructure to derive valuable data insights from their vessels…

Floating Wind Leasing Round in the Celtic Sea

Dec 07, 2023

The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has set out further details of a new leasing round for three commercial-scale floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea off the coast of South Wales and South West England…

Orsted South Fork Wind Farm Delivers First Power to NY Electric Grid

Dec 06, 2023

Danish energy company Orsted's South Fork offshore wind farm off New York State delivered its first power to the state's power grid, according to a press release by New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.The announcement is a bit of positive…

US Coast Guard Responds to Another GoM Oil Spill

Dec 05, 2023

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was responding to an oil discharge near the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) Co's pipeline system in the Gulf of Mexico, while the main pipeline and several surrounding ones remained shut in.'The reported…

Drilling Roundup: New Contracts and New Carbon Storage Activity

Dec 05, 2023

Esgian has published its Week 48 Rig Market Roundup highlighting that new contract awards were revealed for a Velesto Drilling jackup, two Seadrill drillships and a Dolphin Drilling semisub. Meanwhile, Wintershall Dea is planning to drill a new carbon storage well in Norway…

DNV Awards AiPs to DSIC for Two Liquefied CO2 Concepts

Dec 05, 2023

DNV has awarded two Approval in Principle (AiP) certificates to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for the design of a 50,000cbm floating liquefied CO2 (LCO2) storage and injection unit (FSIU) and a 20,000cbm LCO2 carrier.The AiPs confirm the…

Governments Take Action to Keep Offshore Wind Projects on Track

Dec 05, 2023

Governments have decided to pay up to revive offshore wind farm developments after rising costs put at risk multiple projects that are needed to help them cut emissions and reach climate targets.Many countries are relying on a huge and rapid…

CBED Expands Fleet with Two SOVs

Dec 04, 2023

Danish shipowner CBED has acquired two SOVs which are expected to be delivered end of Q1 2024.  Following delivery from seller, Dutch-based shipping company Vroon, both Wind Evolution (formerly Vos Start) and Wind Creation (formerly Vos Stone) will be dry-docked for refurbishing…

16,000 Extra Workers Needed in UK’s Offshore Wind Sector by 2030

Dec 04, 2023

A new labor forecasting tool (LFT) is predicting around 16,000 additional workers could be needed in the UK’s offshore wind industry by 2030, and 12,000 extra workers will be needed specifically for carbon capture and hydrogen projects by 2027…

Offshore Wind: Great Lakes Awarded Another Rock Install Job

Dec 04, 2023

U.S.-based dredging and marine services company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on Monday announced it has been awarded a third rock installation contract to perform subsea rock cable protection on an offshore wind project off the East Coast of the United States…

Alicia Barton Named CEO of Vineyard Offshore

Dec 04, 2023

U.S.-based offshore wind developer Vineyard Offshore on Monday announced it has named Alicia Barton as the company’s new CEO, starting in January.Barton will take over for Lars T. Pedersen, who has led the company since it was founded in 2022 and before that led the team developing Vineyard Wind…

ExxonMobil CEO Rebuffs IEA Criticism of Carbon Capture Strategy

Dec 03, 2023

ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency's recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible 'illusion', saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy…

COP28: US Cracking Down on Methane from Oil and Gas

Dec 03, 2023

The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on US oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that contribute to climate change.The rules, two years in the making…

Japan Urged to Scale up Offshore Wind Auctions

Nov 30, 2023

International energy companies, from Germany's RWE to Spain's Iberdrola, are urging Japan to beef up offshore wind power auctions and make investments more attractive, amid soaring installation costs as competition for suppliers grows worldwide…

Vestas Secures 203MW Order in the US

Nov 30, 2023

Vestas has received a 203MW order to power an undisclosed wind project in the US. The order consists of 45 V163-4.5MW wind turbines.The orders include supply, delivery, and commissioning of the turbines, as well as a multi-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement…

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