North Sea oil and gas producers urged Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer to provide clarity on his election promise to increase tax on the sector, warning it could lead to a rapid decline in output and revenue.Starmer's Labour Party swept to power in a parliamentary election on Thursday…
Scotland-based wells and subsurface specialist Elemental Energies has acquired Norway-based well management and consultancy company Well Expertise, forming one of the world's largest specialist wells, subsurface and project management companies…
OEG Renewables, offshore wind division of OEG Energy Group, has appointed Rolf de Vries as its subsea director.The OEG Renewables’ subsea division offers a range of specialist in-house subsea capabilities including solutions in diving, ROVs…
Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension from TotalEnergies EP Denmark for its Shelf Drilling Winner jack-up rig.The new contract is for 17 months, and will be in direct continuation of the rig’s current operations in Denmark…
Moray West offshore wind farm, an 882 MW project currently under construction, has delivered first power from the first series of wind turbines already installed offshore Scotland.The power has been exported to the National Electricity Transmission System (NETS)…
SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have formally launched Ekwil, a 50-50 joint venture dedicated to floating offshore wind.Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of ‘series production’ floating offshore wind solutions…
The European Commission has approved a $11.64 billion (€10.82 billion) French scheme to support the deployment of offshore wind energy, which will help foster the transition towards a net-zero economy.The state aid scheme will run for 20 years…
Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has secured an order from Louis Dreyfus Amateurs for an additional pair of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to expand its fleet from five to seven high-specification vessels.The 27-meter CTVs represent sister ships to Acti’Vent and Esti’Vent…
With the support of RWE, the Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck, has installed its offshore floating solar (OFPV) project, Merganser, off the Dutch coast.The pilot project aims to test and demonstrate the structural, mooring and electrical designs and acquire knowledge about manufacturing…
Technip Energies, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, has launched the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale development of floating wind.The project, funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired by RWE for trenching, transport and installation of all inter-array cables with adjacent services for the offshore wind turbines of Nordseecluster A project, being built in Germany.In August 2023…
Marine and engineering consultancy Global Maritime said it has been awarded a contract by the Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, to provide engineering services for the PREDICT 2.0 project…
TotalEnergies and SLB have joined forces to develop innovative subsurface digital solutions and contribute to a more sustainable hydrocarbon production, as well as to address key challenges across the energy value chain, including carbon capture…
Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has been chosen by Spanish company Iberdrola to perform power curve verification at the Bay of St. Brieuc offshore wind farm, employing advanced nacelle lidar technology.Situated 16 kilometers off Cap Fréhel in the Bay of St…
Specialist sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test key elements of its innovative Dolphyn Hydrogen process.Following six years of development, the trials are being conducted in a floating marine environment in Pembroke Port…