Multidisciplinary consultancy AGR has entered into a partnership agreement to onboard the offshore support vessel Aquaman II, expanding its capacity for subsea operations, plug and abandonment (P&A) and decommissioning work in the North Sea…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner and subsea services provider DOF Group said it has secured a contract for subsea commissioning support services in the Asia-Pacific region, with offshore operations planned in North Australian waters.The company…
Woodside Energy has appointed Breyden Lonnie as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Australia.Lonnie has acted in the role since December 2025, with responsibility for Woodside’s portfolio of operations and projects in Western Australia and the Bass Strait…
GLO Marine appointed Thomas Wittlin as Chief Executive Officer, effective Q2 2026, signaling the start of a structured growth phase in which the company will evolve from a retrofit-led contractor into a production-enabled marine engineering and integration business…
The following article is an op-ed piece from CorPower Ocean, UK Marine Energy Council, Ocean Energy Europe and Professor Henry Jeffrey, Head of Policy and Innovation Group, University of Edinburgh.As an island nation with more than 11,000 miles of coastline…
In recent years, Asia’s offshore sector has regained strategic importance, particularly in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, as operators pursue new upstream opportunities while governments seek to strengthen domestic and regional energy security…
Equinor has secured a permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7220/5-EC-2 H in production license 532.The license is operated by Equinor with 46.3%, with partners Vår Energi holding 30% and Petoro the remaining 23…
The changing shape of the oil and gas landscape presents both an opportunity and a challenge for well decommissioning. Well decommissioning, particularly the safe execution of plug and abandonment (P&A) operations, represents a significant opportunity…
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has launched an Offshore Center of Excellence in Asia Pacific to support offshore energy projects.The center will combine regional teams in Singapore, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur with the company’s global technical…
UK-based Global OTEC has installed a floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) prototype off the Canary Island in Spain.The platform is designed to generate electricity by using the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep ocean water…
Italy’s Saipem has secured a limited notice to proceed contract worth about $150 million by ExxonMobil Guyana for work on the Longtail development.The contract covers preliminary engineering and procurement activities for subsea structures, umbilicals…
ABL Group, via its Egypt-based units, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PetroSafe to collaborate on onshore and offshore technical services for energy assets in Egypt.The agreement covers offshore and onshore facilities and…
ABL has been appointed marine warranty surveyor for the 390 MW Shinan Ui offshore wind project in South Korea.The project is being developed by Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind, a consortium including Hanwha Ocean, SK Eternix, KOMIPO, Future Energy Fund and Hyundai Engineering & Construction…