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Maritime Cyber Threats Grow Increasingly Complex, say Marlink report

May 20, 2025

Marlink published its Security Operations Center (SOC) report for the second half of 2024, and the news for maritime is not particularly good.The report finds that cybercriminals targeting maritime have streamlined their tactics, enhanced their…

Empire Offshore Wind Project Resumes Construction as Stop Order Gets Lifted

May 20, 2025

Empire Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of Equinor, has been informed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that the stop work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction activities to resume…

New OHSUK Helicopter Set for North Sea Service

May 19, 2025

Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK) has taken delivery of a new bespoke Airbus H175 to supplement its helicopter fleet.The aircraft was handed over following test flights in the south of France on last week and will shortly go into service in the North Sea…

Estonia Grants First Offshore Wind Construction Permit

May 16, 2025

The Government of Estonia has approved a draft bill granting the country’s first construction permit for an offshore wind farm to Saare Wind Energy, which plans to build a wind farm on the west coast of Saaremaa.The building permit is being…

NSTA, Crown Estate Scotland Team Up for North Sea Opportunities

May 16, 2025

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES) have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) which commits both organizations to work together to realize the energy and carbon storage potential of the North Sea.The SoI,…

Mitsui’s STATS Rolls Out Titanium Connector for Oil and Gas Sector

May 15, 2025

STATS Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co, has developed mechanical pipe connectors, aimed at addressing increased demand in the Norwegian oil and gas sector.Titanium is better suited to high-stress corrosive environments found in…

Topside for Hollandse Kust (west Beta) Substation Set to Sail to Final Location

May 15, 2025

Two weeks after the successful load out, the steel topside for the Hollandse Kust (west Beta) substation platform is ready to leave the port of Hoboken near Antwerp in the Netherlands for its final North Sea destination.The topside is schedule to leave the Dutch port on May 17…

PBS Nets O&M Contract Extension with TotalEnergies for North Sea Assets

May 15, 2025

Scotland-based PBS has secured extension of its General Maintenance and Operations Contract (GMOC) with TotalEnergies after the operator exercised an option to retain PBS's services through to the end of April 2027.The GMOC was initially awarded to PBS - a consortium comprising Ponticelli UK…

First European Built CO2 Carrier for CCS Projects Officially Launched

May 14, 2025

INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have launch and named the first European built offshore CO2 carrier for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, marking a major for Project Greensand and CCS schemes across the EU.The CO2 carrier has been named Carbon…

New $1.2B Subsea Cables Factory Plan Set to Transform Port of Tyne

May 14, 2025

LS Eco Advanced Cables (LSEAC) has launched a five-week public consultation on its proposals to develop a high voltage cable production facility at the Port of Tyne for subsea electricity transmission, designed to transport clean energy generated by offshore wind onto UK shores…

Equinor Drills Two North Sea Wells Fit for CO2 Injection and Storage

May 14, 2025

Equinor Low Carbon Solutions (Equinor) has drilled two appraisal wells in the North Sea which indicate that the reservoir is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).The wells, 32/7-1 and 32/4-4, were drilled in the North Sea about 20 kilometers east of the Troll A platform…

Aker BP Secures Drilling Permit for Multiple Wildcat Wells in North Sea

May 13, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for three wildcat wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/1-14 A, 25/1-14 B and 25/1-14 C in production license 873 B.Aker BP is the operator of the license with 47…

Agogo FPSO to Reach Azule Energy’s Field off Angola in Mid-May (Photos)

May 13, 2025

One of the world’s most advanced offshore production assets, the Agogo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Yinson Production for Azule Energy, made a scheduled technical stop at Walvis Bay in Namibia, while en route to a field offshore Angola…

TWMA Hooks ‘Major Contract’ with BP in North Sea

May 12, 2025

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a contract with BP to provide drilling waste management services in the U.K. North Sea.The three-year agreement, which includes options for renewal, started in October 2024.The scope of work will utilize TWMA’s cutting-edge technologies…

Viaro Energy Appoints Exceed as Well Operator for Over 190 North Sea Wells

May 12, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has appointed Exceed as well operator for over 190 wells which will comprise Viaro’s One Gas West assets following completion of the acquisition from Shell and ExxonMobil.Exceed will manage all aspects of late life well operations…

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