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First Turbine Goes Up at Denmark’s Thor Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 04, 2026

The first turbine at the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, being developed by RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management, has been installed in the Danish North Sea.Installation work at the project site, located about 22 km off the west coast of Jutland, began shortly after the project received a 30-year electricity production license earlier in 2026.Turbines are being transported and installed from the Port of Esbjerg using the vessel Brave Tern…

US Undiscovered Offshore Reserves Could Maintain Supply for 100 Years

Mar 09, 2026

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the 2026 National Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources, an estimate of the undiscovered, technically and economically recoverable oil and natural gas resources outside of known oil and gas fields on the U…

MOL Enters European Offshore Wind CSOV Market

Mar 09, 2026

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has agreed to jointly own two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) with Cyprus-based shipping company Schoeller Holdings, marking the Japanese company’s first entry into the European offshore wind support vessel market…

Fugro Nets Geotechnical Survey Contract for Ireland’s Oriel Wind Farm

Mar 09, 2026

Fugro has secured a contract by Oriel Windfarm to carry out a detailed geotechnical site investigation for the planned Oriel offshore wind farm off the coast of County Louth in Ireland.The survey will support the design and installation of foundations…

Vestas to Build Offshore Wind Nacelle Assembly Plant in Japan

Mar 09, 2026

Wind turbine maker Vestas on Monday agreed to cooperate with Japan's industry ministry to establish a nacelle assembly facility in the country by the fiscal year of 2029 and may create a full nacelle production facility a decade later, the ministry said…

Multiple Offshore Campaigns on TGS Seismic Vessel’s Agenda

Mar 06, 2026

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has lined up several new acquisition campaigns for its Ramform Vanguard seismic vessel during the upcoming European summer season.Following its winter-stack period, the vessel is slated to start the campaign in mid-March with an oil and gas site survey…

IPAA Responds to Interior's Rollback of Offshore Financial Assurance Rule

Mar 05, 2026

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has released a statement on the announcement from the United States Department of Interior on the intent to rollback the Biden Administration's offshore rule requiring companies to set…

PALFINGER to Deliver Offshore Cranes for Formosa 4 Wind Farm

Mar 05, 2026

PALFINGER has secured a contract to supply offshore cranes for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, expanding the company’s presence in the region’s offshore wind market.The project will mark PALFINGER’s eleventh offshore wind development…

Chevron Hires Hanwha Ocean for Leviathan Expansion Module Fabrication

Mar 05, 2026

Hanwha Ocean has been awarded a module fabrication contract for the Leviathan Expansion Project by Chevron Mediterranean, supporting plans to increase production from the offshore gas field in Israel.The project involves fabrication of additional…

Oil companies reject Trump Administration's Alaska Offshore Auction

Mar 04, 2026

The Trump administration sold more than 400,000 acres (406,876 hectares) of land in Alaska's Cook Inlet on Wednesday, but no oil and gas drillers showed up. They refused to make a bid.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of U.S. president Donald Trump…

Hydromea, Equinor Achieve World’s First Wireless Broadband Data Transfer from Seabed to Cloud

Mar 04, 2026

Hydromea, together with Equinor, has announced the world’s first demonstration of real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data transmission from the ocean floor directly to the cloud. This milestone marks an advancement in subsea asset monitoring and the digitalization of the offshore energy sector…

Strategic Marine Delivers First Supa Swath CTVs to Mainprize Offshore

Mar 04, 2026

Strategic Marine has delivered the first two Supa Swath crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to Mainprize Offshore, marking the initial handover under a multi-vessel contract signed at in June 2024.The deliveries represent the first two vessels in a program covering six Supa Swath vessels…

Japan’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Starts Commercial Operations

Mar 04, 2026

Japan’s largest offshore wind farm, the 220 MW Kitakyushu Hibikinada, has started commercial operations.The offshore wind farm, consisting of 25 turbines with 9.6 MW capacity each, entered commercial operations on March 2, 2026.Located offshore of Wakamatsu Ward in Kitakyushu City…

NYK Advances Design of Subsea Cable-Laying Vessel

Mar 04, 2026

Japanese shipping major NYK Line has completed the basic design of a new long-distance subsea cable-laying vessel intended to support the development of Japan’s future high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission network, marking a key milestone…

DRIFT Energy, Enapter to Develop Marinized Electrolyzer Technology for Offshore Hydrogen

Mar 03, 2026

DRIFT Energy, a leader in ocean-based renewable energy, has signed a collaboration agreement with Enapter to adapt the design of their Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolyzer technology for deployment at sea. The agreement was formalized during a visit by DRIFT’s CEO…

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