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GLO Marine to Upgrade Hydraulic System on Bluewater’s FPSO

Jun 02, 2025

Retrofit specialist GLO Marine has secured hydraulic system upgrade job on Bluewater’s Haewene Brim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, following the successful delivery of the project’s first phase.The contract builds on…

Louis Dreyfus Takes Delivery of Two New Offshore Wind CTVs

Jun 02, 2025

Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered two new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), expanding its high-specification offshore wind support fleet.The newly delivered StratCat 27 vessels, sister ships to Acti’Vent and Esti’Vent…

Survey Sequence Important to Predicting Underwater Landslides

Jun 01, 2025

Submarine landslides can hamper the productivity of offshore installations, but researchers at Texas A&M may now be able to accurately predict the occurrence of marine landslides using underwater site characterization data.Although data from…

Aker Solutions Awarded Contract for BalWin2 Offshore Wind Project

May 30, 2025

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Dragados Offshore to deliver the steel substructure for the 2GW HVDC converter station for the BalWin2 offshore wind grid connection system in Germany, developed by Amprion Offshore GmbH. Reference is…

Gibdock Completes Renewal of TechnipFMC's Deepwater Pipelayer

May 29, 2025

Gibraltar-based ship repair and conversion yard Gibdock has completed the repair and renewal of TechnipFMC's Deep Blue, a deepwaer pipelay and subsea construction vessel.TechnipFMC relocated Deep Blue from the U.S. Gulf for the works, also redeploying…

McDermott Reduces Carbon Intensity

May 28, 2025

McDermott has published its 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting increased renewable energy source to 80% of grid electricity demand across its operations.The company also achieved a 35% reduction in carbon intensity and ISO 50001 energy management certification at four major fabrication yards…

Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition to Run Together with LNG PCC 2025

May 28, 2025

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has confirmed that the LNG PCC 2025 will be held on June 20, in collaboration with the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition, organized by dmg events…

Steerprop Launches Largest Retractable Thruster

May 28, 2025

Finland's Steerprop expanded its range of retractable thrusters with its biggest unit to date. Designed for offshore vessels and workboats that need high-performance station-keeping or thrust boost capabilities, the SP 45 R will be introduced on several offshore…

Okea Makes Oil Find in North Sea

May 28, 2025

Norway's Okea has discovered oil in the Prince prospect in the North Sea, the Norwegian offshore directorate said on Wednesday.Preliminary estimates indicate a discovery of between 0.29 million and 2.79 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent…

Woodside to run North West Shelf LNG Plant to 2070

May 28, 2025

Australia conditionally approved on Wednesday a request by Woodside Energy to extend until 2070 the life of its North West Shelf gas plant, following a six-year review dogged by delays, appeals and backlash from green groups.The facility on…

ADNOC Drilling Secures 15-Year Contract for Two Rigs

May 28, 2025

ADNOC Drilling has been awarded a $1.15 billion, 15-year contract for two jack-up rigs by ADNOC Offshore in support of its growing offshore operations.The new rigs represent the latest generation of jack-up rigs and have been prepared for operations at the Lamprell shipyard in Sharjah…

EnQuest Grows South East Asia Operations

May 27, 2025

EnQuest provided an operations update ahead of its annual general meeting highlighting its growing footprint in South East Asia.The group announced several key growth initiatives across South East Asia in recent months, including the award of the DEWA PSC…

Report: Gas Investments in Australia Stalling

May 27, 2025

Australia is losing its competitive edge in attracting investment in natural gas exploration and production, threatening the nation’s energy security, economic growth and emissions reduction targets, a new report by Wood Mackenzie has found…

FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão Starts Production

May 27, 2025

SBM Offshore announces that FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão is formally on hire as of May 24, 2025 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to final acceptance.As part of the Mero-4 project, the FPSO will be connected to 12 wells…

Simon Møkster Shipping Pools Starlink bandwidth from Marlink

May 27, 2025

Marlink is supporting Simon Møkster Shipping with flexible allocation of Starlink LEO bandwidth across its fleet, enabling the ship owner to deploy LEO internet bandwidth where it is most needed, supporting simplified connectivity for business applications and crew welfare services…

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