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Saipem’s Heavy-Lift Vessel Getting Ready for Neptun Deep Job in Black Sea

Jun 09, 2026

Saipem's multi-purpose heavy-lift vessel JSD6000 has started preparatory work in the Port of Genoa ahead of its deployment on the Neptun Deep gas development project in the Black Sea.The vessel is currently moored at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard, where technical, maintenance and upgrade activities are being carried out, particularly on its pipelay systems, to ensure compliance with project requirements…

Britain Offers Grid Connections to More Than 700 Projects In Energy Investment Push

Jun 10, 2026

Britain has offered grid connections to more than 700 projects, the country's power planning body said on Wednesday, under a reformed allocation system expected to help unlock up to £40 billion in annual clean power investment.The allocations follow recent reforms replacing a 'first come…

Norway Vote on Subsidies Review Casts Doubt on Floating Wind Project

Jun 09, 2026

Norway's parliament on Tuesday ordered the government to review its planned subsidy for the country's first commercial floating offshore wind farm, raising concerns of a full development stop and a wider impact on energy transition projects…

T12 Engineering Delivers Subsea Structure for Norway Oil and Gas Scheme

Jun 09, 2026

T12 Engineering has completed the assembly and shipment of a 60-tonne gravity-based subsea structure destined for offshore installation in Norway.The structure, designed for an independent Norwegian oil and gas operator, departed from the Port…

Northern Lights Expands LCO2 Fleet with Vessel Charter for MISC, K Line

Jun 03, 2026

Northern Lights JV has awarded a consortium comprising Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K' LINE) and Malaysia's MISC Berhad a time charter contract for a newly built 12,000 cubic meter liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, supporting the expansion of Europe's carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure…

Engineering for Extremes (II): Accuracy & Efficiency in Offshore Drilling

May 31, 2026

Accurate, immediate data while drilling is central to efficient, effective outcomes. Tronics Microsystems earlier this year introduced its inertial sensor portfolio with the launch of the AXO315 T1, a high-temperature digital accelerometer designed for energy sector drilling applications…

Wood Secures Subsea Design Scope on QatarEnergy’s Bul Hanine Redevelopment

May 21, 2026

Wood has secured a contract by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) to deliver detailed design work for QatarEnergy’s Bul Hanine EPIC2 offshore oil and gas redevelopment project in Qatar.The scope includes the design of 25 subsea pipelines…

QatarEnergy Enters Uruguay with Shell Deal for Three Offshore Blocks

May 20, 2026

QatarEnergy has acquired participating interests in three exploration blocks offshore Uruguay from BG International Limited, a subsidiary of Shell.Under the agreements, QatarEnergy has acquired an 18% interest in block ‘OFF-4’, while Shell held 32%…

Perenco Brings Davy Gas Field in North Sea Back to Life

May 15, 2026

Perenco UK has restarted production from the Davy gas field in the Southern North Sea more than five years after the asset was shut in.The company said production from Davy wells A3 and A5 restarted in late April 2026 following a revival project…

Türkiye Targets First Offshore Wind Tender as 2026 Set to Be 'Year of Wind'

May 14, 2026

Türkiye has announced plans to launch its first offshore wind Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender after completing permitting processes for four identified offshore sites, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said…

EnergyPathways, ABP Partner on Energy Storage Project at Port of Barrow

May 13, 2026

EnergyPathways has signed a collaboration agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to evaluate the Port of Barrow in northwest England as a location for onshore facilities linked to its Marram Energy Storage Hub (MESH) project.The AIM-listed company said the MESH project…

Southeast Asia Sees New Wave of Deepwater Gas Projects

May 04, 2026

Southeast Asia is entering a critical second wave of deepwater gas development targeting 28 trillion cubic feet of resources across Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. However, delivering these projects won’t be easy, says Wood Mackenzie.The models suggest these projects have fragile economics…

JDR Nets Subsea Umbilicals Deal for Australian Gas Project

Apr 30, 2026

Amplitude Energy has awarded a contract to JDR Cable Systems to supply subsea control umbilicals for its East Coast Supply Project offshore Victoria, aimed at supporting gas delivery to southeastern Australia.JDR will supply about 18 km of hydraulic control umbilicals…

Op-Ed: Why Wave Energy Must Be the UK’s Next Great Green Frontier

Apr 28, 2026

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…

Why security planning matters in modern dredging and port works

Apr 23, 2026

Security is all too often treated as a purely compliance-driven exercise. This isn’t advisable in any industry, but it is particularly damaging for those that fall under critical infrastructure frameworks. Ports, and, by extension, the dredging operations that maintain and expand shipping lanes…

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