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DEME Finds Work at Nordlicht Offshore Wind Cluster in Germany

Jan 31, 2025

DEME has secured two contracts, valued at over $300 million, for the transport and installation of 112 foundations at the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in Germany, as well as providing scour protection for the projects.DEME will install…

First Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Substation Checks In at US Port

Jan 30, 2025

Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal has welcomed the arrival of the first substation to be installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.The CS Wind Offshore and Semco Maritime consortium was selected by Dominion Energy…

Aurora Offshore Welcomes First of Three Sea1 High-End Subsea Vessels

Jan 30, 2025

Norwegian vessel management and operations services provider Aurora Offshore, pat of Borealis Group, has welcomed the first of three high-end subsea vessels to the fleet as part of vessels transfer agreed with Sea1 Offshore.The transferred ship…

Court Overturns Approval for Two Massive UK North Sea O&G Fields

Jan 30, 2025

A Scottish court has invalidated Britain's approvals for two major North Sea oil and gas projects, delivering a significant victory to environmental groups and raising uncertainty over future fossil fuel developments in the UK.The Court of Session…

DeepOcean Lines Up Subsea Survey Work for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 30, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a subsea survey contract on the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind developments in Poland which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia.Under the contract, DeepOcean will conduct geophysical seabed…

Approval Granted for Blue Ammonia FPSO

Jan 29, 2025

MODEC and Toyo Engineering have jointly obtained an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ABS for a Blue Ammonia FPSO that will produce ammonia from the gas supplied by a traditional FPSO located nearby.Blue ammonia is produced from hydrocarbons where the CO2 emitted during production is sequestrated…

Orsted, PGE Greenlight Poland Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 29, 2025

Poland's PGE and Denmark's Orsted have taken the final decision to build Baltica 2, a 1.5-gigawatt offshore wind farm on Poland's Northwestern coast, the companies said on Wednesday.Both companies will own 50% of the farm which is expected to be fully commissioned in 2027…

ADNOC Opts for Seagliders for Offshore Energy Crew Transportation

Jan 29, 2025

ADNOC Logistics and Services (ADNOC L&S), part of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has partnered with an Abu Dhabi seaglider operator to introduce REGENT seagliders into its fleet for offshore energy logistics services.The seagliders will provide high-speed…

Tidal Transit Finds Asian Partners to Build OW Support Vessel Fleet for Korea

Jan 27, 2025

Tidal Transit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Asian firms to develop, fund, build and operate offshore support vessels for the South Korean offshore wind industry.The U.K. supplier of purpose-design crew transfer vessels…

Huisman to Deliver Crane for Penta-Ocean’s Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Vessel

Jan 27, 2025

Huisman has been awarded a contract from Penta-Ocean Construction to deliver a 5,000 mt Tub Mounted Crane along with a monopile handling system, including a motion compensated pile gripper, for a new heavy lift vessel designed for Japanese offshore wind market…

DOI Implements GoM Name Change

Jan 26, 2025

As directed by the President, the US Department of Interior (DOI) has announced that Gulf of Mexico (GoM) will officially be known as the Gulf of America.The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, under the purview of the Department of the Interior…

Baker Hughes: US oil & gas rig count at lowest since Dec 2021

Jan 24, 2025

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a third week in a row to the lowest since December 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes BKR.O said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count…

Solstad Offshore Scoops Multiple Vessel Contracts

Jan 24, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured contracts with undisclosed clients for three of its offshore support vessels.The vessels that have been hired are Normand Jarstein, Normand Australis, and Normand Scorpion.Normand…

VIDEO: AIRCAT Crewliner takes Shape to Service Offshore for TotalEnergies Angola

Jan 24, 2025

AIRCAT Vessels, in collaboration with ESNA, delivered the first three AIRCAT 35 Crewliners, a 35-m Surface Effect Ship (SES) technology vessel that can reach speeds of more than 50 knots even in challenging maritime conditions.Each vessel has…

AIRCAT 35 Crewliner Vessels Delivered to Service TotalEnergies Angola

Jan 23, 2025

AIRCAT Vessels, in collaboration with ESNA, delivered the first three AIRCAT 35 Crewliners. Designed to meet the demanding needs of the oil and gas sector, the 35-m vessels, based on SES (Surface Effect Ship) technology, achieve speeds of more than 50 knots…

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