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BMT, Strategic Marine Introduce New StratCat35 CTV

Sep 26, 2024

Working in partnership with Strategic Marine, BMT has introduced its latest addition to the offshore wind industry - the StratCat35 Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV).The vessel, which made its debut at WindEnergy Hamburg, is designed to meet a wider…

Sinochem in Talks to Sell Peregrino Stake

Sep 25, 2024

The chief executive of Brazilian oil company Prio is 'optimistic' about talks with China's oil and chemicals firm Sinochem for the potential purchase of a stake in the Peregrino oil field, he told Reuters on Wednesday.No binding agreement has been reached so far…

Trinidad Chooses Preferred Bidder for Shallow Block

Sep 25, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago selected oil and gas producer Shell as the preferred bidder for a shallow water block, beating out bids from BP and EOG Resources, three people close to the process said.Trinidad and Tobago has in recent years struggled to…

November Elections an Inflection Point for US Offshore Wind

Sep 25, 2024

We are fast approaching a potential inflection point for the U.S. offshore wind industry, the November 2024 elections.On the positive side of the scale, federal and state leases supporting approximately 63 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity have been awarded to developers on the East Coast…

Vattenfall and BASF Pick Havfram for Nordlicht Offshore Wind Cluster Job

Sep 25, 2024

Havfram, a provider of transport and installation services for the offshore wind industry, has been awarded a contract by Vattenfall and BASF for their Nordlicht offshore wind farm cluster.The Nordlicht wind farm zone, located 85 kilometers north of the island of Borkum in the German North Sea…

Centus Marine Orders SES Crew Boat from Strategic Marine

Sep 24, 2024

Centus Marine, a Malaysian operator of fast crew boats, has selected Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine to build the next generation of high-speed personnel transfer vessels, developed by AIRCAT.The new vessel, developed in partnership…

German JV Orders Four New Vessels for Offshore Energy Market

Sep 24, 2024

A joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt has ordered four construction commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) from the Chinese shipyard for offshore wind and wider offshore energy sector.The construction…

Energy Firms Evacuate US Gulf of Mexico Platforms as Hurricane Risk Builds

Sep 23, 2024

U.S. offshore oil producers were taking initial steps ahead of a storm predicted to become a hurricane in the middle of the week, evacuating non-essential staff from Gulf of Mexico production platforms.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said…

N-O-S Orders Four Hybrid E-Class Vessels

Sep 23, 2024

Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) on Monday announced it has ordered a series of new E-Class crew transfer vessels (CTV) for scheduled delivery during the second half of 2025.A N-O-S spokesperson told MarineLink the order is for four CTVs from Penguin Shipyard in Singapore…

Rem Inspector CSV to Sport NES’ Energy Storage System

Sep 23, 2024

Norwegian shipowner Rem Offshore has hired Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to deliver a deck-based battery energy storage system to its Rem Inspector construction support vessel (CSV). NES, specializing in sustainable energy design and smart control systems for vessels…

Esgian Week 38 Report: Contracting has Slowed

Sep 22, 2024

Esgian has no rig contracts to announced but provides an update on rig moves and drilling operations in the US Gulf of Mexico, Canada, Morocco and Norway in its Week 38 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesExxonMobil…

Coastal Contracts Orders Subsea Support Vessel Pair in China

Sep 20, 2024

Malaysian shipowner Coastal Contracts Bhd on Thursday placed an order with Chinese shipbuilder Fujian Funing Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, a subsidiary of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group, for a pair of 85-meter subsea support/maintenance vessels…

Floating Wind Industry Achieves ‘World’s First’ Offshore Generator Exchange

Sep 20, 2024

A group of industry specialist companies has achieved a world first for the wind industry, with a major component exchange (MCE) being performed on an offshore floating wind turbine while it remained on site at the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm…

McDermott, BW Offshore Team Up for Blue Ammonia Production on FPSOs

Sep 19, 2024

McDermott and BW Offshore have entered into a collaboration to advance the technical and commercial viability of offshore blue ammonia production aboard a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility.The strategic partnership aims…

Tidal Transit Orders Battery-ready CTV Pair

Sep 18, 2024

U.K.-based Tidal Transit said it has placed orders with Singapore's Penguin Shipyard for two new battery-ready crew transfer vessels (CTV) amid growing demand for green crew transport in the offshore wind sector.The company announced on Tuesday…

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