The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has selected IDOM and RENK Group as preferred contractors to support the development of its new blade testing and upgraded drive train testing facilities.The news follows the $114 million investment…
MENCK, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has introduced its latest innovation - the MHU 6000W Wind Hammer - which is capable of handling larger and heavier piles for offshore wind in increasingly challenging environments…
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…
Equinor and its partner DNO have made an oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the North Sea, delineating the play-opening 2023 Heisenberg discovery and confirming its volume estimate of 24 to 56 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) with mean of 37 MMboe…
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has entered into agreement with Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International, to sell its stake in the Yme field for $15.6 million, exiting the producing field in the south-eastern part of Norwegian North Sea…
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…
Greece and Cyprus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to press ahead with a subsea electric cable linking continental Europe to the East Mediterranean, the energy ministries of the two countries said on Saturday.The Great Sea Interconnector…
RWE and the Ustka Port Authority have signed a land lease agreement for the construction of an operations and maintenance base for the FEW Baltic II offshore wind farm in Poland.The base is one of the key elements in the realization and subsequent operation of the planned 350 MW offshore wind farm…
The international joint venture (JV) partners, led by BP as the operator, have signed commercial agreements for the development of gas reserves at the giant Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) gas field offshore Azerbaijan.After the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and BP…
Danish subsea cable and services firm NKT has taken part in the repair of export cables at 600 MW Gemini offshore wind in the Netherlands, which has been put back to full operation.A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a new exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, to be conducted using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.The permit is for wellbore 6406/6-7 S wildcat well in production license 1119…
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…
Danish engineering firm R&D Test Systems has completed the 3,700 metric ton foundation for the new Lindø Offshore Renewables Centre (LORC) main bearings test facility, which will be capable of performing extreme test loads on main bearings for 25 MW wind turbines…
Iberdrola has inaugurated Brittany’s first offshore wind farm, the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc project, which is also the second largest offshore wind farm in France.With an investment of $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion), the Saint-Brieuc project began development in 2012 and entered full operation in May 2024…
Oil and gas production facilities could reduce more than 80% of associated emissions if converted to run on electricity powered by renewables or natural gas that would otherwise be flared, according to a new report from Rystad Energy.Fully electrified…