Energy

Offshore wind development on the West Coast took a major step forward on May 26, with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s release of a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for five lease areas off the California coast.

Primed as the heart of the UK’s net zero journey, the most recent addition to the East of England’s impressive portfolio of investors is Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore Limited, specialists in wind turbine maintenance and repair, who have chosen OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft as their UK base.



Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has signed a new technology contract of around EUR 28m with Chinese shipbuilder COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore for an F-Class, Foundation Installation Vessel. The vessel will have greater lifting capacity than previous vessels and will be delivered to Danish service provider Cadeler in 2025.

Equinor has made a new oil discovery in Snøfonn Nord, exploration well 7220/8-2 S, by the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.

Equinor and Halten East partners Vår Energi, Spirit Energy and Petoro have decided to invest about NOK 9 billion in the development of the area neighboring to the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

International technical service provider Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) is strengthening its hydrogen capability having been selected by ERM Dolphyn to provide topside FEED support to the commercial demonstration phase of the ERM Dolphyn (Deepwater Offshore Local HYdrogeN) project.

Offshore floating wind will be essential for the world's energy transition, but methods under development can be costly, time-consuming, and ultimately prevent the commercial upscaling of this new frontier in offshore wind.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Sempra Infrastructure, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation for the development of the Hackberry Carbon Sequestration (HCS) project at Cameron LNG, a natural gas liquefaction and export facility located in southwest Louisiana, U.S.

Koil Energy Solutions, Inc. (Koil), formerly known as Deep Down, Inc. (OTCQB: DPDW), an international specialist in subsea energy equipment and services, has announced the receipt of an order to provide hydrogen energy related services. Following its recent rebrand, this is the company’s first commercial success in support of the energy transition.

Fulkrum, a leading provider of inspection, expediting, auditing and technical staffing to the energy industry, has secured a contract to support the QA/QC activities for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project.

bp and Linde plans to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas that will enable low carbon hydrogen production at Linde’s existing facilities.

Hosted by the Business Network for Offshore Wind, the Ventus Awards are the Network’s highest level of professional recognition, celebrating the trailblazing people, companies, organizations, and work worldwide ushering in the global adoption of offshore wind energy. Nominations for the 2022 Ventus Awards are now being accepted.