Energy

OPITO, a leading global safety and skills organization for the energy industry, and the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), based at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts, have today (Wednesday 27th April) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will support thousands of new jobs in the growing U.S. offshore wind energy sector.

Kent and Mainstream Renewable Power together with K&L Gates LLP have released an updated Offshore Wind Handbook to help guide investors and new market entrants through technical and regulatory issues in a fast-paced developing U.S. offshore wind market.

Upwing Energy will introduce its new comprehensive integrated End2End (E2E) service boosting production and recoverability in conventional gas wells at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

The Department of the Interior has announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic.

Clarksons Renewables division has launched AIR, a new full-service strategic marine advisory service. The service is designed to support clients already operating in, or looking to enter, the offshore wind sector.

ExxonMobil has made three new discoveries offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new research by leading global consultancy, McKinsey & Company.

Ulstein has launched a vessel concept capable of making the vision of zero emission cruise operations a reality.

Transocean Ltd.  announced end of March, that it has purchased a minority interest in Ocean Minerals Ltd., a company engaged in the exploration of seabed resources containing metals critical to the growing renewable energy market.

Ampelmann, a Dutch offshore access provider, has signed its first contract in the US offshore wind market.

Eneti Inc. has announced that Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti, and a leading provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a new contract with a UK-based utility for one of its NG2500X-class vessels to support offshore wind farm substation commissioning in the UK sector of the North Sea for a period of 90-120 days in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025.

McDermott International has joined a group of industry experts focused on unlocking the potential for a hydrogen-led energy hub located at Bacton, Norfolk, UK.