Energy

A confidential owner of oil and gas platforms in the North Adriatic Concession area has contracted renewable energy consultancy Megajoule to install multiple wind Lidars as part of the company’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.

Equinor has, on behalf of the license partners in Krafla, Gina Krog, Asterix, and Gassco at Kårstø, signed contracts with Aibel worth around NOK five billion, including options. Aibel estimates the contracts and options to require 3500 person-years in total.

In no less than 62 hours of rigorous offshore testing, tech scale-up Seaqualize successfully completed offshore trials for its inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the ‘Delta600’.

TechnipFMC and PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd (PTVSB), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, have entered into an agreement to commercialize a unique natural gas processing membrane which reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean East-West Power (EWP) to cooperate on 3 GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea. Together the partners will contribute significantly to the country’s ongoing energy transition and development of an offshore wind industry in Korea.

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued the following statement after the conclusion of Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257, which generated more than $191 million in winning bids over 308 lease blocks:

Boskalis has been awarded a contract for the transportation and installation of the monopile foundations and substations for an offshore wind farm development with a value of approximately EUR 450 million.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind will host the inaugural Ventus Awards Gala this Thursday, November 18 in Washington, D.C., to bring the industry together and honor the trailblazing people, companies, organizations, and work ushering in the global adoption of offshore wind power.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind announces the inaugural OSW O&M/ Health & Safety Summit, taking place February 3-4, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Registration is now open.

Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, will highlight how its wellsite processing solution has been proven to reduce the carbon emissions of drilling operations by 50% at this year’s ADIPEC.

Technip Energies and PETRONAS have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) establishing a strategic collaboration framework for the further development and commercialization of carbon capture technologies.

The announcement of the merger of Maersk Drilling and Noble Drilling came as no surprise to many of us that follow the industry.