Tag: offshore industry

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into an incident when removing the clamps/blind hub from new production tubing on the Statfjord B facility on 22 April 2023.

At approximately 21:15 local time on Monday 10th April a generator-related fire occurred on Trinity’s Bravo Platform in the Trintes Field, injuring four people. 

Platypus Marine announced this week that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Damen Shipyards for the building of a Fast Crew Supply (FCS) vessel, compliant with the Jones Act, to serve the offshore wind industry in the United States. 

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) announced last week the creation of an offshore wind "living lab" off the coast of Grimsby, and the development of a 5G Testbed that includes Grimsby Port and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms.

Held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East, the flagship event of the UAE Maritime Week, will shed light on the region’s offshore marine sector that is an increasingly important market segment within the maritime sector.

The "Specification of a European Offshore Hydrogen Backbone" study, commissioned by infrastructure system operators GASCADE and Fluxys and conducted by DNV, highlights the significant benefits of an offshore hydrogen backbone in the North and Baltic Seas.

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX) announced in mid-March that it had reached an agreement with funds affiliated with Aspirant Group Inc. to acquire all of Japan Drilling Co. Ltd. (JDC)'s issued shares.

Gulf Wind Technology and Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell) announced yesterday that they have partnered up for the offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico.

On March 9th DNV released a statement to announce key findings from its report, Spatial Competition Forecast, on the growing Blue Economy and the global race for space among ocean sectors.

Rystad Energy research shows that the offshore oil and gas (O&G) sector is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years, with $214 billion of new project investments lined up. Annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) broke the $100 billion threshold in 2022 and will break it again in 2023 – the first breach for two straight years since 2012 and 2013.