The Department of the Interior has suspended all activities related to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending completion of a comprehensive analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), have received the Record of Decision (ROD) from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the final major step in the federal review process for the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the United States.

Ocean Infinity, a leading marine robotics and deep sea data acquisition company, is implementing ShipManager fleet management software for 17 new robotic ships and additional autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Fugro CEO Mark Heine participated alongside world leaders and experts from a diverse range of stakeholder groups in the First International Ocean Decade Conference.

The discovery of the Magnus oilfield in 1974 catalysed a major leap for subsea controls systems. At the time, producing from satellite wells just a mere 5km away was the limit of what could be practically achieved with direct hydraulic controls.

DNV, a world’s leading classification society, has awarded IC Technology (ICT) an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its new liquid hydrogen membrane type containment system. Hydrogen is emerging as a key to enabling the energy transition, in particular as a store for surplus renewable energy and a way to couple the renewable power sector to other more power-dense sectors.

Damen Shipyards Group has announced the expansion of its global service hub network with the opening a new Service Hub in Southampton, UK. The Southampton Hub helps Damen Services provide customers in the region with a local point of contact, fast response times, and a personal approach.

Subsea 7 S.A. has confirmed the award of a major⁽¹⁾ contract by Equinor to Subsea Integration Alliance⁽²⁾ for the Bacalhau field development located 185 kilometers from the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Production of natural gas, the main commodity in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), has been declining ever since 2015.

Marine-i has agreed to support a pioneering new approach to using space data to support the development of renewable energy sites, such as floating offshore wind. This new system could help reduce the risks and costs associated with these developments.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind launched Direct Connect, a proprietary new platform that enables companies to find location-specific supply chain vendors.

McDermott International, Ltd. has completed work on Reliance Industries Limited KG-D6 Satellite Cluster Project, off the east coast of India.

Logan Industries (Logan), a hydraulic repair, manufacturing and rental company, has successfully delivered a custom-built ‘skinny’ coiled tubing lift frame (CTLF) for a customer in Trinidad.

On June 2^nd, Damen Shipyards Galati performed the keel-laying ceremony on the Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established provider of oceanographic equipment and marine engineering services, has announced the delivery of its latest autonomous surface vessel, a SeaRobotics SR-Surveyor M1.8. The ASV is the most recent addition to Okeanus’ growing portfolio of turnkey survey solutions and is available for rent immediately.

Despite projected demand recovery post-2020, the global offshore support vessel (OSV) market continues to face a utilization challenge – this is according to collaborative research from Braemar ACM Shipbroking (Braemar), one of the world’s largest chartering, derivative and S&P shipbroking companies and Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm.