The Business Network for Offshore Wind today published its Offshore Wind Policy Brief: The U.S. Opportunity in Floating Offshore Wind.

The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland, operated by Veolia and Peterson, is one step closer to becoming a center of innovation for recycling offshore structures from the North Sea, following the successful collapse of the Ninian North platform using explosives for the first time.



Five months after Motive Offshore Group acquired Flowline Specialists - the second strategic acquisition it has made within the last two years - the company has reported a positive start to 2021 with a number of key contract awards, appointments, and significant internal restructuring reflecting continued growth.

Kongsberg Maritime has launched two innovative waterjet control systems based on its new JCS (Jet Control System) common technology platform: JCS Compact and JCS Extended. The use of standardized components across both systems keeps costs down and enhances operational simplicity.

Stena Drilling, an independent drilling contractor, has announced its acquisition of a 30% stake in Intebloc, an award-winning specialist digital lifting technology solutions provider, which improves the safety and productivity of offshore lifting operations.

Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has launched the K-Sim ECDIS, the latest in a successful line of cloud simulation solutions the company has produced for the maritime training sector.

Global survival and safety solutions leader, Survitec, has completed a £27.5 million Super Senior Revolving Capital Facility (RCF) with Santander UK. This new facility is in addition to the recently finalized £270m refinancing announced by the company in April.

Wind farm developers can achieve significant cost savings on foundation design and installation scopes by carefully planning the data acquisition and analysis stage. Jason Smith, one of Fugro’s marine site characterization experts, explains key strategies for meeting today’s cost and schedule challenges.

Gastech, the world’s largest exhibition and conference supporting the gas, LNG, hydrogen, and energy industry, will take place in Dubai, at the Dubai World Trade Center, from September 21-23, 2021.

Former drillship JOIDES Resolution is a research vessel that drills into the ocean floor to collect and study core samples.

Harvey Gulf International Marine announced that Steve Olmos, formerly of Oceaneering International, has been brought on board to manage and continue to grow Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions installations group. Olmos leaves Oceaneering after 40 years in which he performed various roles, most recently Steve had overseen Umbilical installations, flexible pipe and jumpers as well as various decommissioning projects.

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In a move to take lead in delivering advances in digital rig scheduling, energy software solutions provider, AGR Software, is to acquire the Deloitte Digital portfolio application, ‘RIG’.

THREE60 Energy Group, a leading independent energy service company offering complete asset life cycle solutions, has made a series of key senior appointments to its well engineering group across the UK, Asia Pacific and North America as a result of sustained global growth.

Equinor (operator) and ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau field in the Brazilian pre-salt Santos area. The investment is approximately 8 billion USD.

The release of the IEA’s Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050 report on May 20, is a potential bombshell for the industry as it concludes that ‘Beyond projects already committed as of 2021, there are no new oil and gas fields approved for development in our pathway.’ The industry now faces some stark choices on the path to take.