The Board of BP announces that, after a 40-year career with BP and over nine years as group chief executive, Bob Dudley, 64, has decided to step down as group chief executive and from the BP Board following delivery of the company’s 2019 full year results on 4 February 2020 and will retire on 31 March 2020.

When the Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2019 opens on October 8 in Sydney, the close cooperation among the United States and its allies in Australia and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region will be prominently on display.

On October 5, Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, started production from the giant field in the North Sea, more than two months ahead of and NOK 40 billion below the original estimates in the Plan for development and operation.

The Secretaries General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in research and the sharing of best practices.

A major milestone has been reached in an ambitious plan to bring marine manufacturing and support industries back to the Upper Clyde.

The latest developments in plans to build Poland’s biggest ever offshore windfarms are set to be unveiled at the Maritime Economy Forum Gdynia (MEFG) on October 11.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract by Shell for the Pierce depressurization project, located approximately 160 miles offshore, east of Aberdeen.

ODE Asset Management (ODE AM), a wholly owned subsidiary of the international engineering and operations support services contractor ODE Group Limited, has been appointed as Installation Operator (Duty Holder) of the Tolmount Platform, a Normally Unattended Installation (NUI).

The Alexandroupolis Independent Natural Gas System (INGS) is a modern, cutting edge technology project which will supply natural gas into the Greek and Southeast European gas markets. The project comprises of an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) and a subsea and onshore gas transmission pipeline system.

In support of the Administration’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, Department of the Interior’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Casey Hammond and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Dr. Walter Cruickshank today announced that BOEM proposes to offer approximately 78 million acres for a region-wide lease sale scheduled for March 2020.

Nominations are now open for the 2020 Subsea UK Awards which will recognize companies and individuals who are leading the way in the UK’s £7.5billion subsea sector.

Yara Marine Technologies, a Norwegian based scrubber supplier announced a change of leadership as Dr. Thomas Koniordos was introduced as the company’s new CEO. Koniordos, who up until 18th of September served as Yara’s Head of Environmental Solutions, and also as Chairman of the Yara Marine Board, will succeed Peter Strandberg, the company's founder.

ONE SEA, the industry alliance whose primary aim is to lead the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025, has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as Chairman of its Management Board.

Surface plating is widely used to repair or salvage critical components in the marine industry.

Dolphin Drilling has won a contract with AS Norske Shell in Norway to provide rig support for the drilling and completion of a gas producer well on the Knarr field.

Nippon Paint Marine has added to its NOA range of self-indicating epoxy coatings with a new system specially developed to protect chemical and product carrier tanks from corrosion and cargo contamination.