Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore wind cluster, has expanded to further promote the regional capabilities in offshore wind, to help deliver the ambitions of the offshore wind sector deal.

The inaugural Australia Offshore Well Intervention Conference is launching into Perth on 27^th & 28^th November with discussions from key representatives at Woodside Energy, ConocoPhillips, Sapura Energy and TIOS.

An Aberdeen safety training and competence management company has heralded its first candidate to be awarded a national internal verifier certificate.

Pipeline technology specialist, STATS Group, (STATS) has signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will significantly increase their presence on Sakhalin-2, Russia’s first offshore gas project.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy held a launch ceremony with local government authorities and wind industry partners in Taiwan on Monday, for what will be the company’s first offshore nacelle assembly facility outside of Europe.

Talos Energy Inc. announced that it has received a two-year contract term extension as well as regulatory approvals for additional exploration activities on Block 7, located in the offshore portion of Mexico's prolific Sureste Basin. Talos is the operator of Block 7 in a consortium (the "Consortium") with its partners Sierra Oil & Gas, a Wintershall DEA company, and Premier Oil plc.

Instead of running diesel-fueled auxiliary engines, Paglia Orba, Jean Nicoli and Pascal Paoli ferries will use electricity for power at berth. Each of the three vessels is being modified to feature ABB’s power compensation solution Dynacomp, which allows electricity available from the local grid in Marseille to be stepped down to 11KV in order to take care of ship power needs while in port.

Kongsberg Digital, the global innovator of maritime simulation technology and SeaCross, the company behind the advanced SeaCross navigation system for safe and effective high-speed craft operation announced a new partnership at the DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) exhibition and conference in London.

The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP), managed by the Carbon Trust, has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialization of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, together with 14 leading offshore wind developers represented by the Floating Wind JIP, will select the best ideas with a particular emphasis on mooring systems and operations and maintenance (O&M).

James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a global provider of specialist offshore engineering solutions, has increased its oil and gas decommissioning activities in the Middle East with a new offshore platform jacket removal project in Saudi Arabia. The work will utilise its pioneering cutting solution which is capable of delivering significant time-saving efficiencies.

KONGSBERG is pleased to announce that it has been contracted to provide a ‘Full Picture’ upgrade for the Tidewater Marine Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV), Bailey Tide.

International subsea services provider DOF Subsea has equipped a further three of its Brazilian offshore vessel fleet with hybrid acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Brasil Ltda.

ExxonMobil says it has made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block.

The global provider of essential integrated services, EnerMech, has appointed a new Regional Director for Australasia.

Through its Bolting Systems brand, SPX FLOW has long served the oil industry with reliable, long life tooling for both topside and subsea applications. Included within its range of subsea tools is the long stroke SST range of subsea tensioners, which feature quick reaction nuts to help divers work efficiently and effectively. The tensioner is specifically designed for subsea operation to reduce diver fatigue, improve safety and enhance productivity.

Subsea 7 S.A. announces that Jean Cahuzac will retire from his position as CEO at the end of this year, and will be succeeded from 1 January 2020 by John Evans, who is currently COO.