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Orbital Marine Power unveils new 30MW tidal energy project in Orkney waters

Orbital Marine Power unveils new 30MW tidal energy project in Orkney waters Company plans include significant job creation and boost to its UK supply chain plans.   Orbital Marine Power (Orbital), the renewable energy company focused on the commercial deployment of its innovative floating tidal turbine technology, announced it has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. Orkney-headquartered Orbital also con...

Subsea7, Spark Renewables and Simply Blue Group Partner to Pursue Floating Offshore Wind Development in New South Wales, Australia

Subsea7, Spark Renewables and Simply Blue Group Partner to Pursue Floating Offshore Wind Development in New South Wales, Australia   Subsea7, together with a leading local developer in Australia, Spark Renewables, and international floating offshore wind developer Simply Blue Group have formed a consortium to pursue floating offshore wind development off the coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in the Hunter and Illawarra regions. The recently declared Hunter-Central Coast a...

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration to purchase Japan Drilling Co.

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration to purchase Japan Drilling Co. Japan’s oil and gas player JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation is in the process of acquiring the country’s rig owner, Japan Drilling Co. (JDC), in a bid to strengthen its position in the oil and gas industry.   JX Nippon revealed last week that it had reached an agreement with the funds related to Aspirant Group to obtain the entire issued shares of JDC. The firm intends to move forward with...

BP Petrofac workers latest to support offshore strike

BP Petrofac workers latest to support offshore strike Emphatic vote for action will see 1,500 workers down tools as strike ‘tsunami’ hits North  Sea   Unite the union confirmed that its members on BP Petrofac installations have today (22 March) voted emphatically to support strike action in a fresh dispute involving the offshore contractor as workers demand a better deal on pay. By a massive 95.5 per cent, around 90 workers voted in support of strike action in a...

Semco Maritime and local supply chain support Noble Innovator SPS

Semco Maritime and local supply chain support Noble Innovator SPS   Currently berthed at Port of Aberdeen’s South Harbour, the 674ft tall jack-up rig Noble Innovator will see maintenance works being undertaken by Semco Maritime and a host of local supply chain companies prior to its deployment back to the North Sea to undertake decommissioning activity for bp.  Upon the rig’s arrival in Aberdeen for a special periodical survey (SPS), Semco Maritime has been contra...

£1.8 billion awarded to boost energy efficiency and cut emissions of homes and public buildings across England

£1.8 billion awarded to boost energy efficiency and cut emissions of homes and public buildings across England   £1.4 billion to go to local authorities, providers of social housing and charities to upgrade homes and off-grid households with energy efficiency measures Changes, including loft insulation and new windows, mean households could save between £220 and £400 on annual energy bills, with funding expected to support 20,000 jobs. £409 million...

NII: the theory of everything NDT?

NII: the theory of everything NDT?   Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) has been widely used as a testing and analysis technique to evaluate the condition of plant and equipment across the energy industry for decades. Having evolved through advancements in technology, Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) links together Engineering, Integrity Management and NDT Enactment services in one package, which could be described as the equivalent to ‘the theory of everything’ in the NDT world,...

Centralise data into a single point of truth with Tillit

Centralise data into a single point of truth with Tillit   What issues is the energy industry facing with their data? Data quality is one of the main issues encountered by data-driven projects. Data management across multiple data source applications involves a degree of assessment. However, it is only when data is collected and exported for reporting that the quality of data becomes clear. Data-driven projects often trigger the development of new data validation processes that res...

First Minister opens Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference

First Minister opens Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference More than 800 delegates attend ‘world class’ event   Scotland is a global leader in offshore wind which is at the forefront of our energy transition. With a short-term pipeline of 6.9GW of projects, last year’s staggering ScotWind Leasing results will see a further 28GW of projects added to our offshore timeline which has outlined the scale of things to come. We know that offshore wind...

How Worley is paving the way to net zero thinking

How Worley is paving the way to net zero thinking   We’ve achieved so much and witnessed a great deal of change since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969. The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has produced around 45 billion barrels of oil since production began over half a century ago, and there’s still over 20 billion barrels of oil remaining. Today, producing and extracting oil and gas is responsible for around 3.5 per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Whi...

Decommissioning planning in the energy transition: key considerations

Decommissioning planning in the energy transition: key considerations   Achieving the UK Government's target to be net zero by 2050 will require a collaborative approach from stakeholders right across the energy industry. With increasing political and social pressures on the oil and gas sector and in light of the revised OGA Strategy, heritage oil and gas companies are re-calibrating their business strategies to reduce their carbon footprint, attract investment and position themse...

Havfram Wind to install turbines at Ørsted`s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm

Havfram Wind to install turbines at Ørsted`s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm   Ørsted, global offshore wind leader, has appointed Havfram Wind to install turbines at its Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm, starting autumn 2026. Havfram Wind will be utilizing one of its newly built NG20000X Jack-Up Wind Turbine Installation vessels (WTIV) with a 3.250-ton crane. Hornsea 3 will consist of up to 231 offshore wind turbines, located within a 696 square kilometer area, approximately...

SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES engages DNV as independent expert for SouthEast Asia’s largest energy storage SYSTEM

SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES engages DNV as independent expert for SouthEast Asia’s largest energy storage SYSTEM    The independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has acted as the advisor for the commissioning of the energy storage system (ESS) developed by Sembcorp Industries on Singapore’s Jurong Island. DNV ensured the completeness and proper execution of mandatory Site Execution Test (SAT) activities, an important milestone on the way to launch the 285 megaw...

Semi-submersible rig kicks off its drilling gig in Nigeria

Semi-submersible rig kicks off its drilling gig in Nigeria   Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has disclosed that one of its semi-submersible rigs has started its drilling assignment in Nigeria. Following a letter of award (LoA) for the Blackford Dolphin semi-sub rig from September 2022, the offshore drilling contractor confirmed the formal 12-month contract award with General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) in October 2022 for operations in Nigeria. At the time, the company...

Edda Wind Nets CSOVs Contracts with Vestas

Edda Wind Nets CSOVs Contracts with Vestas   Offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind has signed contracts with the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for its commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) in 2024 and 2025. According to Edda Wind, the contracts total a minimum of 750 days of firm work with options for extension of each work scope. The company recently placed a EUR 250 million order with Vard for four new CSOVs, with options for ordering up to four a...

Decom Week 2023 to Facilitate Operator-Supply Chain Conversation

Decom Week 2023 to Facilitate Operator-Supply Chain Conversation   Decom North Sea, the only membership organisation focused upon decommissioning across the energy industry, has announced a programme of events for Decom Week 2023 which transcends the standard industry conference format. Taking place 15 – 19 May, Decom Week will include a wide-ranging series of events designed to build relationships, offer exclusive decommissioning sector intelligence and knowledge, and recog...

NSTA gets tough with firm suspected of undermining UK energy security

NSTA gets tough with firm suspected of undermining UK energy security   2nd probe launched in recent months into suspected failure to adhere to licence obligations within agreed timescale Investigation will look into whether company met seismic survey and work programme commitments Follows encouraging response to 33rd licensing round An oil and gas company is under investigation for possibly failing to meet licence commitments designed to stimulate activity, in support of...

OGV Energy's US Energy Review

OGV Energy's US Energy Review   The US Administration has criticised the profits of the supermajors for 2022 it described as “outrageous” and slammed the decisions of the major international oil and gas companies to increase returns to shareholders. At the same time, the US oil and gas industry continues to call on the federal lawmakers to treat the sector as an asset, not a liability, and one that could help bolster the energy security of America and its allies. &l...

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review   The OPEC+ group, led by the major oil producers in the Middle East and Russia, left in early February their output targets unchanged and signalled they would not hurry to change the policy even after Russia announced a cut in its oil production for March. OPEC, meanwhile, raised slightly its global oil demand forecast, on the back of expectations that a Chinese rebound after the reopening will drive half of this year’s consumption...

The Importance of Asset Integrity Management in Energy

The Importance of Asset Integrity Management in Energy    The management and the keeping of the integrity of assets in the asset-intensive energy industry are key to ensuring continued safe and reliable operations to deliver energy to customers. Asset integrity management has always been crucial in the energy sector. It is now gaining even higher prominence amid volatile oil and gas prices, heightened geopolitical tensions, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which sparked...
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