GATE Energy, an international leader in providing engineering, commissioning, and specialty field services to the energy sector, is pleased to announce that it has established an office location in Mexico City, GATE Mexico S.de R.L. de CV.

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is partnering with two leading environmental consulting firms, CTEH and CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA), to provide its members with additional specialist monitoring and sampling (M&S) services.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, the universal open architecture software platform for the marine industry, announces the hire of Deborah Townsend as Program Manager. Deborah will immediately lead several newly contracted DOD programs as well as lead Greensea’s partnership with Kraken Robotics.

The World Ocean Council (WOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Green Marine, formalizing an already strong working relationship between the organizations and their complementary efforts on industry environmental sustainability and ocean health.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a marine environmental consulting and survey company, has signed a Master Services Agreement with Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), an industry-owned and funded cooperative that exists to respond effectively to oil spills, including provision of specialist monitoring and sampling (M&S) services for OSRL members in the fields of marine environmental monitoring, impact assessment, crisis management, and Geographic Information System (GIS) science.

4Subsea, a leading provider of digital technology and services, has launched a new autonomous sensor which measures the dynamic strain of offshore wind turbines with high resolution and accuracy. The sensor will reduce cost of operations and maximise life of offshore wind turbines.

CRP Subsea has made a large-scale investment in a new manufacturing facility to support their transition from primarily oil & gas into the renewables market. The purpose-built manufacturing facility includes a state-of-the-art semi-automated production line for the NjordGuard cable protection system used in offshore wind farms.

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued the following statement after the conclusion of Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257, which generated more than $191 million in winning bids over 308 lease blocks:

The world's first electric and self-propelled container ship – Yara Birkeland – has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. On November 19, the Norwegian Prime Minister was given a tour by CEO of Yara, Svein Tore Holsether.

Baker Hughes has been awarded two contracts from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) this week for equipment and services across multiple upstream fields and projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contracts were announced at this year’s Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC).

Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub, in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The Hamburg hub will serve not only Germany but also Denmark and Poland.

APA Corporation has announced results from flow testing at the Sapakara South appraisal well and drilling results from the Bonboni exploration well, both operations recently completed on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname holds a 50% working interest in the block, with TotalEnergies (TTE), the operator, holding a 50% working interest.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, will deliver a suite of advanced overboard handling systems, for the new oceanographic research vessel David Packard owned by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a private, non-profit oceanographic research center based in California, USA.

International engineering and construction company, PD&MS Group has further expanded its customer portfolio, securing a significant modifications contract with Dana Petroleum which is expected to create up to 80 jobs at its Aberdeen base.

The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday evening President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Admiral Nancy Hann to lead the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) and NOAA Commissioned Officer (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.

Talos Energy Inc. and Freeport LNG Development, L.P have announced that the companies have executed a letter of intent to develop a carbon capture and sequestration ("CCS") project, the Freeport LNG CCS project ("FLNG CCS"), immediately adjacent to Freeport LNG's natural gas pretreatment facilities located near Freeport, Texas, on the Gulf Coast, approximately 60 miles southwest of Houston, Texas.