National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), in conjunction with its joint venture (JV) partner Petrofac, has secured a new contract with Al Yasat Petroleum (an ADNOC Group company, and JV with CNPC) to provide Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for the Belbazem Block Development Project, located offshore Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a project by Vattenfall, a leading European energy company, to provide the submarine inter–array cable systems for the Hollandse Kust Zuid III and IV offshore wind farms in The Netherlands. The award follows Vattenfall’s successful bid for the permit to develop these non-subsidised wind farms. The notice to proceed is expected by early 2020 at the latest.

Trade tariffs, Iranian aggression and OPEC deal each having impacts on oil prices.

Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation has launched DynaMoor, a safety focused dynamic mooring solution that actively maintains constant tension in mooring lines to dampen vessel movements, eliminating the effect that passing ships and long-period waves have on moored vessels.

Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore Guyana in Latin America.

Tenaris was awarded the offshore export pipeline for the Alen Gas Monetization Project in Equatorial Guinea, a key component of Noble Energy’s growth strategy in West Africa.

MMA Offshore has signed a binding agreement to acquire the business of Neptune Marine Services Limited, a leading provider of topside and subsea inspection, maintenance and repair solutions to the oil and gas, marine and renewable energy industries.

Subsea 7 S.A has been awarded a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract to Seaway 7 for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm project by Optimus Wind Ltd., a subsidiary of the Ørsted Group, for the installation of the entire inner array grid cable system.

iXblue Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia, part of iXblue Group based in France, has diversified its Sea Operations division operational capability to include aerial mapping operations to clients across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Equinor and partners Lundin and Spirit Energy have made a small oil discovery in production license 167 at the Utsira High in the North Sea.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has introduced a new feature to their eCMID website to enable vessel operators to upload additional documents that may be of interest to their clients.

Schlumberger has been awarded a 20-year subsea equipment and services master contract for subsea development projects in the Gulf of Mexico by Chevron U.S.A. Combining this master contract with a preapproved catalog of standard subsea equipment will enable Chevron to decrease operating costs in its subsea projects.

N-Sea, a leading IMR subsea services provider, has announced the award of three contracts in the Middle East with a combined value close to $15million USD.

Subsea Expo, the world's largest annual subsea exhibition and conference, returns to Aberdeen 11-13 February 2020. The call for speakers has now been issued.

Introducing LNG-fueled ships into BHP’s maritime supply chain will eliminate NOx (nitrogen oxide) and SOx (sulphur oxide) emissions and significantly reduce CO₂ emissions along the busiest bulk transport route globally.

Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners BP and JAPEX announced TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) Target Cost contract for the Seagull development oil project in the UK North Sea.