“There are as many, and more, upside economic consequences of a great safety culture as negative financial consequences of poor safety practices. It’s quite obvious which side shipping companies should be on, and our mission is to help them,” says John Roger Nesje, chief executive of Norwegian wireless technology pioneer Scanreach.  

Stena Drilling has entered into a strategic framework agreement for decarbonization exploration with UK based dCarbonX to support the development of offshore “geoenergy” resources. Both parties are interested in offshore decarbonization exploration drilling as a new, innovative, and sustainable enabler of the energy transition.

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Stratagraph, a pioneer in providing geological services to the global oil and gas industry for the past six decades, has named Ashby Pettigrew as its new company president.  

Galloper is a 353 MW extension of Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of Suffolk. Its Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Facility at Harwich International Port opened in early 2020 to deliver 24/7 management of the offshore wind farm.  

Equinor and partners DNO Norge, Petoro and Wellesley Petroleum have struck gas and oil in production license 923. Recoverable resources are estimated at between 7 and 11 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalent, corresponding to 44 – 69 million barrels of oil equivalent.

AqualisBraemar’s ports & harbour unit has successfully completed its two-year involvement with the development of Sub-Saharan Africa’s first floating LNG import terminal. 

Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SAACKE, the Germany based global supplier of marine firing plants for seagoing vessels, offshore plants and LNG tankers. The agreement will strengthen the companies’ ability to offer a comprehensive range of leading technology solutions to shipyards and ship owners. 

International engineering and technical service provider ODE has appointed Jinho Paik as its Korea Country Manager in conjunction with the opening of its new Seoul office in South Korea.

Since HRH The Crown Prince inaugurated Ørsted's offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2 in 2009, the 91 wind turbines at the 35 km2-sized wind farm have generated enough wind power to cover 3 % of the total Danish power consumption.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway has been awarded a contract by Randaberg Industries AS, to provide Vikotherm® R3 thermal insulation for the 10 inch VFS-2 spool skid to be installed on the Hod Field Development Project, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the North Sea.

Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has secured new headquarters in Aberdeen to support business growth and deliver remote operations for its customers.

Marine-i research expertise has enabled Morek Engineering to create innovative software to streamline the development of seafastening designs for the offshore renewables market.

After almost twelve months with a global pandemic, the MacArtney Group is focused on supporting its customers through the current crisis, strengthening its global reach and investing in a future with more innovative solutions and a return to pre-corona activity levels.

C-Kore Systems has appointed Jeremy Edwards to represent C-Kore as their UK Sales Manager.

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s installed offshore wind capacity rose by 15% in 2020, reaching 31.9 gigawatts (GW) at year-end, from 27.7 GW at the end of 2019, Rystad Energy estimates. China was the main contributor in 2020, accounting for 39% of last year’s additions, followed by the Netherlands (18%) and the UK (17%).