Independent engineering consultancy, SLPE, has appointed Nick Terry into a new role as Head of WTG Substructures.


This appointment reflects the company’s ongoing growth and continued focus on the offshore wind market, covering the design of foundations for both wind turbines and offshore substations.

Global controls technology company Proserv Controls has received industrial sponsorship for its disruptive subsea cable condition monitoring system for the offshore wind segment, ECG™, or Electro Cable Guard, from ScottishPower Renewables (SPR).

VIKING Life-saving Equipment is maintaining momentum in its development of the most complete range of safety solutions to cover the risks facing wind turbine service technicians, by introducing an easily accessible and self-contained evacuation kit located in the tower.

Having access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy sources is essential to improving the welfare of societies.

The £13million UK and Scottish Government-backed, Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has appointed its first chair.  

LYTT, a provider of real-time operational insights to oil and energy operators through a fiber optic sensor and analytics platform, and SINTEF, an independent institute for applied research that creates innovative energy solutions, are collaborating to demonstrate the effectiveness of novel technology to monitor CO₂ transport and migration in storage reservoirs.

A 4.5-meter-long large unmanned surface vessel (USV) from OceanAlpha, a leading USV manufacturer based in Hongkong, was successfully delivered to HGIS, a Geophysical & surveying solutions service provider based in Brunei. The USV will be applied to inspect offshore oil & gas pipelines of Shell Patrol company.

On Friday 27 August at 21.25, production started from the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea. The project has a break-even price below 10 dollars and CO₂ emissions of less than 0.1 kg per barrel oil equivalent. The new wells are tied in to the Troll A platform and Troll phase 3 will extend the platform’s life past 2050.  

Valeport sensor technology has been selected by Ocean Infinity to provide sound velocity and bathymetric data for their pioneering Armada Fleet, the world’s most environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, robotic vessels.

Strong storms can trigger steep, breaking waves that slam into platform and wind turbines with tremendous force. Scientists at NTNU and SINTEF are studying the behavior of offshore structures subjected to these kinds of waves. Their goal is to increase safety at sea.

Quantum Energy Partners (“Quantum”), a leading provider of private equity capital to the global energy industry, and Houston Energy, one of the premier privately-held independent oil and gas companies in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, announce the formation of HEQ Deepwater (the “Company”) with more than $400 million of equity capital commitments from Quantum and management.

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) announces that South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has declared their full support of African Energy Week (AEW) 2021, scheduled to take place in Cape Town on the 9^th-12^th of November.

ODE, an international renewables engineering and project management company, part of the DORIS Group, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean engineering company DongYang Engineering (DYE) to pursue offshore wind and other prospects across Korea and the global market.

Gulf Coast Fuel Supply, an offshore fuel supplier specializing in MGO and VLSFO deliveries at the Galveston Lightering area, has partnered with FUELTRAX to install their fuel monitoring solution on the Chemical Tanker, Bonaire Trader.

INEOS E&P A/S, which is a part of INEOS Energy, has announced that it has completed the previously announced agreement to acquire the subsidiary HESS Denmark ApS. for a total consideration of $150 million, effective January 1^st, 2021.

Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced that it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Timi gas development project and, together with its partners PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Brunei Energy Exploration, look forward to delivering this for Malaysia.