Ocean Winds (OW) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) are pleased to announce that their newly formed offshore wind joint venture Golden State Wind was awarded an 80,418-acre lease area by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the Morro Bay area off the central coast of California.

SEA-KIT International has announced its first Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) export sale to ThayerMahan, a world leader in autonomous maritime solutions based in Connecticut, USA.

As announced at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, Louisiana, Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has designed a harbor power and charging barge.

International subsea equipment rental and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has further expanded its mechanical solutions service offering with the acquisition of Hiretech.

As provisional winner of a lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf off California, Equinor continues to lead the way in growing the US’ offshore wind industry.

Aker BP’s board has approved that the operator Aker BP will vote in favor of submitting Plans for Development and Operation (PDO) for the NOAKA field development project, the Valhall PWP-Fenris project, the Skarv Satellite Project and the Utsira High projects.

Coretrax, a global leader in well integrity and production optimisation, has collaborated with Lee Energy Systems to deliver a one-trip solution for a major operator’s plugging and abandonment (P&A) campaign in the Central North Sea.

North Star has secured a £ 140 million financing package to support the next phase of its ambitious offshore wind growth plan as it looks to broaden its position as the UK’s leading service operations vessel (SOV) operator and seize new opportunities in Europe.

Marlink, a smart network solutions company, and SES, a leader in global content connectivity solutions, have responded to booming energy sector demand by providing an additional one gigabyte of SES’s O3b satellite bandwidth capacity to Marlink customers.

PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, has announced an oil and gas discovery at the Nahara-1 well in Block SK306, located in the shallow waters of Balingian Province about 150 kilometers from Bintulu, off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.

Neptune Energy and its license partners announced a new discovery at the Calypso exploration well (PL938) in the Norwegian Sea.

Zelim, an Edinburgh based start-up pioneering unmanned search and rescue solutions, including the world's first remotely operated rescue vessel, has secured £2.3m equity investment.

ExxonMobil has announced its corporate plan for the next five years, with a sizeable increase in investments aimed at emission reductions and accretive lower-emission initiatives, including its Low Carbon Solutions business.

The Department of the Interior has announced results from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s wind energy auction for five leases offshore California.

ProSep, the provider of proprietary products that allow the global industry value chain to optimize efficiency while lowering chemical and water use, cleaning contaminated water streams, and capturing valuable minerals and metals, has recently strengthened its team with the announcement of two key technical appointments.

Kongsberg Maritime AS has signed a new contract to supply technology and engineering for a second F-class Wind Turbine and Foundation Installation Vessel (WTFIV) for Cadeler, a shipping and construction company operating in the offshore wind industry.