ROVOP, a leading independent remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specialist, is on a strong growth trajectory after securing contracts valued at £25m in the last six months.

Nekkar ASA's (Nekkar) subsidiary company, Intellilift AS, has established a joint venture (JV), Inteliwell, with a subsidiary of Transocean Inc. (Transocean) for the purpose of commercializing products and services based on a digital well construction solution that is currently being developed in close cooperation between the JV partners.

The Board of Directors of Saipem SpA, chaired by Silvia Merlo, yesterday approved “Verso una nuova Saipem” strategic plan for the four-year period 2022 - 2025.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) held the Second High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-GECF Energy Dialogue, hosted by the GECF, on 27 October 2021, via videoconference.

Scottish firm FoundOcean has announced today that it has joined Venterra Group – a new wind energy services company, bringing together the expertise of three trusted names in offshore energy.

Further to the announcement on 15 December 2020, CGG, PGS and TGS, industry leaders of multi-client geoscience data, have announced Versal – a unified seismic data ecosystem giving access to three of the world’s largest multi-client libraries via a single log-in.

Navies, shipowners, shipyards, and organizations have offered the best of birthday wishes to Canada’s Thomson-Gordon Group, the parent company of water-lubricated polymer bearing pioneer Thordon Bearings, as it celebrates its 110th anniversary this fall.

Siemens Energy has been awarded its first offshore grid connection project in the United States.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established provider of marine equipment and engineering services, has announced the appointment of Justin Tyra to the position of Engineering Manager.

Saipem and TechnipFMC have entered into a global commercial agreement that will allow them to identify projects worldwide that could be jointly executed for the benefit of clients.

ABB’s newly launched C-CAMs automation solution applies to vessel systems, power management, cargo control and tank gauging, improving efficiency and safety by enabling faster troubleshooting and maintenance as well as enhanced situational awareness.

Wärtsilä’s carbon neutrality target covers direct greenhouse gas emissions from the company’s own operations, including the Research & Development and factory engine testing areas (scope 1*), as well as purchased energy (scope 2**).

How to make this ambition a reality was one of the topics discussed during the 7th DISE Energy Congress that took place in Wroclaw, Poland on September 29-30th, 2021.

Wärtsilä will upgrade the ‘Siem Pride’, an 89-meter-long Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) owned by Norway-based Siem Offshore Rederi, for hybrid engine and battery propulsion. The upgrade will enable the vessel to reduce the number of engines in use during operations, thereby considerably lowering its energy and fuel consumption. The order with Wärtsilä was signed in the 2nd quarter, 2021.

DecomMissionBlue, a partnership between various parties from the offshore sector, has been launched at the Offshore Energy 2021 exhibition in Amsterdam.

In the US, hydropower contributes 46% to the energy generated from renewable sources. It is a significant contribution given the fact that there are only a few sources of renewable energy, like geothermal, wind, and solar. However, we have to look at the bigger picture and see that the total contribution of renewable energy only accounts for 10%.