oil and gas

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Service Operation Vessel (SOV) market is going through a period of rapid expansion driven by two main factors: a growing demand for wind-specific offshore support and more commercial opportunities in the…

21st August 2025

OPINION: Can the growing SOV fleet meet demand?

21st August 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oil giant BP has finalised a 50-50 joint venture in offshore wind, despite announcing cutbacks from renewables just 6 months ago.

6th August 2025

Oil giant BP enters offshore wind JV despite ‘reset’

6th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Shipbuilder Ulstein will convert an existing Commissioning Service Operation Vessel into a Walk-to-Work vessel for unmanned production platform on the Norwegian continental shelf, it says.

5th August 2025

Ulstein converts wind vessel for oil and gas

5th August 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Italian engineering giant Saipem and Luxembourg-domiciled offshore engineers and construction firm Subsea7 have officially merged to create ‘a global leader in energy services’.

28th July 2025

€Multi-billion offshore firms complete merger

28th July 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine geosciences and offshore construction firm Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has bought three quarters of the Italian subsea intervention company Rana Subsea, it has said.

22nd July 2025

NextGeo expands with 75% stake in subsea firm

22nd July 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Norwegian maritime technology company Ulmatec has agreed a deal to supply four Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) for two vessels in build at Vard by Island Offshore.

28th January 2025

Ultra-deep LARS systems contracted for Ulmatec

28th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A joint venture will install a second floating wind farm to provide the power to electrify oil and gas platforms in the Scottish North Sea.

29th July 2024

Floating wind farms to power oil and gas

29th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first of two methanol dual-fuel service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered ESVAGT has been launched at the Turkish shipyard of Cemre.

10th June 2024

First methanol-fuelled SOV launches

10th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 have set up the joint venture ‘Salamander’ to submit an application for a floating wind farm off the coast of northeast Scotland.

20th May 2024

Heavyweights set up JV for floating wind

20th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A Norwegian consortium is working on a project to power a Barents Sea oil platform with electricity generated by floating offshore wind.

19th March 2024

Floating wind project will power oil and gas

19th March 2024