Oil & Gas

OPINION

OPINION

As salvors react to commercial vessels becoming innocent victims of conflict in the Gulf region, Peter Barker reflects on how the industry dealt with a similar but far greater Iran/Iraq war of the 1980s.

22nd July 2026

Tankers under attack – salvors have seen it all before

22nd July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Permanent removal of ageing oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea is emerging as one of the most complex engineering challenges facing the UK offshore sector, while also representing a multi-billion-pound industrial opportunity.

28th April 2026

FEATURE: North Sea’s decommissioning boom

28th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Alewijnse and Damen have joined forces to develop the largest tugs that Alewijnse has ever worked on.

7th April 2026

Damen-Alewijnse tug design boasts higher power

7th April 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Windcat Amsterdam has arrived in Europe, the first Elevation-series CSOV in the region and a new type of offshore vessel built for wind farm construction and maintenance.

27th March 2026

Windcat and Damen launch first European Elevation series CSOV

27th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The design for one new offshore wind installation vessel unveiled by Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein will be welcome in an industry chronically short of such vessels.

26th February 2026

Ulsteins jack of all trades reveals growing vessel trend

26th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine is broaching the changing world of offshore energy with a multi-role offshore support vessel that can be used across different sectors.

9th February 2026

Marco Polo seeks multi-mission offshore support vessel

9th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A 20km offshore carbon dioxide pipeline has been installed in the North Sea to send the gas to storage reservoirs.

29th August 2025

VIDEO: North Sea carbon capture in progress

29th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor has bought almost 10% of its Danish counterpart Ørsted.

8th October 2024

Equinor buys almost 10% stake in Ørsted

8th October 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

High demand from the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors is helping sales of davits soar.

21st March 2024

Offshore wind demand sees davit sales soar

21st March 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All political parties must engage with the oil and gas industry to secure the strong pipeline of talent and skills needed to reach its legally-binding climate targets, according to a survey of…

15th May 2023

Calling on oil and gas expertise to deliver green goals

15th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The subsea and offshore wind contractor Havfram has appointed Gregor Scott as managing director of its UK subsea operation.

7th December 2022

New head for UK subsea contractor

7th December 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine growth found on the legs, known as jackets, of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new novel livestock and aquaculture feeds.

21st November 2022

Recycling marine growth from decommissioning

21st November 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An offshore wind partnership has ben created to support oil and gas decarbonisation in Scotland.

20th September 2022

Scottish offshore wind partnership

20th September 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two global marine engineering companies have partnered to expand their capabilities in civils.

10th August 2022

James Fisher partners NMDC in civils work

10th August 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two new Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) are going into operation in West Africa.

9th August 2022

Fast Crew Suppliers for West Africa

9th August 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. (a part of Petrogas E&P LLC, headquartered in Muscat, Oman) has awarded Heerema an integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) decommissioning contract for multiple North Sea oil…

24th January 2022

Four platform decommissioning contract

24th January 2022

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A marine civil engineering specialist has been awarded the contract to decommission two North Sea platforms it installed 25 years ago.

11th January 2022

Platform decommissioning

11th January 2022