While the Biden administration has been all systems go on offshore wind leasing that’s not been the case with offshore oil and gas lease auctions. Two U.S. senators want to change that.
With demand for offshore drilling rigs pushing up, will more drilling contractors start reactivating cold-stacked floaters? London-based Maritime Strategies International (MSI) says that, while the market for floaters has long since crossed
Panama City, Fla., headquartered Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. to convert a 280-foot offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV). The 280-foot vessel
Houston-headquartered offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) reports that Dick H. Fagerstal has been appointed non-executive chairman of its board, which has been reduced from nine to eight members. “I am
Norwegian plans for a green ammonia bunkering network first announced in April 2022 are making progress. State-owned energy giant Equinor has become a partner in the “AFNO 2030 – Ammonia fuel for
“Offshore [oil and gas] is experiencing a renaissance, with significant breadth and anticipated durability. Driven by the imperative of energy security, regionalization, and North American shale supply discipline, operators across the world
The bridge watch officers on a bulk carrier and an offshore supply vessel (OSV) were not maintaining a proper lookout before a collision last year near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the National Transportation
Oslo, Norway, headquartered DeepOcean reports that its Mexican operation has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching works on 30 kilometers of pipeline offshore Mexico. DeepOcean will execute the
Island Offshore, which is majority owned by the Chouest and Ulstein families, has secured two new years of LWI (light well intervention) work for Island Wellserver on the Norwegian continental shelf, with
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has released a comprehensive study on global oil production emissions that reveals that the greenhouse gas intensity of U.S. oil production, particularly in the U.S. Gulf