Liberian Registry creates Offshore Oil and Gas Department

OCTOBER 11, 2018 — The Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry, has formalized its in-house technical and commercial capabilities in the offshore sector with

Ørsted to acquire Deepwater Wind for $510 million

OCTOBER 9, 2018 – Danish headquartered Ørsted A/S, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms, has entered into an agreement with the D.E. Shaw Group to acquire a 100% equity interest

Shelf Drilling jack-ups find work in the Adriatic

OCTOBER 5, 2018 — Dubai headquartered shallow water offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling, Ltd. reports that one of its subsidiaries has secured a two-year contract for the jack-up Key Singapore with Eni

Borr to activate four more

OCTOBER 4, 2018 — In another sign of increasing optimism in the offshore drilling market, Tor Olav Troim’s Borr Drilling Limited has decided to start the activation of four additional newbuild jack-ups.

VIDEO: Giant Ocean Energy Buoy takes shape at Vigor

OCTOBER 2, 2018 — An 826 ton buoy under construction by shipbuilder Vigor in Oregon for Irish based wave power pioneer Ocean Energy has the potential to meet the power demands of

Stolt-Nielsen, Golar and Hoegh in $182 million LNG venture

OCTOBER 1, 2018 — Stolt-Nielsen Limited, Golar LNG Ltd and Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. today announced a combined investment commitment of $182 million in Avenir LNG Ltd. to pursue opportunities to deliver

NAO and Canada’s Horizon Maritime plan to combine

OCTOBER 1, 2018 — Nordic American Offshore Ltd (NYSE: NAO) reports that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) contemplating a combination with Canada based Horizon Maritime Services Ltd. Subject

Two former SBM Offshore officials get prison terms in bribery case

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 — A former CEO and former executive of oil services company SBM Offshore were sentenced to prison Friday for their involvement in an international bribery conspiracy. Anthony “Tony” Mace,

First offshore wind farm in federal waters inches closer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 — What could be the first offshore wind farm in federal waters took a major step forward last month when Dominion Energy applied to the Virginia State Corporation Commission

DNV GL issues new guidelines for floating wind turbines

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — Classification society DNV GL has published a revised standard for design of floating wind turbine structures DNV GL-ST-0119, and a new guideline for the certification of floating wind

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