Norway’s specialized marine engineering and design house Sevan Deepwater Technology (Sevan DWT), formerly Sevan SSP, has unveiled a new concept for a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) designed for deployment across the offshore energy realm, …

Norwegian offshore designer Sevan Deepwater Technology has launched a new concept for a semi-submersible floating production unit at a time when the outlook is very promising for deepwater oil and gas exploration and production. The company, which was …

Swiss-based Allseas has placed an order with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International for a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, which the company plans to use in executing TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind programme. Source: Allseas The vessel, named Grand …

Norwegian offshore driller Dolphin has secured a provisional contract for a deepwater semi-submersible rig that has been idle for some time. The company said the letter of intent with an undisclosed party for the semisub Borgland Dolphin had a value of …

The Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the drilling permit for a wellbore in the Norwegian Sea. COSL Innovator rig; Source: COSL Thanks to the authorization granted by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), Equinor can drill the …

Sep 11, 2025 COSLInnovator (Credit: COSL) The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea. The permit is for wellbore 6507/8-12 S in production license 124 B, operated by Equinor …

Saipem has secured a $1.5bn (€1.28bn) contract from the Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project in Türkiye. The Sakarya gas field, said to be Türkiye’s largest offshore natural …

The "extraordinary" story of the North Sea oil industry over the past six decades has been chronicled by retired sailor and marine journalist. Victor Gibson has written North Sea Oil: A History – Sixty Years of Triumph and Tragedy. It starts with …

Mingyang may be facing off against Siemens Gamesa as the supplier of turbines to Scotland’s Green Volt floating wind project, after planning documents showed a close fit to models the two manufacturers produce. A request for amendments to a 2024 planning …

Nations with serious ambitions for offshore wind should be less wary of using the Chinese supply chain and more focused on the "end goal" of supplying clean, cheap electricity, according to the man leading a push into the floating wind sector by …