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[ 20 January 2022 ] Fugro’s QuickVision® technology to support safe subsea operations in Brazil’s Mero 2 project Contracts
[ 20 January 2022 ] Subsea Expo to go ahead as Scottish Govt lifts event limit restrictions Events
[ 20 January 2022 ] DeltaTek drives internal growth strategy with new promotions Names
[ 20 January 2022 ] Poland introduces registration system for waste transport Renewables
[ 20 January 2022 ] Wärtsilä to supply 110 MW of flexible thermal balancing power to support Italy’s increasing focus on sustainable energy Contracts

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The Energy Transition – it’s not what a few want: it’s what we all need

“I am Brad and I proudly work in the oil industry – don’t judge me.” If you work in the oil industry this feels like the mandatory, apologetic disclaimer required before being allowed to weigh-in [...]
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Why Digital Twin is a necessity for 2022 industries

To have a sustainable operation is one of the main goals for smart industries, and Digital Twin technology can be a great ally to accelerate this process. The concern with carbon emissions is shared by [...]
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The life of a crane

In 1992 the ambitious Van Seumeren company purchased four Demag CC4800 cranes. This was a bold move because the 800-tonne CC4800 was one of the world’s biggest models of crane at that time, and the [...]
Analysis

New Waste Shipment Regulation brings radical changes to international waste management

The proposal for a new Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR), which was recently published by the EU Commission, puts tougher requirements on the transfrontier shipment of waste. The new WSR not only places greater responsibility on [...]
Analysis

Five trends reshaping European power markets

European power markets have entered a period of unprecedented change, driven by five key trends. In this article, we outline how they will shape the European power sector in the decade to come and offer [...]
Analysis

Building resilience: Why now is the time to invest in natural hazard risk management

With extreme weather events growing in frequency around the world, there are many ways that oil and gas operators can do more to protect their assets and mitigate some of the risks posed by natural [...]
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Light and smart: For a brighter future

For oil and gas facilities, lighting accounts for a significant proportion of energy costs and a notable toll on maintenance overheads. However, smart lighting, using latest LED technology, presents an “easy win” opportunity for sites [...]
Analysis

Will the well of overseas workers dry up for UK oil and gas?

Following the end of free movement post-Brexit, Fieldfisher considers what visa options are available for oil and gas businesses looking to use foreign contractors in the UK. Like many industries in the UK, the oil [...]
Analysis

Fuelling the energy transition

The oil and gas industry has faced rising pressure to demonstrate decarbonisation efforts, and following COP26 and the subsequent Glasgow Pact, the world remains more focused than ever on reducing carbon emissions to reach net [...]
Analysis

India’s commercial and industrial market to remain an attractive niche for investors

Are you an investor looking to invest in the C&I solar market in India? MEC Intelligence (MEC+) explains why C&I solar is going to be an attractive option for investors. Corporate procurement of renewables has [...]
Analysis

Efficient and sustainable sand control and waste management

Production engineers have long viewed sand control as an undesirable, expensive and complex procedure that has been compounded by volatile market conditions and demands for greater efficiency and sustainability. It can damage downhole subsea equipment [...]
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How the pandemic has prepared energy businesses for their next big challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a challenging year for energy and power. In 2020, global demand fell by 4% – representing the largest ever absolute decline. Companies, their leaders and their employees were forced to [...]
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Chemical solution improves productivity and sustainability of North Sea produced water re-injection well

Produced water re-injection (PWRI) is a method for maintaining reservoir pressure and sweeping hydrocarbon towards production wells in which water separated from the produced fluids at the surface facilities is re-injected into the same, or [...]
Analysis

Harnessing technology to decarbonise shipping

SIM is a technology with the potential to make a significant contribution to maritime decarbonisation, writes Patrick Ryan, ABS. One of the biggest problems for shipowners seeking to understand how environmental regulation will impact the [...]
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One Sea clear on environmental benefits of autonomous shipping

With the need for action on climate change becoming increasingly urgent, the maritime industry could make good use of autonomous technology to support its decarbonisation efforts, advises One Sea, the open alliance leading the way [...]
Analysis

Natural gas, reliable and affordable source of energy in the path to sustainable recovery

Having access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy sources is essential to improving the welfare of societies. However, a significant portion of the global population doesn’t have access to electricity and clean cooking methods, and [...]
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Making the energy transition happen faster

The energy transition needs truly innovative thinkers; ensuring key renewable resources such as onshore wind energy can meet the world’s demands. Pieter Jacobs explores how engineered heavy lifting can play its part. Whilst the size [...]
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The global energy transition – now comes the hard part

Across Europe, it had all been going so well with power systems decarbonising, wind and solar capacity increasing, coal phasing out. At the same time supply security was being maintained while wholesale energy prices were [...]
Analysis

How tracer technology is helping the E&P industry increase efficiencies and meet environmental requirements

As delegates meet in Glasgow at COP26, the E&P industry is under the spotlight in its efforts to reduce emissions in oil production and meet Scope 1 and 2 of the Paris Accord. The industry [...]
Analysis

Finding the right formula for a net-zero future

As world leaders descend on Glasgow for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this month, the topic of net-zero goals has never been higher on the global agenda. As someone who has worked [...]
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Driving the offshore technology revolution with reliable satellite data

Without cutting-edge innovation, the offshore industry as we know today would not exist. However, even with all its advances, producing and storing oil and gas in remotely located offshore platforms remains a major technological challenge. [...]
Analysis

Energy sector braced for UK Government’s new review powers for M&A deals

The UK’s new National Security & Investment Act will come into full force from 4 January 2022. It has significant implications for the energy and infrastructure sector, in which many deals could become subject to [...]
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Cubility’s MudCube delivers reduced emissions of 43% onshore and 42% offshore according to new report

Cubility’s MudCube solid control solution reduces waste treatment emissions associated with drilling by 43% onshore and 42% offshore compared to traditional shale shakers. These were the results of a report commissioned by Cubility and carried [...]
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Gazprom signals no change in gas flows to Europe

Wholesale natural gas prices across Europe rallied on Monday morning, 18 October, as bookings for pipeline access for November showed Russia’s Gazprom expects to leave flows unchanged into western Europe next month. The European benchmark [...]
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Foreship’s battery ‘E-House’ supports green and efficient inland shipping

As tightening environmental regulations emphasise the need for innovative technology in the maritime sector, Foreship’s containerised battery energy storage system offers an efficient, reliable and cost-effective solution for sustainable inland and coastal operations. In response [...]
Analysis

Gas to drive realistic energy transition

With such significant events as the G20 Environment, Climate and Energy Ministerial Meeting, the first ever UN High-level Dialogue on Energy and the 2-years-long awaited UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom next month, 2021 has [...]
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Ensuring floating wind realises its potential

Floating wind can play a major role in the world reaching carbon neutrality in the coming decades, but as a maturing technology there is not yet a standard implementation proven at commercial scale. Francisco Rodrigues, [...]
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GECF Member Countries shifting towards less carbon intensity

There is more than one way to achieve the Paris Agreement targets, and more than one way to achieve a low carbon future. Although it is projected that renewables and other unconventional sources of energy [...]
Analysis

Oil markets: A winter energy crisis?

Europe’s energy supply crisis has spread, not only geographically, but also across the energy complex. Record-high electricity and natural gas prices have not only knocked out fuel-intensive industry production but are creating fundamental knock-on effects [...]
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VIKING boat and davit solutions meet BW Offshore requirements for large FPSO bound for Australia

FPSO owner and operator BW Offshore has selected VIKING Norsafe Free-fall Lifeboats, Daughter Craft and Davits for a large FPSO project which will operate off northern Australia. Primary means of evacuation will be three VIKING [...]
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Using our knowledge to build a more sustainable future

Moving towards a low carbon future for the heavy industries is a hugely challenging endeavour. But it is an area in which we can make great progress towards limiting the worst impacts of climate change [...]
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EU carbon price and its impact on natural gas demand

The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the foundation on which the EU has set out to achieve its climate change goals. The framework was initiated in 2005 and is the world’s oldest [...]
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Working with a vision: The world’s first energy island

What is it like to work on a project, that is both enabled and challenged by the forces of nature? Jørgen Juhl, Project Director in COWI’s Marine and Foundation Engineering, has worked with the Danish [...]
Analysis

The European countries with the biggest increase in wind turbine energy production

In 2001, the European Union introduced the EC Directive 2001/77/EC, which promoted the production of electricity through renewable energy means. One such production method promoted by the EU was wind turbines. Recently, the EU released [...]
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Partnership and agility results in substantial P&A savings

By mid-century around 5,000 wells are expected to be abandoned in the North Sea.[1] To achieve the OGA’s target of reducing decommissioning costs by 35%, operators must cut the overall outlay of well plugging and [...]
Analysis

Gazprom’s inability to supply or unwillingness to deliver?

Unusually low natural gas flows from Russia to Germany along the Yamal pipe in recent weeks could indicate that earlier absent capacity bookings via Ukraine were as much to do with Gazprom’s inability to supply, [...]
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Why we need tailored solutions to commercialise floating offshore wind

In a bid to commercialise floating offshore wind and reach a levelized cost of energy that is palatable to consumers, companies globally are investing heavily in research and development to drive technological advancement. With it, [...]
Analysis

Fit for the future? It’s time the oil and gas industry had a tax health check

To say that the oil and gas industry has had a lot to contend with over the past year would be putting it lightly. With pressure mounting to align with the Paris climate agreement and [...]
Analysis

Refugees: A potential new source of talent

Immigration is in the news a lot right now, mostly stories about the UK Government’s plans to reform the asylum system in response to small boats arriving on the English South Coast. The government line [...]
Analysis

Using AI to optimise energy consumption and reduce emissions

Improving energy efficiency and optimising energy use is one of the quickest and lowest cost pathways to impact corporate sustainability targets and reduce operational emissions. Reducing energy consumption makes a lot of sense in the [...]
Analysis

Tech, feedstock winners still to be declared as biofuels sector develops

It seems beyond question at this point in the market’s development that biofuels will be a significant factor in the evolution of the transportation and petrochemical sectors, but the space remains in flux, with the [...]
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The hard drive for soft skills

The blowout of the Macondo well, its resulting damage to the environment and continued heartache felt by 11 families who lost a loved one, remain etched in the memory of those working in the drilling [...]
Analysis

Making WaveRoller bankable

Wave energy has an important role to play in the green energy mix, especially in tandem with wind and solar installations. Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy, tells us more. The next few years could be [...]
Analysis

Potential and benefits of blue ammonia as a clean fuel of the future

According to the latest edition of the GECF Global Gas Outlook 2050 [1], the demand for natural gas is expected to increase by 50% from 3,950 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2019 to 5,920 bcm [...]
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Carbon capture and storage is the solution for greenhouse gases, based on net-zero policy goals

Fossil fuel causes 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an escape hatch, or an offset, to be used if there are “leftover” GHG emissions – to bring the [...]
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The Suez Canal Blockage: Impact on the LNG shipping market

The first half of 2021 witnessed an impressive volatility of the LNG shipping market. After being subdued across most of 2020, LNG spot charter rates for steam turbine carriers skyrocketed to the record highs of [...]
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Monitoring and managing transformative wind power generation through collaborative research

With pressure growing from society to curtail carbon output and speed up the energy transition, industry research collaboration is now being seen as a viable solution to fast-track action for climate change and benefit all [...]
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Nigeria’s latest gas-related power shortages could have been avoided: Here is why

On 28 May 2021, Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent 7 days remained below 4,000 MW, 6% below average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left [...]
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Coming out of lockdown is a bit like coming out of hibernation

When the pandemic hit, we had no idea of what lay ahead. No one would have imagined that it would be 15 months or more before we emerged. We entered lockdown with, what we thought, [...]
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Design tips for electronic devices operating in harsh environments

Electronics devices designed for military, space, oil, and gas mining are exposed to some of the toughest working conditions. In this regard, they are required to function optimally under intense vibration, mechanical shock, high-temperature swings, [...]

Source: press release, 20 January 2021 Fugro’s QuickVision® technology to support safe subsea operations in Brazil’s Mero 2 project

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Fugro’s QuickVision® technology to support safe subsea operations in Brazil’s Mero 2 project

Maersk Supply Service has awarded Fugro a subsea survey and positioning contract to support installation of an anchoring system for the floating production storage and [...]
IEA releases latest monthly oil and gas statistics

20 January 2022 Comments Off on IEA releases latest monthly oil and gas statistics
eDrilling and Automatic Control Engineering join forces to provide AI solutions for optimising well construction

20 January 2022 Comments Off on eDrilling and Automatic Control Engineering join forces to provide AI solutions for optimising well construction
Maersk Drilling secures 21-month contract with TotalEnergies

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Maersk Drilling secures 21-month contract with TotalEnergies
Equinor awarded 26 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Equinor awarded 26 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf
Vår Energi awarded 10 new NCS licenses

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Vår Energi awarded 10 new NCS licenses
Wintershall Dea awarded seven new Licences in APA 2021 round in Norway

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Wintershall Dea awarded seven new Licences in APA 2021 round in Norway
Lundin Energy awarded 10 licences in the Norwegian APA 2021 licensing round

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Lundin Energy awarded 10 licences in the Norwegian APA 2021 licensing round
DNO receives 10 awards in Norway’s APA licensing round

19 January 2022 Comments Off on DNO receives 10 awards in Norway’s APA licensing round
Valaris bags floater contract awards

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Valaris bags floater contract awards
Intelligent Wellhead Systems establishes new location to better support US hydraulic fracturing and wireline completion operations

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Intelligent Wellhead Systems establishes new location to better support US hydraulic fracturing and wireline completion operations
ExxonMobil announces ambition for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

19 January 2022 Comments Off on ExxonMobil announces ambition for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Source: press release, 20 January 2021 Poland introduces registration system for waste transport

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Poland introduces registration system for waste transport

From the 1 February 2022, all waste transport to and in transit through Poland must be registered in the so-called SENT module. The regulation is [...]
South Fork Wind receives final approval

20 January 2022 Comments Off on South Fork Wind receives final approval
Sumitomo SHI FW and Vantaa Energy reduce environmental impact of energy production with the help of AI

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Sumitomo SHI FW and Vantaa Energy reduce environmental impact of energy production with the help of AI
TotalEnergies joins Masdar and Siemens Energy in initiative to drive green hydrogen development and produce SAF

20 January 2022 Comments Off on TotalEnergies joins Masdar and Siemens Energy in initiative to drive green hydrogen development and produce SAF
Clamour for renewables rises as corporate power use comes under greater scrutiny

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Clamour for renewables rises as corporate power use comes under greater scrutiny
Valmet to deliver automation to the Baltics’ first biogas plant fired with household and commercial biowaste

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Valmet to deliver automation to the Baltics’ first biogas plant fired with household and commercial biowaste
VTT building a European piloting centre for clean energy innovations

19 January 2022 Comments Off on VTT building a European piloting centre for clean energy innovations
Ørsted ranked world’s most sustainable energy company and publishes climate leadership handbook

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Ørsted ranked world’s most sustainable energy company and publishes climate leadership handbook
Vestas named most sustainable company in the world

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Vestas named most sustainable company in the world
‘Transocean Enabler’ selected to drill injection well and sidetrack for Northern Lights

19 January 2022 Comments Off on ‘Transocean Enabler’ selected to drill injection well and sidetrack for Northern Lights
Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Seawind awarded rights to build floating offshore wind farm outside Scotland

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Seawind awarded rights to build floating offshore wind farm outside Scotland
TechnipFMC partnership Magnora Offshore Wind is successful in ScotWind leasing round application

19 January 2022 Comments Off on TechnipFMC partnership Magnora Offshore Wind is successful in ScotWind leasing round application

Source: press release, 19 January 2021 High efficiency Wärtsilä power solutions to drive seven new Arctic shuttle tankers

20 January 2022 Comments Off on High efficiency Wärtsilä power solutions to drive seven new Arctic shuttle tankers

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the main and harbour engines for a series of seven new Arctic shuttle tanker vessels being built at the [...]
New SGMF publication provides expansive and highly relevant guidelines on safe bunkering of LNG

20 January 2022 Comments Off on New SGMF publication provides expansive and highly relevant guidelines on safe bunkering of LNG
Growing orders for Alfa Laval FCM LPG fuel supply systems

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Growing orders for Alfa Laval FCM LPG fuel supply systems
ABB adds digital analytics feature to turbochargers, giving performance visibility to shipowners

19 January 2022 Comments Off on ABB adds digital analytics feature to turbochargers, giving performance visibility to shipowners
METIS adds new functionality to cloud-based platform to enhance decarbonisation and compliance support

18 January 2022 Comments Off on METIS adds new functionality to cloud-based platform to enhance decarbonisation and compliance support
RightShip releases vital Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool to accelerate Scope 3 decarbonisation for ocean-reliant industries

18 January 2022 Comments Off on RightShip releases vital Carbon Accounting Reporting Tool to accelerate Scope 3 decarbonisation for ocean-reliant industries
KONGSBERG delivers innovative propulsion technology to VARD for vessel newbuilds

18 January 2022 Comments Off on KONGSBERG delivers innovative propulsion technology to VARD for vessel newbuilds
Optimarin expands global sales team in market push for BWT retrofits and newbuilds

17 January 2022 Comments Off on Optimarin expands global sales team in market push for BWT retrofits and newbuilds
Chevron HDAX 9700 oil gains unique approval for MAN four-stroke engines using gas or distillate fuels

14 January 2022 Comments Off on Chevron HDAX 9700 oil gains unique approval for MAN four-stroke engines using gas or distillate fuels
OneOcean Group launches the industry’s first Environmental Planner as part of its Voyage Planning platform

13 January 2022 Comments Off on OneOcean Group launches the industry’s first Environmental Planner as part of its Voyage Planning platform
A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates Net Zero emission targets to 2040 and sets milestone 2030 targets

12 January 2022 Comments Off on A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates Net Zero emission targets to 2040 and sets milestone 2030 targets
Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes a majority stake in Ahrenkiel Tankers

12 January 2022 Comments Off on Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes a majority stake in Ahrenkiel Tankers

Source: press release, 20 January 2021 DeltaTek drives internal growth strategy with new promotions

20 January 2022 Comments Off on DeltaTek drives internal growth strategy with new promotions

DeltaTek, a well construction specialist, has announced a number of promotions within its team, reflecting the company’s internal growth strategy. DeltaTek’s disruptive technologies, including SeaCure® [...]
Wärtsilä to supply 110 MW of flexible thermal balancing power to support Italy’s increasing focus on sustainable energy

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Wärtsilä to supply 110 MW of flexible thermal balancing power to support Italy’s increasing focus on sustainable energy
Another Tiger goes nuclear

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Another Tiger goes nuclear
Eni and UNESCO to promote local development in Mexico

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Eni and UNESCO to promote local development in Mexico
Aliaxis strengthens its position in the United States by acquiring Harco

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Aliaxis strengthens its position in the United States by acquiring Harco
Waste management leader announces investment, job creation and Aberdeenshire commitment

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Waste management leader announces investment, job creation and Aberdeenshire commitment
Twin Brothers and Quality Companies sign teaming agreement

19 January 2022 Comments Off on Twin Brothers and Quality Companies sign teaming agreement
North makes key Fixed Premium P&I appointments to accelerate diversification drive

19 January 2022 Comments Off on North makes key Fixed Premium P&I appointments to accelerate diversification drive
Sunfire acquires electroplating specialist

18 January 2022 Comments Off on Sunfire acquires electroplating specialist
One Sea appointment advances autonomous ship rule agenda

18 January 2022 Comments Off on One Sea appointment advances autonomous ship rule agenda
Nucore Group urges education authorities to explore new options for improved air quality in schools

17 January 2022 Comments Off on Nucore Group urges education authorities to explore new options for improved air quality in schools
IEA releases October 2021 monthly electricity statistics

17 January 2022 Comments Off on IEA releases October 2021 monthly electricity statistics

Source: press release, 20 January 2021 Subsea Expo to go ahead as Scottish Govt lifts event limit restrictions

20 January 2022 Comments Off on Subsea Expo to go ahead as Scottish Govt lifts event limit restrictions

The Scottish Government will remove the limits on attendance at indoor public events from Monday, 24 January, meaning Subsea Expo will go ahead as planned [...]
Tackling the plastic waste crisis in the USA with chemical recycling

18 January 2022 Comments Off on Tackling the plastic waste crisis in the USA with chemical recycling
Industry rallies behind decision to postpone Nor-Shipping to April

10 January 2022 Comments Off on Industry rallies behind decision to postpone Nor-Shipping to April
SPE Offshore Europe 2022 postponed

6 January 2022 Comments Off on SPE Offshore Europe 2022 postponed
Finalists announced for Subsea Expo awards

5 January 2022 Comments Off on Finalists announced for Subsea Expo awards
Be ready for the tour around the Neste refinery at Petrochemical and Refining Congress Europe 2022

23 December 2021 Comments Off on Be ready for the tour around the Neste refinery at Petrochemical and Refining Congress Europe 2022
Industry professionals put ‘Feet to the Fire’ at offshore safety event

22 December 2021 Comments Off on Industry professionals put ‘Feet to the Fire’ at offshore safety event
The Biennial Geophysical Seminar 2022 – ‘The New Beginning’

22 December 2021 Comments Off on The Biennial Geophysical Seminar 2022 – ‘The New Beginning’
UTC – Subsea leading the way in the energy transition

21 December 2021 Comments Off on UTC – Subsea leading the way in the energy transition
Every third new electric car in Europe drives on German roads

20 December 2021 Comments Off on Every third new electric car in Europe drives on German roads
The Smarter E – INTERSOLAR EUROPE 2022: 80% already booked

17 December 2021 Comments Off on The Smarter E – INTERSOLAR EUROPE 2022: 80% already booked
Nor-Shipping to bring industry world together in April 2022

15 December 2021 Comments Off on Nor-Shipping to bring industry world together in April 2022

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