This week has seen a number of big deals, and a couple of big stumbles. Money is sloshing through the renewables sector like there is no tomorrow. Private equity is enjoy ..
Seabed Mining
COLUMN | Disappearing acts: Mozambique’s tuna money, The Metals Company’s alleged big investor, and LNG CO2 emissions [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked (here) the multiple cases of corruption and bribery that have stained the oil and gas industry’s reputation in recent years from Angola to Azerbaija ..
Allseas drillship to be converted for mining work
A former drillship owned by Switzerland-based Allseas is undergoing conversion work that will enable it to operate as a subsea mining vessel. The 228-metre Hidden Gem is ..
COLUMN | The wheels on the bus fall off? James Fisher and The Metals Company [Offshore Accounts]
The wheels on the bus go round and round. Until they fall off. James Fisher and Sons’ share price now languishes below where it stood at the start of 2013, an eight-yea ..
Debmarine Namibia’s newest diamond recovery ship sails on maiden voyage
A new diamond recovery vessel has departed Damen Shipyards Mangalia in Romania for its maiden voyage and is now en route to Cape Town, South Africa, for the installation ..
COLUMN | Private equity: can the billionaire factory save the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]
Question: What do the Formula One motor racing franchise, Heinz tomato ketchup, British supermarket chain Asda, and the North Sea safety standby companies North Star Ship ..
COLUMN | The Metals Company: what lies behind the subsea mining pitch? – Part Two [Offshore Accounts]
We return once again to the issue of subsea mining this week. This means we can’t offer any insight into the tragic loss of the Afcons Infrastructure work barge P305, w ..
COLUMN | The Metals Company: what lies behind the subsea mining pitch? – Part One [Offshore Accounts]
There’s so much not to talk about this week. We’re not talking about Tidewater Earlier this month, industry leader Tidewater reported its quarterly results (here) wit ..
DEME’s seabed mining robot back in service following accidental uncoupling
A prototype deep-seabed mining robot that had become uncoupled from a cable connecting it to a surface vessel has been successfully recovered from the floor of the Pacifi ..
COLUMN | DEME starts subsea mining test in Pacific Ocean, China watches closely [Offshore Accounts]
Two weeks ago we covered the deepsea mining sector (here) and focused on the efforts of DeepGreen to obtain a New York stock exchange listing through a merger. We noted ..