Twenty-one of the awards are located in the North Sea, ten in the Norwegian Sea, and four in the Barents Sea, 17 of the licences with Equinor as an operator.
A McDermott subsidiary and Hanwha Ocean received Approval in Principle for design of a cargo containment system and an 80,000 cu m liquid hydrogen carrier from DNV.
The project aims to enhance the design process of independent LNG fuel tanks and accelerate the development of new solutions for the structural assessment of those systems.