Just over 7 years ago, when we launched this newsletter, the oil&gas sector was undergoing through an unprecedented crisis that was to have a profound impact on our entire industry. Now we're in 2023, and the current context is very different: Business is picking up again, the world's OSV fleet is under pressure, new producing countries are emerging to join the ranks of the sector's leaders, the offshore wind market is at a pivotal point in its development, between prototyping and the industrialization of floaters, and, of course, the energy transition is underway - the urgent need for we can no longer deny.

These seems to me to be remarkable times in the sense that, for reasons specific to each market - in Oil&Gas as in offshore wind energy - we must adapt, innovate and transform ourselves: 

- in our operations, through digitalization and the use of data, since the connected vessel has gone from being a dream to a present priority;

- in the lifecycle of our vessels, in particular improving their energy performance and extensing of their lifespan;

- at all stages of the supply chain, impacted by political and climatic upheavals and now one of the key challenges facing our industry. 

Every day, this period brings its share of uncertainties but also remarkable successes. It gives us the opportunity to play a key role in the search for a new industrial model. How can one not be enthusiastic about such an exciting challenge? The next ten years will be crucial in guaranteeing the sustainability of this new model and in implementing the foundations of the energy transition.

Such is the offshore energy sector today a sector based, as we have seen, on two pillars with similar issues: a consistently vigorous oil & gas dimension with new leaders emerging, and a renewable dimension teeming with innovations and preparing for a long-awaited industrialization phase. At the heart of this industry, BOURBON continues to transform and position itself over the long term as a reference partner, offering its clients sustainable and innovative marine solutions.