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1 September 2022
Archer awarded a new 6-year service contract with an estimated contract value of NOK 2 billion
Archer has been awarded a Drill Pipe Pool Services contract in Norway. Services to be delivered under the contract includes management, handling, maintenance, storage, repair and purchase of drill pipe and equipment for and on behalf of the customer. The scope of work will be delivered by Archer in cooperation…
1 September 2022
Equinor completes new Ocean space surveillance system
Equinor and Norwegian technology Vissim have completed the development of a new and expanded ocean space surveillance system for energy operators on the Norwegian and UK continental shelves. “The new system is one of the world’s most advanced ocean space surveillance and vessel traffic management (VTMS) systems. It has been…
1 September 2022
Westwood Insight – Mainland China advances floating wind capacity to reach 477MW by 2026
About a year ago in the second quarter of 2021, Mainland China became the world’s largest offshore wind market. Mainland China now has 25GW of operational capacity. With this rapid expansion in fixed-bottom offshore wind development, it’s no wonder that Mainland China is also fast-tracking its development in floating wind.…
31 August 2022
Hornsea 2, the world’s largest windfarm, enters full operation
Ørsted is proud to announce that the world’s largest installed windfarm, Hornsea 2, is now fully operational. The 1.3GW offshore wind farm comprises 165 wind turbines, located 89km off the Yorkshire Coast, which will help power over 1.4 million UK homes with low-cost, clean and secure renewable energy. The wind…
31 August 2022
Trillion Energy International Announces Rig Update
Trillion Energy International Inc. provides an update on the status of the Uranus Rig mobilization to the SASB gas field. On August 22, we announced the drilling rig was expected to be approved for departure August 26 after a thorough inspection and permitting process and also by the final inspection…
31 August 2022
NSTA grants approvals to Centrica Offshore UK Ltd for Rough storage project
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has today granted the required approvals and consents to Centrica Offshore UK Limited (COUK), for Phase 1 of the Rough gas storage site off the East Coast of England in the Southern North Sea. COUK has now received all of the required NSTA regulatory…
31 August 2022
Aker BP projects create 145,000 man-years at Norwegian supplier companies
Aker BP will invest NOK 150 billion in development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf over the next five to six years. The projects operated by Aker BP alone will contribute to 145,000 man-years in Norway and NOK 170 billion in expected tax payments to the Norwegian State. “The package…
31 August 2022
Contract awards for CSVs
Solstad Offshore ASA is pleased to announce awards of four new contracts for its subsea construction vessels (CSV). The contracts have a combined firm utilization of 410 days, with additional options thereafter, on projects in North Europe, West Africa and Asia. The contracts have a combined value of approximately NOK…
31 August 2022
ABS and NOV Qualifying Pioneering Subsea Ammonia Storage System
ABS is providing New Technology Qualification (NTQ) services for pioneering subsea storage technology from NOV. The Joint Development Project (JDP) includes NOV, ABS, Equinor, Shell, The Research Council of Norway and The Net Zero Technology Centre. This project unites a group of industry leaders actively enabling an economical subsea storage…
31 August 2022
Turning North Sea projects into power in offshore wind
Equinor is close to first power from the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms, Hywind Tampen, and preparing for the start-up of the world’s largest wind farm, Dogger Bank. Both wind farms are in the North Sea where Equinor has more than ten years’…
31 August 2022
IOR award recognises systematic, long-term efforts
The licensees on the Statfjord field in the North Sea receives the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's award for improved recovery (the IOR award) for utilising a number of IOR measures that contribute to the world-class recovery rate. Equinor (operator) and Vår Energi have consistently demonstrated their ability to utilise technology to…
30 August 2022
Ithaca Energy six month update
Ithaca Energy Limited announced its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. Highlights During Q2, Ithaca Energy completed the acquisitions of Summit Exploration and Production Limited (“Summit E&P”) and Siccar Point Energy (Holdings) Limited (“Siccar Point Energy”). The acquisition of Summit E&P increased the Group’s interest in…
30 August 2022
Odfjell Oceanwind on track towards full DNV class approval of its Deepsea Semi™ floating wind foundation design
Odfjell Oceanwind has confirmation from DNV that the main scantling approval of its Deepsea Semi™ floating wind foundation design is close to completion. Main scantling approval is an integral part and milestone of the full classification process. The Deepsea Semi™ floating wind foundation design is developed for use in floating…
30 August 2022
Wood to deliver detailed design for Equinor’s Halten Øst multi-field development project
Wood will deliver the detailed design of subsea pipelines for Equinor’s Halten Øst project offshore Norway. Halten Øst is a multi-field development which is estimated to hold approximately 100 million barrels of oil equivalent of hydrocarbons, mostly gas. The development will utilise existing facilities and infrastructure as well as a…
30 August 2022
FAR takes 100% ownership in The Gambia Blocks A2 and A5
FAR Ltd has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary FAR Gambia Ltd has recently acquired an additional 50% interest in Blocks A2 and A5 offshore The Republic of The Gambia, giving FAR a 100% working interest. The interest was acquired from PC Gambia Ltd a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“PETRONAS”).…
30 August 2022
Schlumberger, Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 Create Joint Venture
Schlumberger, Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 announced an agreement to form a joint venture to deliver a step change in subsea production economics by helping customers unlock reserves, reduce time to first oil and lower development costs while simultaneously delivering on their decarbonization objectives. The proposed joint venture will comprise…
30 August 2022
Equinor and Wintershall Dea partner up for large-scale CCS value chain in the North Sea
Equinor and Wintershall Dea have agreed to pursue the development of an extensive Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain connecting continental European CO2 emitters to offshore storage sites on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Comprehensive CCS project that connects Germany and Norway CO2 transportation from continental Europe and storage on…
30 August 2022
TGS, CGG and PGS Announce Schlumberger Joining Versal – a Unified Multi-client Data Ecosystem
TGS, CGG and PGS, industry leaders of multi-client geoscience data, announce that Schlumberger has become a part of Versal, increasing its coverage to the vast majority of the world’s multi-client seismic data. Versal was created by PGS, TGS and CGG in 2020 and launched in 2021 to provide a vendor-neutral,…
30 August 2022
Neptune Energy and Horisont Energi to cooperate on Errai CCS project, Norway
Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Errai Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in Norway. Errai could store 4-8 million tonnes of CO2 annually, with the potential to store more in later phases. The project includes an onshore…
29 August 2022
Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project go-ahead
Santos, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, today announced a final investment decision (FID) has been taken to proceed with the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project, located offshore the Northern Territory. The decision will extend the Barossa Gas Export Pipeline to the Santos-operated Darwin LNG (DLNG) facility and allow for…
29 August 2022
Dry well northeast of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea – 6507/3-16
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 941, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6507/3-16. The well was drilled about 12 km northeast of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and 220 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen. The well's primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks…
29 August 2022
Port of Dundee Renewables Hub Selected as Pre-Assembly Base for Construction of Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm
Inch Cape Offshore Limited has selected the Port of Dundee as the pre-assembly and marshalling site for the construction of the 1.1GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, which will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind project when commissioned later this decade. The agreement will see turbine blades, towers and nacelles, which…
29 August 2022
Important step to decarbonise Europe
Northern Lights, a JV owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, signs the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transportation and storage with Yara. This is an important step for the development of large-scale decarbonisation of heavy industries to help meet climate ambitions. Yara and Northern Lights have agreed…
29 August 2022
Fugro to survey the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway
Fugro has been awarded a marine site characterisation contract by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind farm. This will include mapping the seafloor and sub-seafloor to expand understanding of the site’s geological features and support future developmental phases of the project. The development of…
29 August 2022
Helix Robotics Solutions awarded well abandonment and decommissioning work offshore Thailand
Helix Robotics Solutions, the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., has been awarded a 180-day firm-plus-options contract by a local Thailand contractor to perform decommissioning services using the subsea construction vessel Grand Canyon II. The contract scope of work includes DP3 vessel services, crane support and ROV services…
29 August 2022
Prysmian reaches key milestone in the field of Power Grids for the Energy Transition
Prysmian Group has reached a key technology milestone in the field of Power Transmission, thus confirming its preminent role and commitment to support the energy transition. The world leader in the cable industry announces the successful development and testing of the first 525 kV extruded submarine full cable system for…
29 August 2022
Saint-Brieuc – Foundation installation progressing steadily
Installation of the 62 jacket foundations for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm in France is progressing steadily. To date, Van Oord has successfully completed the installation of 24 jacket foundations. Meanwhile, Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus is continuing with pre-piling works at the remaining foundation locations. Almost half of…
26 August 2022
NOL: Contract award
Northern Ocean Ltd. (“the “Company”) is pleased to announce a contract award for Deepsea Bollsta from Shell Upstream Namibia B.V., a subsidiary of Shell Plc., for work in a benign environment market. The contract is expected to commence in the middle of the 4th Quarter 2022 and has an estimated…
26 August 2022
Minor oil discovery near the Gjøa field in the North Sea – 35/6-3 S
Neptune Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 929, has concluded the drilling of exploration well 35/6-3 S. The well was drilled about 14 kilometres north of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 60 kilometres west of Florø. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in…
26 August 2022
Resource report 2022: Norway is a competitive and long-term supplier of oil and gas to Europe
Resource report 2022: Norway is a competitive and long-term supplier of oil and gas to Europe The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) today presents its Resource report 2022. This provides a status overview and analyses of the long-term opportunities and challenges for petroleum operations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). It…
26 August 2022
Billion-kroner contract to Rosenberg Worley
Aker BP and alliance partner Aker Solutions are awarding Rosenberg Worley a letter of intent for the construction of two modules for the new central platform on the Valhall field in the North Sea. This contract represents the largest new-build project in many years, and it will lead to 1,000…
26 August 2022
PGS Signs Multi-Year MultiClient Library Access Agreement with Shell
PGS and Shell have entered into a multi-year agreement for access to a significant part of PGS’ MultiClient Data Library. Over the last two years, PGS has developed and invested in a strategic cloud-based solution architecture that can serve MultiClient subsurface data to clients. This capability, enabling enterprise access, is…
26 August 2022
Shearwater GeoServices awarded Central North Sea 3D survey by NSNR
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS has announced the award of a 3D survey of the Devil’s Hole Horst prospect in the UK North Sea by North Sea Natural Resources (“NSNR”). The towed streamer survey covers approximately 1,586 sq km and will be carried out by the SW Bly. The one-month project…
26 August 2022
HMH Announces Completion of ESD Acquisition
HMH Holdings B.V. announced the closing of the acquisition of Electrical Subsea & Drilling AS (“ESD”) a Bergen, Norway, based company. ESD holds a portfolio of patents and technology with applications in the oil and gas industry. Among the most promising technologies within the ESD portfolio are technologies related to…
26 August 2022
Japan goes 3D with Falcon
Japan’s 3D survey company, Windy Network, has chosen a Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robotic vehicle for its global operations. Japanese submarine ‘Kairyu’ surveyed using 3D high-precision acoustic sonar. They intend deploying the Falcon on a wide range of missions, including academic research, marine archaeology, fishery surveys and construction installation studies,…
25 August 2022
DEME Offshore and Havfram sign Memorandum of Understanding to jointly provide offshore wind farm construction services in Norway
DEME Offshore, the leading offshore marine engineering company, and Havfram AS., the international offshore wind and subsea contractor, have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer construction services to the offshore wind farm sector in Norway. Both DEME Offshore and Havfram plan to play an important role in…
25 August 2022
Energy supply crisis: UK gas producers boost domestic production by 26% in just six months
The UK has cut its dependence on imported gas. New figures show domestic gas production in the first half of 2022 was 26% higher than the same period in 2021, which is enough to heat almost 3.5 million UK homes for a year. The news comes as the UK government…
25 August 2022
Spirit Energy enlists ABL Group for decom support
Spirit Energy Production (UK) ltd. has engaged ABL Group to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) and marine consultancy services for the operator’s decommissioning portfolio in the southern North Sea and the Irish Sea. Spirit Energy has contracted ABL’s Aberdeen operation on a three-year contract to provide the marine warranty scope…
25 August 2022
Adding significant order backlog with five-year firm contract award in Norway
Deepsea Stavanger has been awarded a five-year firm contract with Aker BP ASA for drilling programs scheduled to commence early 2025. The day rates for the contract will be market based, within a pre-agreed range. Day rate to be set by two brokers nine months prior to each calendar year.…
25 August 2022
Semco Maritime signs 5-year contract with Aker BP in Norway
Aker BP has awarded Semco Maritime a contract for the provision of Offshore Personnel Service in 2022-2027 for the company’s Oil & Gas installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Semco Maritime has provided highly qualified labour to Aker BP under a framework agreement for the provision of offshore personnel since…
25 August 2022
Magseis Fairfield receives project award in Gulf of Mexico
With reference to the announcement made 2 September 2020, we are pleased to announce that the conditional award has been converted into an award. The project is scheduled to start in Q4 2022, with an expected duration of 4 months, using the ZXPLR technology. “We are delighted to see continued…
25 August 2022
All lift systems are go for “Pioneering Spirit”
Pioneering Spirit is deploying her topsides and jacket lift technology to install TenneT’s 900-MW offshore converter station for the offshore grid connection system DolWin6 in the German North Sea. After departing Rotterdam, the approx. 5,000-tonne heavy foundation jacket is standing on the seabed and piling of the substructure is underway.…
25 August 2022
APA Corporation Announces First Discovery in Block 53 Offshore Suriname; Provides Update on Block 58 Operations
APA Corporation announced an oil discovery offshore Suriname at Baja-1 in Block 53 and provided an update on recent drilling operations at Dikkop-1 in Block 58. Block 53 Baja-1 was drilled to a depth of 5,290 meters (17,356 feet) and encountered 34 meters (112 feet) of net oil pay in…
24 August 2022
Collaboration heralds a new era of co-operation to develop offshore wind industry in Aotearoa
An agreement between BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group (the consortium), Beach Energy New Zealand (Beach) and other offshore wind developers is a significant step forward to developing the offshore wind industry in New Zealand. Beach have agreed to the installation of a Doppler Light Detection and Ranging system…
24 August 2022
Correll Group secures contract from Seaway Offshore Cables
The Correll Group, Electrical Engineering Division is delighted to announce that it has been successful in securing a contract with Seaway Offshore Cables for the termination and testing of the 58 inter-array and 7 offshore export subsea cables for the Changfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Farm (CFXD). CFXD is located…
24 August 2022
Trinidad and Tobago – Searcher Awarded Multi-Client 3D Acquisition
Searcher Seismic, a leading provider of global multi-client geoscience data, is pleased to announce approval by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago of Searcher’s 6,500 km² Tobago Trough 3D acquisition project. Off the North Coast of Tobago lies the Tobago Trough, a Tertiary basin where high quality…
24 August 2022
Offshore application submitted for the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm
The offshore application for the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF) has now been submitted to Marine Scotland. The 100MW development is key to advancing the deployment of large-scale floating offshore wind. This is a significant milestone for the project and takes us closer to realising the far-reaching benefits it…
24 August 2022
Helix Robotics Solutions announces five year charter extensions for Grand Canyon II & III vessels
Helix Robotics Solutions Limited, the U.K. Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX), and Volstad Maritime AS announced five-year charter extensions for both the Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III construction support vessels to continue working on projects across multiple energy sectors. The Grand Canyon II…
24 August 2022
Neptune Energy begins work on 10th Cygnus gas well
Neptune Energy announced it has begun an infill drilling campaign at its operated Cygnus gas field in the southern North Sea, with the potential to unlock enough gas to heat an additional 200,000 UK homes1 per year from this winter. Upon completion of the 10th well on the field in…
24 August 2022
Royal IHC to provide new cable lay system for Boskalis
Royal IHC is delighted to announce the award of a significant contract from Boskalis for the delivery of an advanced modular cable lay spread (MCLS). The state-of-the-art cable lay system will be used for installation of inter-array power cables and its cable protection system (CPS) in offshore windfarms. The system…