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23 June 2022
ABB technology to be used in world’s first open CO2 transport and storage infrastructure
ABB has been contracted by engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor Aker Solutions, a leader in sustainable energy solutions, to deliver the main electrical, automation and safety systems for Norway’s Northern Lights project. A joint venture between Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, Northern Lights is the first industrial carbon capture and…
23 June 2022
Seadrill Limited Announces Contract Extensions for AOD I, AOD III and West Callisto Totalling $361m
Seadrill Limited announces that it has been awarded contract extensions for the AOD I, AOD III and West Callisto for work offshore in the Arabian Gulf. The firm term of each contract is three years with commencement in direct continuation of the current contracts. AOD I, AOD III and West…
23 June 2022
Modus Charters Vessel With Availability From Mid July
Modus, a leading offshore contractor delivering life-of-field support utilising Smart Subsea Services, recently announced that they have chartered a multi-purpose offshore support vessel, VOS Sweet, from Vroon Offshore Services via a deal brokered by Clarksons. The vessel, chartered to fulfil a contract award for pipeline-inspection work in the Dutch North…
23 June 2022
RWE wins long term service & maintenance agreement at Greater Gabbard
Following a recent competitive tender process RWE Renewables has been successful in winning the wind turbine service & maintenance agreement at the 140 turbine, 504MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The 10 year agreement will commence in early 2023, taking the project through to planned end of life. Greater Gabbard…
23 June 2022
Vallianz in partnership with Ulstein, Shift Clean Energy and Bureau Veritas to develop a first-of-its-kind hybrid Heavy Transport Vessel for offshore wind farms
Vallianz Holdings Limited has joined forces with Ulstein Design & Solutions B.V. (“Ulstein”), Shift Clean Energy (“Shift”) and Bureau Veritas to collaborate on the design and construction of a heavy transport vessel (“HTV”) that will be the first of its kind in the global offshore wind industry. Designed for worldwide…
22 June 2022
PGS ASA: Awarded Large 4D Contract Offshore West Africa
PGS has been awarded a significant acquisition contract, consisting of several 4D surveys, by an international oil company offshore West Africa. Acquisition is scheduled to start early November 2022 and expected to complete early May 2023. "We are very pleased with this contract award, which secures work for Ramform Vanguard until…
22 June 2022
Simply Blue Group announce new second offshore wind project in Northern Ireland
Simply Blue Group, a leading Irish Blue economy developer in floating offshore wind, wave energy and low impact aquaculture, has announced its second offshore wind project for Northern Ireland. The ‘Olympic Offshore Wind’ project is a sister project to ‘Nomadic Offshore Wind’ which was announced by the group earlier this…
22 June 2022
Coast Renewable Services and Peterson Energy Logistics to form offshore-wind focused joint venture
International energy logistics provider Peterson and Coast Renewable Services have announced that they have formed a joint venture company to provide integrated services to the offshore wind sector. The new company, Coast Offshore, will combine Peterson’s 50 years of energy logistics experience with Coast Renewable Services’ extensive experience in providing…
22 June 2022
New tool to maximise infrastructure repurposing
A new screening tool developed by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) will help to maximise the repurposing of oil and gas infrastructure for energy transition projects. Repurposing can make a huge contribution to the UK’s drive to net-zero, potentially generating multibillion-pound savings across carbon capture and storage (CCS) and…
22 June 2022
Havfram awarded Senegalese Mooring Pre-Lay Contract by MODEC
Havfram announced today that MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (MODEC) has awarded Havfram a contract for the pre-installation of the subsea mooring system for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) in 2022. MODEC’s parent company, MODEC, Inc., will supply this facility to Woodside, for deployment in Senegal…
22 June 2022
DOF Subsea contract extension with Petrobras
DOF Subsea is proud to announce the extension of the four PIDF Contracts with Petrobras. These extensions will demand a fleet of at least 3 vessels operating for 18 months, to the end of 2023 and in direct continuation to the original schedule performing flexible pipelines, risers and subsea equipment…
22 June 2022
APA Corporation Announces Successful Flow Test Results at Krabdagu Discovery Well
APA Corporation announced flow test results from the Krabdagu exploration well (KBD-1) on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname holds a 50% working interest in the block, with TotalEnergies (TTE), the operator, also holding a 50% working interest. Flow test data collected in the two lower intervals, the Upper Campanian…
22 June 2022
ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy to expand LNG production with North Field East agreement
ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy announced they have signed an agreement to further develop Qatar’s North Field East project, which will expand Qatar’s annual LNG capacity from 77 million tons to 110 million tons by 2026. The deal was announced at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha. ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy to expand LNG production…
21 June 2022
Well-Safe Protector to undertake Ithaca Energy North Sea well decommissioning
Well-Safe Solutions have been contracted by Ithaca Energy to plug and abandon (P&A) six wells on the Anglia Platform in the Southern North Sea, approximately 55km from the UK mainland. The contract – for an undisclosed sum – will see the Aberdeen-based well decommissioning specialists provide project management, well engineering…
21 June 2022
Dry well near the Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea – 34/9-1 S
Equinor Energy AS, operator of production licence 1049, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 34/9-1. The well was drilled about 35 kilometres northeast of the Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea and 167 kilometres northwest of Bergen. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Lower Cretaceous…
21 June 2022
Vattenfall invests in two offshore wind projects outside Gothenburg
Vattenfall is buying the majority share in two offshore wind projects off the coast of Gothenburg from wind power company Zephyr. Once fully developed, the projects are expected to generate 10.5 TWh of fossil-free electricity annually. The two wind projects, named Vidar and Poseidon, are located between 25 and 27…
21 June 2022
Neptune Energy, ExxonMobil, Rosewood and EBN to cooperate on L10 Carbon Capture and Storage
Neptune Energy, ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Netherlands, Ltd., Rosewood Exploration Ltd., and EBN Capital B.V. announced the signing of a Cooperation Agreement to progress the L10 large-scale offshore carbon capture and storage project in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement brings together the technical and commercial capabilities necessary to create a…
21 June 2022
Semco Maritime launches new design for project Greensand
The Danish company Semco Maritime has developed a new pumping system design allowing subsea CO2 storage in the North Sea in connection with Project Greensand. Semco Maritime is introducing a new pumping system design that provides the basis for pumping liquid CO2 in connection with Project Greensand. The mission of…
21 June 2022
Briggs Marine Secure NnG Contract For Provision Of CTV Services
Briggs Marine, has successfully secured a contract to deliver Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) services to the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, currently under construction 15 km off the Fife coast. The contract will see Briggs Marine draw on its 50-years’ experience of first-class marine vessel operations, to provide…
21 June 2022
Aker Carbon Capture enters MoU with Storegga and strengthens foothold in UK market with new London office
Aker Carbon Capture has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Storegga to collaborate on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects and enable industrial emitters access to full value chain offerings in the UK. The agreement marks another UK milestone for the company, after becoming the carbon capture provider for…
21 June 2022
Summary of feedback on proposed INTOG leasing published
Crown Estate Scotland has today published information on its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process. The INTOG Response Document summarises responses from thirty-six potential applicants and stakeholders whose comments covered timescales, seabed agreement terms and conditions, Supply Chain Development Statements (SCDS), and evaluation. INTOG will…
20 June 2022
Shelf Drilling announces acquisition of deep driller 7 jack-up rig for USD 30 million
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. , announces that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Aban Offshore Limited to purchase the Deep Driller 7 jack-up drilling rig for a purchase price of USD 30 million. The Deep Driller 7 rig was built in 2008 and is…
20 June 2022
McDermott Christens State-of-the-Art Amazon Vessel
McDermott International welcomed key customers aboard its newly converted Amazon vessel for a christening ceremony in the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. McDermott customers and executives gather to christen the Amazon vessel on June 16, 2022, at Rotterdam Port, The Netherlands. As part of McDermott's global deepwater subsea strategy, the…
20 June 2022
Naming Ceremony for Service Operation Vessel Edda Brint
On Friday 17 June, offshore wind service company Edda Wind celebrated the naming ceremony of Edda Brint, its latest Service Operation vessel (SOV). The traditional ceremony where a bottle of champagne was sacrificed for good luck took place at Astilleros Balenciaga Shipyard in Zumaia, Spain. Edda is a name tradition…
20 June 2022
TGS Announces Extension to NOAKA Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Survey on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, announced an extension to the 2021 NOAKA Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in the Northern North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The NOAKA22 survey will comprise an additional 318 square kilometers of multi-client OBN data located within the…
20 June 2022
IOG plc Corporate Update
IOG plc ("IOG", or "the Company"), (AIM: IOG.L), the Net Zero UK gas and infrastructure operator focused on high return projects, provides an update on current activities and operational guidance for the remainder of 2022. Saturn Banks Phase 1 Production Further to the 1 June 2022 operational update, in which…
20 June 2022
Magseis Fairfield awarded OBN contract in the North Sea
Reference is made to the announcement made on the 21st of January 2022, where Magseis Fairfield announced the award of an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey in the North Sea using our Z700 crew. Magseis Fairfield has received an award of a project in the same area that extends the…
20 June 2022
Magseis Fairfield receives conditional award of OBN contract in Gulf of Mexico
Magseis Fairfield are pleased to announce a conditional award of an OBN project in Gulf of Mexico from a repeat customer, with an option for a second program extension. The initial survey is scheduled to be conducted with Magseis Fairfield’s ZXPLR technology and is expected to take approximately three months.…
20 June 2022
Coral South Introduces Hydrocarbons to FLNG Offshore Mozambique
Eni, as Upstream Delegated Operator of Area 4 on behalf of its partners ExxonMobil, CNPC, GALP, KOGAS and ENH, announces that the Coral South Project has safely achieved the introduction of hydrocarbons to the Coral Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) plant from the Coral South reservoir offshore Mozambique. Following…
17 June 2022
Frontera Provides Update on Exploration Block Offshore Guyana
Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) ("Frontera"), joint venture partner with CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, today announced that, following constructive discussions with the Government of Guyana, the joint venture will focus exclusively on the exploration opportunities in the Corentyne…
17 June 2022
TechnipFMC Awarded Significant Contract by TotalEnergies for Subsea 2.0™ Production Systems
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant(1) contract by TotalEnergies EP Angola to supply subsea production systems for the CLOV3 development in Block 17, offshore Angola. It is the first contract under the companies’ new framework agreement covering subsea trees for brownfield developments in Block 17 in Angola. The CLOV3 contract…
17 June 2022
Rovco Commences Year 3 of Agreement on Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm
Rovco are pleased to reveal that, for the third year running, they have been awarded a contract to carry out work on the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Located in the Outer Moray Firth, Beatrice is Scotland’s second largest operational offshore wind farm. Commencing this month, the project will be delivered…
17 June 2022
Conditional Award of Carbon Storage Acquisition Contract
PGS has received a conditional award for an acquisition contract over the Smeaheia carbon storage site in the North Sea, operated by Equinor. Acquisition is scheduled to start in August 2022 and expected to complete in September same year. “We are very pleased with another carbon storage acquisition contract by…
17 June 2022
James Fisher Subtech safely and successfully executes subsea IRM contract for NEO Energy and secures future work
James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech), provider of specialist technical offshore solutions and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has successfully completed a subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract for NEO Energy - one of the leading North Sea oil and gas producers - on its floating production storage…
17 June 2022
Equinor and partners consider 1 GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Western Norway
Equinor and its partners Petoro, TotalEnergies, Shell and ConocoPhillips in the Troll and Oseberg fields, have initiated a study and are looking into possible options for building a floating offshore wind farm in the Troll area some 65 kilometres west of Bergen, Norway. With an installed capacity of about ~1…
17 June 2022
Equinor and Technip Energies enter strategic collaboration for floating wind substructures
The two companies come together to develop floating wind steel semi substructures that aim to accelerate technology development for floating offshore wind, enable cost reductions and develop local value opportunities. The strategic collaboration between Equinor as a leading floating offshore wind developer and Technip Energies as a leading supplier of…
17 June 2022
Opportunity knocks: Maintenance market for renewables and low-carbon set to approach $250 billion by 2030
The maintenance, modification and operations (MMO) market for the renewable and low-carbon energy industries is set to soar by the end of the decade and approach $250 billion, presenting ample opportunities for operators to reap rewards from the energy transition. The oil and gas industry has dominated the MMO sector,…
16 June 2022
Minor gas discovery southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea – 6507/4-3 S
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production licence 1064, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6507/4-3 S in the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled about 30 kilometres southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea and about 240 kilometres west of Brønnøysund. The objective of the well was…
16 June 2022
Seaway 7 signed letter of exclusivity for East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm
Seaway 7 ASA , part of the Subsea 7 Group , announced that it has signed a letter of exclusivity, and is finalising a preferred bidder supply chain agreement, with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project. East Anglia THREE is located approximately 70 kilometres from shore…
16 June 2022
Chevron awards Worley a global master services agreement
Chevron Corporation (Chevron) has awarded Worley a ten-year global master services agreement to provide services to Chevron’s upstream, midstream, and downstream assets including project development for onshore and offshore assets. Under the agreement, Worley will provide engineering and project related services including working with Chevron’s digital enablement specialists to optimize…
16 June 2022
Orcadian Energy plc Seismic acquisition and licensing agreement
Orcadian Energy (AIM:ORCA), the low-emissions North Sea oil and gas development company, is pleased to announce a seismic licensing deal with the energy data company TGS. The agreement will provide Orcadian with high quality seismic data, revealing the reservoir structures and even the likely fluid type. The deal with TGS…
16 June 2022
TGS Announces the World’s First Multi-Client Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign
TGS, a global energy data and intelligence provider, announced the start of the world’s first multi-client offshore wind measurement campaign. The project will enhance and further validate TGS’ expansive high-resolution coverage of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model data by including highly sought-after floating LiDAR wind measurements in the New York Bight…
16 June 2022
Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean and Østensjø team up in remote operations venture
Solstad Offshore, DeepOcean Group and Østensjø Group have joined forces to fast-track the adoption of remotely managed services in order to drive down operating costs and emissions for the marine and offshore industries. The three partners have established two joint ventures (JVs) to support the remote operations drive. One of…
16 June 2022
Final grant agreement reached for £130m Blyth subsea cable facility
JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the global subsea cable and umbilical supplier and servicer, part of the TFK Group, has reached final agreement under the UK government’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme (OWMIS) on financial support for its new state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland. The agreement means…
15 June 2022
PXGEO awarded OBN project in Brazil
PXGEO has secured a contract with Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in Brazil. The survey is to be acquired in water depths to 2200m and is scheduled to commence in late 2022 with a duration of approximately 4 months. PXGEO CEO Duncan Eley stated: “This will…
15 June 2022
Bids invited in UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing roun
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is launching the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing round with 13 areas of exciting potential available. The new carbon storage areas, alongside the six licences which have been issued previously, could have the ability to make a significant contribution towards the aim of storing…
15 June 2022
Wood signs global Engineering & Project Support Master Services Agreement with Chevron
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has entered into a 10-year global master services agreement for engineering and project related services with Chevron. The agreement can be used by all of Chevron’s business units and covers both offshore and onshore assets within the upstream, midstream and downstream markets. The…
15 June 2022
Shelf Drilling secures 3-year contract extension on the Shelf Drilling Achiever
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. announced that it has secured a three-year contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Achiever jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current contract in the Arabian Gulf. Following this extension, the expected availability of the rig is December 2025.
15 June 2022
Saipem: awarded offshore contract for Gato do Mato development in Brazil
Saipem confirms that it has been recently awarded a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) by BW Offshore SPV PTE Ltd, for the early-stage engineering services for the supply of an FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) unit to be then provided to Shell and its partners for the development of…
15 June 2022
Danos to Support Promethean and Petrofac with Gulf of Mexico Decommissioning Work
Danos has been awarded the opportunity to support the Promethean Decommissioning Company (PDC) and Petrofac alliance to decommission multiple facilities in shallow water fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The project, which began at the end of May, includes ten platforms, 196 wells and 32 pipeline segments in the South…