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7 June 2022
Aker Solutions Awarded Maintenance and Modifications Work for ConocoPhillips in Norway
Aker Solutions has secured a significant[1] three-year contract extension to an existing framework agreement for work at North Sea fields operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS ("ConocoPhillips"). Aker Solutions will continue as ConocoPhillips' main supplier of maintenance and modifications work offshore Norway. The agreement runs from January 2024 until the end…
7 June 2022
The Crown Estate commits £50million to accelerate the UK’s offshore energy ambitions and protect the marine environment
The Crown Estate has doubled its commitment to enable the coexistence of offshore wind farms with a thriving marine environment as the nation ramps up aspirations to accelerate homegrown energy independence. Since the launch of the UK Government’s British Energy Security Strategy - which raises ambitions for offshore wind generation…
7 June 2022
Production start-up at Hammerfest LNG
After extensive repairs and improvement work, Hammerfest LNG is back in production after the fire in September 2020. The first liquified natural gas (LNG) is now on tank at Melkøya. “With the start-up of Hammerfest LNG, we add further volume to the already substantial gas deliveries from Norway. This is…
7 June 2022
A new cable hang-off contract - Arcadis Ost
Vos Prodect has been awarded by JDR Cable Systems to supply the Cable Hang-Off Systems for the offshore wind farm Arcadis Ost 1. The 257 MW offshore wind farm, which is developed by Parkwind Ost GmbH, will be located 19 km off the German island Rügen in the Baltic Sea.…
6 June 2022
Additional Cooper Basin rig to boost gas supply
Santos and its joint venture partner Beach Energy have committed to works in the Cooper Basin to boost gas supply to the domestic market. This program of works, which includes bringing a fifth drilling rig into the basin and optimising well connections, aims to deliver an additional 15 terajoules of…
6 June 2022
Final permit for gas production from field N05-A
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has granted ONE-Dyas the definitive permits for the development of the N05-A gas field in the North Sea. This offshore gas production project fits in the small fields policy of the Dutch government. With the final permit, the Dutch government gives the go-ahead…
6 June 2022
Jackdaw field approved
Shell's Jackdaw field has been approved. Full details of the project here
6 June 2022
Longboat Energy plc (“Longboat Energy”, “Longboat” or the “Company”) Cambozola well result
Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company, announces that the Cambozola exploration well in licence PL1049 offshore Norway (Company 25%) was dry and will now be plugged and abandoned. Exploration well 34/9-1S operated by Equinor Energy AS, was targeting Lower Cretaceous turbidite sand lobes in the Northern North…
6 June 2022
Audubon Awarded Engineering and Procurement Contract for Shell Offshore
Audubon Engineering Company LP (Audubon), a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction, and fabrication services, has entered a three-year contract with Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, to provide brownfield engineering and procurement (EP) services support for Shell’s Mars Corridor. The contract, which comes with two one-year options…
6 June 2022
Medfloat, pre-commercial pilot park in the Mediterranean Sea
Saitec want to announce our interest in developing a pre-commercial pilot park with 5 units and a total potential of 50MW in the Mediterranean Sea in 2025. The offshore wind turbines will use SATH technology in open sea in Girona, specifically in an area located more 15 km from Cap…
6 June 2022
Dunlin Alpha removal campaign successfully completed
AF Offshore Decom has announced that the significant offshore preparation and removal campaigns for the Dunlin Alpha have been successfully completed. From this point, more than 95% of the Dunlin Topsides will be recycled and reused at our world leading recycling facility in Vats. On behalf of our client Fairfield…
6 June 2022
Serica Energy plc ("Serica" or the "Company") Corporate Update
Serica Energy plc (AIM: SQZ), a British independent upstream company focussed on gas production with operations centred on the UK North Sea, provides a corporate update covering operational and financial performance and the recently announced Energy Profits Levy. Operational and Financial Performance Operational performance in May 2022 continued to be…
6 June 2022
Floatel International Ltd: Contract Extension and Vessel Nomination
The Company is pleased to announce that Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda has extended the contract for Floatel Victory to provide Maintenance and Safety Unit (MSU) services alongside Peregrino Floating Production Storage and offloading unit (FPSO) offshore Brazil until year-end 2022, with further options thereafter. Floatel Victory is the nominated vessel…
6 June 2022
Energean plc ("Energean" or the "Company") Karish Update - FPSO Arrival In Israel
Energean plc has announced that the Energean Power FPSO has arrived on location in Israel. The FPSO was transported by two tugs from Sembcorp Marine's Admiralty Yard in Singapore to Israel. The 5,532 nautical mile-long journey took 35 days, crossing six seas and passing through the Suez Canal. Energean will immediately…
2 June 2022
VAALCO Energy Announces Successful Drilling of South Tchibala 1HB-ST Well
VAALCO Energy Inc. announced the successful drilling of the South Tchibala 1HB-ST well that was drilled from the Avouma platform in the Etame field, offshore Gabon. Highlights Discovered significant columns of multiple hydrocarbon bearing sands in the Dentale; Completing the Dentale D1 sand (18 meters net hydrocarbons) interval, which is…
2 June 2022
Woodside completes merger with BHP Petroleum
Woodside Energy Group Ltd (Woodside) and BHP Group Limited (BHP) have completed the merger of Woodside with BHP’s oil and gas portfolio to create a global energy company. Woodside has acquired the entire share capital of BHP Petroleum International Pty Ltd (BHPP) and issued 914,768,948 new Woodside shares to BHP,…
2 June 2022
Valaris Announces Contract Termination for Drillship VALARIS DS-11
Valaris Limited announced that Equinor has delivered a termination notice for the drilling contract awarded to drillship VALARIS DS-11. The termination will take effect at the end of June. Our total contract backlog of $2.5 billion as of May 2, 2022 included approximately $428 million related to this contract. Further…
2 June 2022
Rovco Charters Glomar Worker for Offshore Wind Projects
Rovco has further bolstered its fleet to support its growth in offshore wind. The leading provider of offshore subsea and survey solutions has signed a charter party agreement with Glomar Offshore for the Glomar Worker dynamic positioned (DP) vessel. The 60m long DP2 Multi Purpose Support Vessel is another addition…
2 June 2022
Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Gulf of Mexico
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a sizeable1 contract by Chevron for the development of the Ballymore project offshore US Gulf of Mexico, in water depths of up to 6,550 feet. The project covers the installation of a Steel Catenary Riser (SCR), flowline and control system. Subsea 7 has…
2 June 2022
Drilling recommences at West Erregulla-3
Warrego Energy Limited provides an update on the West Erregulla-3 (“WE-3”) appraisal well located in the Northern Area of the West Erregulla gas field in EP469, onshore in the northern Perth Basin, WA. The WE-3 appraisal well was successfully re-entered on 2 June 2022 using the Ensign 970 drilling rig.…
2 June 2022
Equinor completes acquisition of interest in the Statfjord field
The acquisition of Spirit Energy’s interest in the Statfjord field was announced 8 December 2021 with a commercial effective date 1 January 2021. The transaction has now been completed after receiving the necessary approvals and the legal transfer was completed by 31 May 2022. As part of closing the transaction,…
2 June 2022
OFG, in partnership with PGS, completes the acquisition of NCS, the owner and operator of P-Cable
Ocean Floor Geophysics, Inc (OFG) has announced that it has completed its acquisition of NCS SubSea, which provides ultra-high resolution 3D seismic data to the oil and gas and new energy markets via their market-leading P-Cable system. With the addition of P-Cable technology, OFG now provides the broadest range of…
1 June 2022
Minor oil and gas discovery near the Valhall field in the North Sea – 2/8-19
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 1085, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 2/8-19. The well was drilled about 10 kilometres north of the Valhall field in the Norwegian Sea, and 270 kilometres southwest of Lista. The primary exploration target for well 2/8-19 was to prove petroleum in…
1 June 2022
OWGP announces £2m in grant funding for offshore wind supply chain projects
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has released its latest Development Grant funding call, with £2 million available for UK businesses looking to accelerate their growth in the offshore wind supply chain. The grants can be used as capital or operational expenditure in projects that will unlock significant growth potential…
1 June 2022
Shearwater awarded Endurance Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage contract
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS has announced the award of a contract by bp, on behalf of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), for geophysical data processing and imaging to advance the East Coast Cluster. The NEP enables the East Coast Cluster by providing the common infrastructure needed to transport CO2 from…
1 June 2022
Cenovus announces restart of West White Rose Project
Cenovus Energy Inc. and its partners have agreed to restart the West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. First oil from the platform is anticipated in the first half of 2026, with peak production anticipated to reach approximately 80,000 barrels per day (bbls/d), 45,000 bbls/d net to Cenovus, by…
1 June 2022
Snam purchases 5 billion cubic metre floating LNG regasification terminal from Golar LNG for US$350 million
Snam and Golar LNG Limited (“Golar”) have signed an agreement for the Snam Group to acquire 100% of the share capital of Golar LNG NB 13 Corporation, whose sole asset is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), named “Golar Tundra”, for US$350 million (about €330 million). The transaction was…
1 June 2022
IOG plc Operational Update
IOG plc, the Net Zero UK gas and infrastructure operator focused on high return projects, provides an operational update. On 23 May, the Company announced that Saturn Banks production had been shut in by Bacton terminal operator Perenco UK (PUK) due to a drainage system deficiency in the terminal condensate…
1 June 2022
Hurricane Energy plc Greater Warwick Area Update
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company, provides an update on its activities in the Greater Warwick Area ("GWA"). As announced on 28 April 2022, the GWA Joint Venture ("JV") has reassessed its understanding of the area, evaluating both the basement and the Mesozoic potential of the…
1 June 2022
Wilhelmsen increases its ownership in NorSea
NorSea gets an even stronger main owner, when Wilhelmsen buys out the other external owners and thus secures 99% ownership of the company. NorSea welcomed Wilhelmsen as one of the owners back in 2012. The latest transaction increases Wilhelmsen's stake from 75% to 99%. The former partners Eidesvik Eiendomsinvest AS…
31 May 2022
DEME Offshore and Eiffage Métal successfully complete foundation installation ahead of schedule at France's first offshore wind farm
DEME Offshore and Eiffage Métal completed the installation of 80 foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. Industry-first technology has been deployed to install the foundations in solid rock and to enhance operational working time. Installation of the foundations started in spring 2021. DEME and its partner Herrenknecht,…
31 May 2022
Neptune Energy - consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Neptune Energy (Neptune) consent for exploration drilling in block 35/6 in the North Sea.
31 May 2022
Concept Select Report Submission: A Major Milestone for Hartshead’s Phase I Field Development
• The Concept Select Report (CSR) for Hartshead’s Phase I gas development has been submitted to the NSTA. • Major milestone in the phased development of Hartshead’s P2607 license area in the UK Southern Gas Basin has been achieved. • The development concept consists of an unmanned dual platform development…
31 May 2022
Carbon Transition announces new Utsira multi-client late sale
Carbon Transition is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a new USD 1.8 million (net to Carbon Transition) multi-client seismic data licensing contract with an undisclosed customer. Under the contract, the customer will license certain data from Carbon Transition’s Utsira multi-client survey in Norway.As previously communicated, Carbon Transition became debt free…
31 May 2022
New contracts in Brazil
DOF is pleased to announce that Petrobras has awarded service contracts to Norskan Offshore Ltda. and DOF Subsea Serviços Brasil Ltda. for the Skandi Iguazu (AHTS 21 000 class) including ROV. The contracts will commence in 4th quarter 2022 and has a duration of 3 years + 2 years options.…
31 May 2022
Saipem and Havfram to evaluate a potential cooperation in the offshore wind business
Saipem SpA, Havfram Holding AS and HVAS Invest Kappa AS (a holding company controlled by HitecVision) have signed a non-binding agreement to evaluate a potential collaboration in the development and construction of offshore windfarms The parties share the common objective to create a wider value proposition by integrating a range…
31 May 2022
Searcher announces 3D reprocessing projects in North Sea, UK
Searcher Seismic, a leading service provider of global multi-client geoscience data, acquisition and management services, is pleased to announce its new multi-client projects, Big Buzz 3D Reprocessing and Big Bird 3D Reprocessing in the North Sea, offshore UK. The Big Buzz 3D consists of 1,568 km2 and Big Bird 3D…
31 May 2022
ACCIONA Energía takes leading stake in floating offshore wind startup Eolink
ACCIONA Energía has acquired 24% of the capital of the French company Eolink, which specializes in the development of floating foundations for offshore wind energy, thus becoming a main shareholder. The operation, subject to certain conditions, follows a financing round launched by the French startup to boost its floating offshore…
31 May 2022
Norwind Offshore’s first vessel ready for delivery.
On Monday 30th of May, the offshore wind company Norwind Offshore took delivery of its first vessel – the Norwind Breeze – from Vard. The delivery took place at 13:00 from Vard, Brattvåg. Among those present were representatives from Norwind Offshore, in addition to representatives from the shipyard. – This…
30 May 2022
Delineation of oil discovery 6507/5-10 S (Slagugle) northeast of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea – 6507/5-11
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production licence 891, has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6507/5-11 on oil discovery 6507/5-10 S (Slagugle) in the Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled about 22 kilometres northeast of the Heidrun field, and about 270 kilometres north of Kristiansund. The discovery was proven in…
30 May 2022
Drilling permit for well 31/4-A-13 C
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge AS drilling permit for well 31/4-A-13 C, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
30 May 2022
New long-term contract for Edda Freya
Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean extend the longstanding relationship around the state-of-the-art Edda Freya vessel “We are pleased that we have come to an agreement with DeepOcean for Edda Freya, a vessel that was designed together with and has been on contract with DeepOcean since delivery in 2016. We are satisfied…
30 May 2022
Trident Energy delivers its first subsea productive project in Brazil
As part of Trident Energy’s plans to enhance production on the Pampo field, they have now completed their first Brazilian subsea campaign to connect the MA-34 production well to the P-08 semi-sub. Triden successfully delivered this milestone by navigating their own path in just 25 days offshore, and as a…
30 May 2022
Oil Plus wins Qatar produced water projects
Oil Plus Ltd has secured two produced water related projects in Qatar worth a total of (USD) $450,000. The independent global oilfield solutions expert will deliver a Pre-FEED oil and water analysis for Qatar Energy, and a water injection study and systems optimisation review for North Oil Company (NOC). The…
30 May 2022
Fugro to aid delivery of development assets for Jumbo in US Gulf of Mexico
Jumbo Maritime has awarded Fugro a positioning and metocean services contract to help guide the safe transport and installation of a new floating production system (FPS) for Vito, a deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Fugro services will support both inshore and offshore towing of the 24,000-ton structure…
30 May 2022
i3 Energy plc Serenity Well - Award of Well Engineering Operator Contract
i3 Energy plc, has announced that it has entered into a contract with Petrofac Facilities Management Limited ("PFML") under which PFML will provide well engineering, operations management and operator services for the drilling of the Serenity appraisal well on its UK North Sea Licence P.2358 Block 13/23c. The contract allows…
30 May 2022
Shell to develop Crux project in Western Australia
Shell Australia Pty Ltd (Shell Australia) and its joint venture partner, SGH Energy, have taken a final investment decision to approve the development of the Crux natural gas field, off the coast of Western Australia. Crux will provide further supplies of natural gas to the existing Prelude floating liquefied natural…
27 May 2022
Altrad have reached an agreement with Doosan Enerbility (previously Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction) to acquire Doosan Babcock Limited
Altrad have annouced its agreement to acquire Doosan Babcock Limited. The transaction, which is likely to conclude in quarter two of 2022, marks another exciting milestone in Altrad’s development, whereby it invests in businesses that share its excitement, vision and values and a desire to add enhanced value to its…
27 May 2022
Aker BP - consent to use Deepsea Nordkapp
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Aker BP consent to use Deepsea Nordkapp for production drilling on the Skarv field.
27 May 2022
Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Brazil
Subsea 7 announced the award of a major(1) contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8 field located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro at 2,000 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning…