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2 March 2022
Wheatstone 4D Marine Seismic Survey
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (CAPL) proposes to conduct a 4-dimensional (4D) marine seismic survey (MSS) over production licences WA-46-L, WA-47-L and WA-48-L in the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields in Commonwealth waters north of Barrow Island, Western Australia. The 4D MSS aims to repeat the acquisition of the 3-dimensional (3D)…
2 March 2022
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc (‘Europa’ or ‘the Company’) Termination of Sale and Purchase Agreement on Irish Licence FEL 3/19
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the UK, Ireland and Morocco focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company refers to the conditional acquisition of a 100% interest in Frontier Exploration Licence (“FEL”) 3/19, offshore Ireland, from DNO North Sea (U.K.) Limited (“DNO”) announced on 1st June 2020. Europa…
2 March 2022
Altrad agrees to acquire Sparrows Group
Altrad announced today that it has agreed to acquire Sparrows Group, a specialist provider of engineering, inspection, operations, and maintenance services in the Offshore Energy, Renewables, and Industrials sectors. Sparrows’ operations focus on mission-critical, engineering-led O&M services primarily in stable and resilient production-phase Opex activities. The transaction is expected to…
2 March 2022
KBR to Support Shell's Strategic Ambition for Hydrogen Liquefaction
KBR announced it has been awarded a contract to provide professional services to Shell Global Solutions International B.V. for hydrogen liquefaction development. KBR will provide technical solutions as part of concept studies to advance technology for large scale hydrogen liquefaction – an alternative method for long distance renewable energy transport.…
2 March 2022
Shelf Drilling awarded new contract in Nigeria
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. announced that it has secured a new contract award for the Shelf Drilling Mentor jack-up rig for operations offshoreNigeria. The contract has an estimated duration of 225 days with an option for additional wells. The contract is expected to commence in Q2 2022.
1 March 2022
VAALCO Energy Provides Update on Etame Field Reconfiguration and FSO Deployment
VAALCO Energy Inc. provided an update on the Etame field reconfiguration in conjunction with the replacement of the existing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (“FPSO”) with a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (“FSO”) offshore Gabon. VAALCO anticipates that all of the associated engineering, long-lead equipment and significant contracts are…
1 March 2022
Chariot Limited Signing of Rissana Offshore Licence, Morocco Capturing prospective acreage around significant gas discovery
Chariot Limited (AIM: CHAR), the Africa focused transitional energy company, is pleased to announce that it has been formally awarded the Rissana Offshore Licence (“Rissana”) in Morocco. • 75% interest and operatorship of the Rissana licence awarded to a wholly owned subsidiary of Chariot Limited in partnership with the Office…
1 March 2022
Peterson Secures Integrated Logistics Contract with Shell
International energy logistics provider Peterson has signed a new contract with Shell to provide supply base services from the Port of Lowestoft. The new contract follows the expiry of a 7-year-old contract and strengthens the long-term partnership between Peterson and Shell in this region. It also helps to secure jobs…
1 March 2022
Techouse secures important hardware contract for Valhall Sulphate Removal Unit
Aker Solutions and Aker BP have chosen the Norwegian technology company Techouse to deliver the Sulphate Removal Unit (SRU) for the Valhall IP platform after a solid FEED delivery in 2021. This is one of the largest contracts Techouse has even been awarded. The Modification Alliance and Techouse have signed…
1 March 2022
DOF Subsea has chartered a second Jones Act vessel to support ongoing operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)
Following on from the charter of the Ross Candies, DOF Subsea has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies for the charter of the Jones Act compliant vessel Chloe Candies for a firm period of two years. The charter period commenced in May, with the intent to utilise the vessel…
1 March 2022
ETZ Ltd and ORE Catapult to Collaborate on Development of World Leading National Floating Wind Innovation Centre
ETZ Ltd and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have today announced that they will co-invest and collaborate in a world leading National Floating Wind Innovation Centre in Aberdeen dedicated to accelerating the commercialisation of floating offshore wind throughout the UK and supporting the incubation of new products, services and…
1 March 2022
Serica Energy plc : Rhum Production Update
Serica Energy plc (AIM: SQZ), a British independent upstream oil and gas company with operations centred on the UK North Sea, provides an update on Rhum field production operations. A fault has been identified in the Rhum Subsea Control Module which has necessitated a temporary shutdown of Rhum production. There…
28 February 2022
Pavo-1 drilling update
Carnarvon Energy Limited (“Carnarvon”) (ASX:CVN) is pleased to provide an update on the Pavo-1 well that is currently being drilled in the WA-438-P exploration permit. Progress The Pavo-1 well has drilled down in the 8 ½” hole to around 3,282 metres Measured Depth (“MD”). Multiple sands have been intersected within…
28 February 2022
Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale
The Department of the Interior announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale. These results are a major milestone towards achieving the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of…
28 February 2022
Medway Hub CCS Project
Oilex Limited (Oilex or the Company) is pleased to provide the following update on its proposed Medway Hub Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the UK. The CCS project provides for the capture and transportation of CO2 emissions from coastal CCGT power stations in liquid form by marine tanker…
28 February 2022
Neptune Energy begins drilling Hamlet exploration well
Neptune Energy and partners today announced drilling has commenced on the Hamlet exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea The well (35/9-16S) is being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig, owned by CIMC and operated by Odfjell Drilling. The Hamlet prospect is located 7 km…
28 February 2022
Drilling permit for well 7220/8-2 S
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for well 7220/8-2 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
28 February 2022
Repsol Sinopec hands in decommissioning plans for Saltire
Repsol Sinopec has handed in decommissioning plans for the Saltire platform in the North Sea to the authorities.More
28 February 2022
Seplat Energy to acquire ExxonMobil’s shallow water business in Nigeria
Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian energy company listed on the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (“MPNU”) from Exxon Mobil Corporation, Delaware (“ExxonMobil”) (the “Transaction”). Completion…
28 February 2022
Aleron achieves multirov testing triumph
Earlier this month, Aleron hit a momentous milestone with the MultiROV work class ROV making a splash in the ROVOP test tank. The MultiROV is one-of-a-kind, offering the operator a flexible solution to subsea remote operations. It’s simple to operate with an advanced control system, and can be configured to…
25 February 2022
Eni achieves start-up from Ndungu EP development project in the Western area of Block 15/06, deep offshore Angola
ni started production from Ndungu Early Production (EP) development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, via the Ngoma Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The start-up of Ndungu EP is yet another example of how Eni Angola, in full cooperation with Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás…
25 February 2022
Sumitomo Electric and Seaway 7 collaborate on Offshore Wind Farm Projects
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Sumitomo Electric) and Seaway 7 ASA (Seaway 7) are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their intention to collaborate on offshore wind projects in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration will focus on providing robust, competitive, and localised…
25 February 2022
DiveSource enhances offering with DRIFT Offshore tie-up
Global underwater consultancy DiveSource has announced a collaboration with DRIFT Offshore, the specialist recruitment, training and ROV services company.The move will see both Aberdeen-headquartered organisations join forces to offer a complete and integrated solution for diving and ROV services worldwide.The tie-up between DiveSource and DRIFT Offshore is the product of…
25 February 2022
Ocean Infinity broadens remote fleet plans with order of 85m robotic vessels from Vard
Ocean Infinity has contracted VARD for the design and construction of a new series of six multi-purpose offshore vessels, all of which will be operated from shore and will eventually utilise green ammonia as fuel. This landmark order of six, 85-metre, optionally crewed robotic vessels will take Ocean Infinity’s remote…
25 February 2022
Fugro’s vision technologies provides safer and more efficient offshore installation and decommissioning operations for Heerema
Fugro has signed a four-year global framework agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors for survey and positioning support services onboard Heerema’s heavy lift crane vessels. Fugro’s worldwide reach and technology offers Heerema a solid support base for their global project portfolio, ensuring optimised offshore operations that minimise environmental impact. Fugro will…
25 February 2022
Schlumberger Introduces GeoSphere 360 3D Reservoir Mapping-While-Drilling Service
Schlumberger announced today at the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) the introduction of the GeoSphere 360* 3D reservoir mapping-while-drilling service. The service leverages advanced cloud and digital solutions to deliver real-time 3D profiling of reservoir objects. This improves reservoir understanding and enhances well placement to maximize returns from complex reservoirs.…
25 February 2022
Global Wind Service secures installation of Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm in France
GE renewable Energy has chosen Global Wind Service (GWS) as partner for the load-out and installation of the 80-turbine Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm. The 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines will be located between 12 and 20 kilometers off the Loire-Atlantique coast in the Western Part of France and the…
25 February 2022
Subsea 7 and FLASC secure UK BEIS funding for Offshore Energy Storage Technology
‘PowerBundle’ concept receives over £450,000 grant Subsea 7 and technology partner FLASC B.V., are pleased to be awarded a grant from the UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for £471,760, to further develop an innovative offshore energy storage system. Funding has been awarded as part of…
24 February 2022
Cormorant Alpha topsides decomissioning approval
The cormorant alpha topsides decommissioning have been approved by the UK authorities.More
24 February 2022
TotalEnergies makes a significant discovery in offshore Block 2913B
TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. The Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 meters of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir. “This discovery offshore Namibia…
24 February 2022
Consultation launched for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Cagliari (Italy)
Nora Ventu, the company set up by the partnership between Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy to develop floating offshore wind farms off the Sardinian coast, has launched a consultation to provide local communities with more information on two projects to be developed in the Gulf of Cagliari. Nora Ventu, named…
24 February 2022
DNV awards Odfjell Oceanwind AiP for new Deepsea Semi™ floating offshore wind foundation
The Deepsea Semi™ foundation is dimensioned for up to 15MW wind turbine generators and has been developed for low cost, industrial mass-production. The design basis includes all areas for floating wind farms currently in planning in the North Atlantic region, including Scotwind and Utsira Nord, and covers a range of…
24 February 2022
Manor Marine Secures Mainprize MO9 Vessel Build Contract
Manor Marine UK Ltd, an OEG Offshore Company, has secured a contract with Mainprize Offshore to build a second offshore windfarm service vessel, following the win of the build contract for the MO8 in 2021. The second vessel to be built at the site in Portland for Mainprize Offshore, the…
24 February 2022
Subsea Europe Services wins six-figure funding to accelerate autonomous survey development
A new round of funding has strengthened our commitment to taking autonomous technologies to the next level for marine survey applications. The investment boosts our unique approach which focuses on the integration of new generation smart, A.I. and machine learning enabled hydroacoustic systems with diverse survey platforms including Autonomous Underwater…
24 February 2022
Tendeka acquired by TAQA
At the inaugural day of the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Riyadh, the Industrialization and Energy Services Company “TAQA” announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TENDEKA, a UK-based engineering and manufacturing company with offices in Houston, Stavanger, Aberdeen, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. Tendeka specializes in offering reservoir monitoring…
24 February 2022
Gas output from Sub-Saharan Africa set to double by 2030, driven by deepwater developments
Untapped natural gas supplies in Sub-Saharan Africa are set to be unleashed this decade, with output more than doubling from 1.3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2021 to 2.7 million boepd in 2030 due to vast undeveloped deepwater resources, Rystad Energy research shows. While deepwater developments…
23 February 2022
New leasing opportunity unveiled to boost innovation and help decarbonise North Sea
Crown Estate Scotland has today announced the proposed details of its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process. Developers will apply for the rights to build small scale innovative offshore wind projects of less than 100MW as well as larger projects connected to oil and gas…
23 February 2022
Aker Solutions and Dril-Quip Announce CCUS Collaboration Agreement
Aker Solutions ASA (“Aker Solutions”) (OSE: AKSO) and Dril-Quip, Inc. (“Dril-Quip”) (NYSE: DRQ) today announced that their subsidiaries have entered into a Collaboration Agreement to offer subsea injection systems for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) projects. Under the agreement, Dril-Quip will provide Aker Solutions with CO2 injection Xmas trees…
23 February 2022
OX2 applies for a permit to construct the offshore wind farm Triton, in the south of Sweden
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone off the coast of Skåne in the south of Sweden. The wind farm Triton that will be situated about 30 kilometer south of Ystad, will…
23 February 2022
Turbine supplier selected for Baltyk II and III projects in Poland
Equinor and partner Polenergia have selected Siemens Gamesa as the preferred supplier of wind turbine generators for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III projects, two of the largest and most advanced offshore wind farms being developed in Poland, with a total installed capacity of 1440 MW. The signing…
23 February 2022
Resource Accounts for 2021: Increase in proven resources and good growth in reserves
The Resource Accounts for the Norwegian continental shelf 2021 were presented today. The Accounts show that more oil and gas was proven than in the previous year, and that nearly two-thirds of these reserves were gas. The proven resources showed an overall increase of 142 million standard cubic metres of…
23 February 2022
Delek Drilling announces new strategic plan and name change to: NewMed Energy
Delek Drilling (TASE: DEDR) today announces its new branding and its change of name to NewMed Energy. During a conference held today, Yossi Abu, CEO of NewMed Energy said that the success in production from Leviathan in the past two years, and especially the successful realization of the regional export…
23 February 2022
bp announces successful start-up of Herschel Expansion in Gulf of Mexico
bp today announced the safe and successful start-up of the Herschel Expansion project in the Gulf of Mexico. This is part of bp’s strategy to invest in focused and resilient hydrocarbons. Herschel is the first of four major projects scheduled to be delivered globally in 2022. Phase 1 of the…
22 February 2022
Havfram awarded new contract in Egypt
Havfram announced today that it has been awarded a contract for SURF support work in Egypt for Saipem. The contract will see Havfram deploy a Laying and Construction Vessel (LCV) offshore Egypt to the Zohr field in 2022. Havfram will support Saipem with their installation of 160km of umbilical product…
22 February 2022
PaleBlue Provides a ROV Simulator for Aker Solutions
PaleBlue delivered a modern ROV Engineering Simulator to Aker Solutions. This simulator will help Aker Solutions to simulate the behavior of the underwater robots (ROVs) in a controlled environment, performing accessibility checks for the underwater oil & gas installations. The PaleBlue ROV Design product integrates with a wide range of…
22 February 2022
ODL – management services on West Linus
Reference is made to the stock exchange notice made by SFL Corporation Ltd (“SFL”) today. Odfjell Drilling is pleased to inform that we have agreed with SFL to provide management services for the harsh environment jack-up drilling rig West Linus. The agreement is based on terms and conditions customary for…
22 February 2022
Maersk Supply Service wins Floating Wind contract for Saitec Offshore DemoSATH
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded the contract for the the mooring system installation of the Saitec Offshore DemoSATH floating wind project. The project team is now being assembled to prepare for the imminent offshore installation in Q2 2022. “This is a significant contract for Maersk Supply Service, as floating…
22 February 2022
Neptune Energy awards £3M contracts to support gas production at Cygnus
Neptune Energy today announced a series of contract awards totalling almost £3 million to support ongoing operations at its operated Cygnus Alpha and Bravo platforms in the UK Southern North Sea. The awarded workscopes cover diving support vessel services, helicopter services and general inspection activities. The work will support maintaining…
22 February 2022
RWE to take on operations, service & maintenance responsibilities at London Array Offshore Wind Farm
RWE is #2 in the world for offshore wind and is driving the development of the largest offshore wind pipeline in the UK. This contract demonstrates RWE’s long history and experience in developing, building and operating some of the largest Offshore wind projects in Europe. We will work with all…
22 February 2022
Second HKZ offshore wind topside on its way to the North Sea
The second High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) offshore transformer station topside, delivered by Petrofac and Drydocks World Dubai for the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT, has safely and successfully set sail from the fabrication facility in the UAE. The 700 MW Beta topside weighs 3,950-tonne and was completed in a…