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11 February 2022
Aker Solutions Secures Maintenance and Modifications Work for Equinor
Aker Solutions has signed a three-year contract extension to an existing maintenance and modifications frame agreement with Equinor. The agreement for work on oil and gas installations offshore Norway represents a very large1 order intake for Aker Solutions. Maintenance and modifications are crucial to ensure safe and efficient operations of…
11 February 2022
Extends agreements with Norwegian suppliers
On behalf of its partners, Equinor is exercising options valued at around 11,5 billion NOK for framework agreements for maintenance and modification services for all onshore and offshore installations. The cooperation with Aibel AS, Apply AS, Aker Solutions AS and Wood Group Norway AS is extended by three years and…
11 February 2022
Well Services Contract Awarded to Baker Hughes
Invictus Energy Limited ("Invictus" or "the Company"), is pleased to provide an update on the activities of its 80% owned and operated Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe. Integrated well services contract awarded to Baker Hughes Invictus is pleased to announce Baker Hughes has been awarded the integrated well services contract…
11 February 2022
Sale of vessels – Normand Mariner and Normand Master
Solstad Rederi AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Solstad Offshore ASA, has sold the AHTS Normand Master and Normand Mariner. Delivery of the vessels to the new owner took place today, February 10th, 2022. The sale of the vessels will result in an immaterial accounting effect.
11 February 2022
Equinor – Veslefrikk - consent for disposal
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has give Equinor Energy AS (Equinor) consent for disposal of the facilities on the Veslefrikk field. Equinor has applied to the PSA for consent for the disposal of the facilities on the Veslefrikk field. The PSA have now granted the company this consent.
11 February 2022
OMV - consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given OMV Norge AS (OMV) consent for exploration drilling of pilot hole in the Norwegian Sea.
11 February 2022
Eneti inc. announces a new contract award for Seajacks
Eneti Inc. (NYSE:NETI) (the “Company”) announced that, Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and a leading provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore wind sector, has signed a new contract in NW Europe for between 87 to 113 days of employment for one of its…
10 February 2022
Keppel O&M secures contracts worth around S$250 million from repeat customers
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), has been awarded contracts worth around S$250 million[1] for the conversion of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), integration of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, and the jumboisation of two…
10 February 2022
Eni UK: achieved a major breakthrough for UK's decarbonization process with 19 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed for Carbon, Capture & Storage within the HyNet North West project
Eni UK announces that it has reached a total of 19 MoUs signed with as many companies interested in the opportunity to have their emissions captured, transported and stored in Eni UK’s depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs as part of HyNet North West project. In January 2022 alone, Eni UK has signed…
10 February 2022
Funding awarded for Enhanced Subsea Gas Tieback Project
Worley's Aberdeen office has been given £765,000 support from Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's national economic development agency, for full pre-production testing of our pseudo dry gas (PDG) liquid removal system. The Enhanced Subsea Gas Tieback Project reduces operational CO2 emissions in gas fields by more than 90 percent, while increasing technical…
10 February 2022
TGS Announces Extensive Seismic Reprocessing Project Offshore East Coast India
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, today announced its extensive East Coast India seismic reprocessing project in support of the country's license round schedule. The project encompasses over 250,000-line kilometers of existing 2D data across an area of over half a million square kilometers offshore India's east…
10 February 2022
Deep Down Receives $1.7 Million Equipment and Services Order
Deep Down, Inc. (OTCQB: DPDW) ("Deep Down"), a specialist in subsea energy equipment and services, today announced the receipt of an order for installation equipment and services valued at more than $1.7 million. All activities are currently scheduled to be complete by the end of 2022. The project includes the…
10 February 2022
MMA awarded A $68M contract renewal with Inpex
MMA Offshore is pleased to announce a contract renewal with INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd for chartering the MMA Brewster vessel to provide production support services. The MMA Brewster will soon complete an initial five-year chartering service supporting INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG, having been designed and built specifically to support the…
10 February 2022
TotalEnergies withdraws from the North Platte Deep Water Project
TotalEnergies, through its affiliate TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc., announces its decision not to sanction and so to withdraw from the North Platte deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The decision not to continue with the project was taken as the Company has better opportunities of allocation of its…
10 February 2022
BW Offshore: Recycling the FPSO BW Cidade de São Vicente in compliance with Hong Kong Convention
Recycling the FPSO BW Cidade de São Vicente in compliance with Hong Kong Convention BW Offshore has signed an agreement to recycle the FPSO BW Cidade de São Vicente in compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention at Priya Blue Industries Pvt Ltd ('the Yard') in India. The vessel was…
9 February 2022
Mermaid subsidiary charters in DP-2 'Van Gogh' for two years
Vessel to support Mermaid Subsea Services (International) Ltd., comes on the back of secured work and anticipated continual demand in worldwide operations for essential subsea services. Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (“Mermaid” or the "Company") wishes to announce that our subsidiary, Mermaid Subsea Services (International) Ltd. (“MSSI”) has entered into…
9 February 2022
Green Energy Group (Seabird Exploration Plc): LOI for OBN source contract
Green Energy Group (SBX Plc) is pleased to announce that it has received a Letter of Intent for an OBN source contract in the Eastern hemisphere. The contract is expected to commence late Q1 and has an expected duration of approximately 90 days.
9 February 2022
Magseis Fairfield confirms 4D OBN contract in the North Sea
Magseis Fairfield announces the final signing of a 4D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey in the North Sea. Reference is made to a stock exchange release on the 23rd of November 2021, where the company announced a conditional award of this contract. The survey will be conducted as planned with…
9 February 2022
Viking Supply Ships has entered into a contract for its four Ice classed AHTS vessels
Viking Supply Ships is pleased to announce the award of a seasonal contract with a major construction company for its four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels of 1A and 1A Super ice classes. The vessels will assist in a major industrial project in a harsh environment region in the…
9 February 2022
SubSLAM Accuracy Certified by Bureau Veritas
Vaarst are delighted to announce that our SubSLAM technology has been independently verified by Bureau Veritas as delivering sub-millimetre accuracy for live subsea measurement, making it the most accurate real-time underwater measuring system in use today. SubSLAM is designed to deliver real-time 3D imaging of subsea assets. Use of SubSLAM…
9 February 2022
Petrobras adds Shearwater Reveal to its portfolio of geophysical tools
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) is pleased to announce a significant licensing contract for its Shearwater Reveal geophysical software with Petrobras. The agreement includes the provision of associated training and support services. Petrobras’ world leading geophysical processing team will have access to a full range of geophysical processing tools, including…
9 February 2022
Technip Energies Announces Investment in Floating Offshore Wind Company X1 Wind
Technip Energies, a leading engineering and technology company for the energy transition, today announces that it has acquired a 16.3% stake in X1 Wind, a renewable energy startup that has designed an innovative and disruptive offshore wind turbine floater with major environmental and operational benefits. Technip Energies is the lead…
9 February 2022
Dogger Bank C in UK offshore wind first to provide reactive power
Delivery of Dogger Bank Wind Farm enables greener-grid reactive power solution for National Grid ESO while saving millions of pounds for consumers Dogger Bank Wind Farm has secured a UK power first by becoming the first offshore wind farm project to win a tender from National Grid ESO to provide…
8 February 2022
Petrofac secures new scopes with Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta, including first major O&M contract in India
Petrofac, a leading provider of services to the global energy industry, has been awarded two new contracts with Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited, India’s largest private oil and gas exploration company. With a combined value of approximately US$100 million, the wins include Petrofac’s first significant Operations and Maintenance (O&M)…
8 February 2022
Petrobras on FPSO for Parque das Baleias Integrated Project
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 12, 2021, informs that today it signed the contracts with the companies Yinson Bergenia Production B.V. and Yinson Bergenia Serviços de Operação LTDA, both from Yinson Production PTE Ltd. Group, for the chartering and provision of services of the Maria Quitéria…
8 February 2022
Sparrows Group announces Serica Energy North Sea crane maintenance contract win
Sparrows Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the international energy and industrial sectors, today announces a three-year contract award from Serica Energy for crane operations and maintenance services on North Sea platform, Bruce. The organisation will provide resident focal points, onshore engineering, operations and maintenance services including…
8 February 2022
First Uncrewed Vessel Survey In Irish Waters Undertaken By XOCEAN
In a first for Ireland, an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) was launched by XOCEAN off the Co. Louth coast last week, to undertake an environmental survey of the seabed in collaboration with Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). This is the first time an uncrewed vessel has operated in Irish waters…
8 February 2022
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd Definitive Share Purchase Agreement with Azinam signed
Further to the announcement on 10 January 2022, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (, the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, confirms that it has signed a definitive Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire 100% of Azinam Group Limited ("Azinam") (the "Acquisition") in return…
8 February 2022
Vattenfall and Seagust join forces in Norwegian offshore wind bid
Vattenfall and Norwegian company Seagust have formed a joint venture to bid for offshore wind areas in Norway’s upcoming licensing rounds. The joint venture represents Vattenfall’s entry into the Norwegian wind market. The joint venture intends to bid on licenses in both the Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II areas…
8 February 2022
Energy Integration Project
The Energy Integration Project brought together the OGA, BEIS, Ofgem, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland in a three-year study of energy integration opportunities on the UK Continental Shelf. The final publication (Phase 3) gives an overview of all that has been achieved in the study and highlights which…
8 February 2022
Aker Solutions to Acquire Norwegian Engineering Company Unitech Power Systems
Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire Unitech Power Systems, a leading electrical power systems consultant, building on Aker Solutions’ growth strategy and further accelerating its transformation. The acquisition is an important step towards Aker Solutions creating an engineering consultancy business driving the energy transition. The all-cash transaction is expected to…
7 February 2022
Inch Cape selects Montrose Port as offshore wind operations and maintenance base
Inch Cape Offshore Limited has selected Montrose Port as the future operations and maintenance base for its offshore wind farm – which will see up to 72 turbines located 15 km off the Angus coast.The wind farm, owned by Red Rock Power and ESB, will create an initial £5.2 million…
7 February 2022
DOF Subsea Awarded Esso Australia Contract
DOF Subsea is pleased to announce the award of a long-term contract to provide a Multi-Purpose Supply Vessel (MPSV) to Esso Australia Pty Ltd.DOF Subsea Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of DOF Subsea AS, has signed a three-year firm plus 2 x 1 year options contract to provide an MPSV…
7 February 2022
Reach Subsea: OCTIO awarded multi-year geophysical monitoring contract
OCTIO, a subsidiary of Reach Subsea ASA (“Reach”), has secured a multi-year geophysical monitoring contract with A/S Norske Shell for the Ormen Lange field. OCTIO has delivered services to A/S Norske Shell for over a decade, and this contract further solidifies the long-standing relationship between the two parties. “OCTIO welcomes…
7 February 2022
Awel y Môr: seabed mobility and scour assessment underway for new offshore wind farm
RWE Renewables has appointed ABPmer to support the design of the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. ABPmer is assessing the sediment mobility and scour potential at the wind farm site, located in a dynamic area of seabed off the north Wales coast. The work will…
7 February 2022
NOV to supply Eneti's second next-generation wind turbine installation jack-up vessel
NOV has been awarded contracts for the equipment and design of a GustoMSC™ NG-16000X wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for Eneti, a company focused on offshore wind and marine-based renewable energy. This will be Eneti’s second next-generation jack-up vessel, and the contracts include an option for an additional jack-up vessel.…
7 February 2022
PGS and ION Joint Data Package for 2021 Trinidad Deepwater Open Bid Round
The Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries announced a June 2, 2022 submission deadline for offers in the Trinidad Deepwater Open Bid Round. Six datasets cover the areas and evolving plays. The integration of PGS and ION seismic datasets in Trinidad and Tobago permits regional correlation of…
7 February 2022
Contract awards for CSVs
Solstad Offshore ASA (“Solstad”) is pleased to announce awards of multiple contracts involving several of its subsea vessels (CSV). The contracts have a combined firm utilization of 640 days, with additional options thereafter, on projects in the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa. The contracts, that have a combined value…
7 February 2022
Tower Resources plc Namibia Update and statement regarding the Graff-1 exploration well
Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN), the AIM-listed oil and gas company with a focus on Africa, is pleased to provide an update on activity in respect of license PEL 96 in Namibia, covering blocks 1910A, 1911 and 1912B (the "Namibian Blocks") and in particular the…
4 February 2022
Contract award for PSVs in UK
Solstad Offshore ASA (“Solstad”) is pleased to announce that the PSV Normand Sitella has been awarded a term contract with a UK Operator to support their assets in the UK North Sea. Commencement of the contract will be within March 2022 for an initial period of one year firm, with…
4 February 2022
Sale of vessels
Subsidiaries of Solstad Offshore ASA have sold three anchor handlers. The vessels are Nor Captain (owned by Solstad Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd), Far Sword and Far Stream (owned by Farstad Supply AS). Delivery of the vessels to the new owner took place today, February 3rd, 2022. The sale of the…
4 February 2022
Shearwater GeoServices enters into strategic technology collaboration with major energy company
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS, (“Shearwater”) announces a technology sale and transfer agreement between its US subsidiary Shearwater GeoServices Software Inc. and ConocoPhillips Company (“ConocoPhillips”), involving seismic imaging technology that will be implemented in Shearwater's Reveal software (“Reveal”). With this partnership, the companies will collaborate closely to allow Shearwater to incorporate…
4 February 2022
PSW enters into strategic agreement with Cameron
PSW Technology has signed an exclusive license agreement with global oil service provider Cameron – a Schlumberger company. The agreement, which is the first in Norway for both Cameron and PSW, allows PSW to carry out recertifications of risers produced by Cameron in accordance with OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) standards.…
4 February 2022
Innova and Teledyne Energy Systems performed a demonstration on hydrogen powered technology.
Innova AS and Teledyne Energy System Inc. have partnered to demonstrate how hydrogen can be used for local power of subsea control systems. The demonstration took place at the Norwegian Center for Offshore Education, Tau Autonomy Center in Tau, Norway. Teledyne’s Subsea Fuel Cell Supercharger® is a hydrogen and oxygen…
4 February 2022
3D Oil awarded VIC/P79 Exploration Permit, Otway Basin
3D Oil has been awarded VIC/P79 exploration permit containing the Vanguard gas prospect, situated in the offshore Otway Basin adjacent the producing Geographe gas field. • Vanguard has a best estimate prospective resource of 161 Bcf (in-permit), supported in part by Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHIs), including multiple flatspots and amplitude…
4 February 2022
3D Oil awarded VIC/P79 Exploration Permit, Otway Basin
3D Oil has been awarded VIC/P79 exploration permit containing the Vanguard gas prospect, situated in the offshore Otway Basin adjacent the producing Geographe gas field. • Vanguard has a best estimate prospective resource of 161 Bcf (in-permit), supported in part by Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHIs), including multiple flatspots and amplitude…
4 February 2022
Eni’s first offshore exploration well in Abu Dhabi shows positive results
Eni is recording positive results from its first exploration well, XF-002, currently under drilling in offshore Block 2 Abu Dhabi (UAE) in 115 ft of water depth. The well interim results indicate a range of 1.5-2 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of raw gas in place in multiple good quality reservoirs…
4 February 2022
TrønderEnergi and The Blystad Group become new shareholders in Odfjell Oceanwind
Following a recent private placement of 100 mnok, we are pleased to announce that TrønderEnergi and The Blystad Group are new shareholders in Odfjell Oceanwind. The two new shareholders will each hold a 10% ownership in the company following completion of the private placement and will be represented in the…
3 February 2022
Green light for the Kristin Sør project in the Norwegian Sea
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the development plan for the first phase of the Kristin Sør project at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea.More.
3 February 2022
Jan De Nul orders a seagoing unmanned survey vessel for marine and offshore construction
Jan De Nul Group has ordered Maritime Robotic's well-proven and hybrid Mariner Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) as the first step towards unmanned and autonomous offshore survey operations. Named Beluga 01, this vessel will sail under the Luxembourg flag and be deployed for worldwide hydrographical and environmental surveys on marine and…