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29 October 2021
Serica Energy plc ("Serica" or the "Company") Columbus Update
Serica Energy plc (AIM: SQZ), a British independent upstream oil and gas company with operations centred on the UK North Sea and over 80% gas production, provides the following update on its Columbus field located in the Central North Sea. To minimise environmental impact and associated processing equipment, Columbus hydrocarbons…
29 October 2021
RWE awards RINA with contract for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea
The full scope of work for the Sofia project will be managed from RINA’s Sunderland office and is expected to bring extensive opportunities to the UK supply base RINA has been awarded a contract by RWE for the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, to provide Cable Verification Services & OCP (Offshore…
29 October 2021
PGS, CGG and TGS Announce Versal, a Unified Ecosystem for Accessing Multi-Client Seismic Data across Multiple Vendors
Further to the announcement on 15 December 2020, PGS, CGG and TGS, industry leaders of multi-client geoscience data, today announce Versal – a unified seismic data ecosystem giving access to three of the world’s largest multi-client libraries via a single log-in. Versal is an independent, secure, cloud-based, multi-client seismic data…
29 October 2021
Acquisition of a further 25 percent working interest in the Wisting development, Norway
Lundin Energy AB is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lundin Energy Norway AS (together Lundin Energy or the Company), has entered into an agreement with OMV (Norge) AS (OMV) to acquire their entire 25 percent working interest in the Wisting development in the southern Barents Sea, for USD…
29 October 2021
Odfjell Energy and Odfjell Well Services form a Norwegian P&A and slot recovery alliance
Odfjell Energy and Odfjell Well Services (business areas within the Odfjell Drilling Group) have today announced the launch of a plug and abandonment (“P&A”) and slot recovery alliance with leading companies within the energy industry (the “Odfjell Collaboration Alliance”). The agreement has an initial duration of two years but can…
29 October 2021
Share Interior Department Takes Action to Advance Offshore Wind in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced three major milestones to advance commercial offshore wind energy development.More
28 October 2021
TechnipFMC and Saipem Announce SURF Commercial Agreement to Unlock New Opportunities
TechnipFMC announced the two companies have entered into a global commercial agreement that will allow them to identify projects worldwide that could be jointly executed for the benefit of clients. The commercial agreement will pursue specific Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) projects where the combination of the companies’ complementary…
28 October 2021
Orcadian Energy plc FPSO Expressions of Interest
Orcadian Energy, the North Sea focused oil and gas development company, is pleased to announce that it has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO for the Pilot development. As advised in the Admission Document, the Company engaged Crondall Energy to approach the appropriate FPSO providers…
28 October 2021
Maersk Drilling sells Mærsk Inspirer
Maersk Drilling is pleased to announce the successful closing of the previously announced divestment of the combined drilling and production unit Mærsk Inspirer (now named Inspirer) to Havila Sirius for a price of USD 373m in an all-cash transaction. This transaction divests a non-core asset and significantly deleverages Maersk Drilling’s…
28 October 2021
Ikon Science to Provide Subsurface Geoprediction to Support Chrysaor Norge AS
Ikon Science announced it has concluded a frame agreement with Chrysaor Norge AS, the Norwegian subsidiary of Harbour Energy plc, the UK’s largest listed independent oil and gas company, for Rock Physics Modelling. Projects under the frame agreement will be delivered through Curate, Ikon Science’s new cloud-enabled knowledge management solution,…
28 October 2021
Contract extension for Viking Princess
Wintershall Dea has declared options to extend the contract for the supply vessel Viking Princess from January 2022 in direct continuation of the current contract, extending the firm period to January 2023. Viking Princess was the world’s first offshore vessel with a battery hybrid energy storage solution replacing a traditional…
28 October 2021
Havila Shipping ASA: : Contract extension with Reach Subsea for Havila Subsea
Havila Shipping ASA and Reach Subsea AS has entered into a contract for Havila Subsea for a fixed period of2 years and 3 months starting 01.10.21 until 31.12.23. Reach Subsea has the option to extend the contract with one year until 31.12.2024.
28 October 2021
Osbit eyes up offshore wind expansion as part of ambitious new group
Northumberland based offshore engineering company Osbit has joined an exciting new offshore wind group poised to invest £250m in capabilities across the offshore windfarm life-cycle by mid-2022. Osbit, which already employs over 120 people across its Port of Blyth and Riding Mill sites, is now a founding Member Company in…
27 October 2021
Dry well near the Snorre field in the North Sea – 33/6-5 S
Neptune Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 882, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 33/6-5 S. The well was drilled about 10 kilometres northwest of the Snorre field in the northern part of the North Sea and 160 kilometres west of Florø. The primary exploration target for the…
27 October 2021
Aker BP - consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Aker BP consent for exploration drilling in block 25/2 in the North Sea.
27 October 2021
Valaris Announces Floater Contract Award
Valaris Limited announced that it has been awarded a two-year contract with Esso Exploration Angola, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, offshore Angola for drillship VALARIS DS-9. The rig is currently preservation stacked in the Canary Islands, where it will be reactivated and then mobilized to Angola ahead of the anticipated contract…
27 October 2021
Odfjell Energy and Odfjell Well Services form a Norwegian P&A and slot recovery alliance
Odfjell Energy and Odfjell Well Services (business areas within the Odfjell Drilling Group) have today announced the launch of a plug and abandonment (“P&A”) and slot recovery alliance with leading companies within the energy industry (the “Odfjell Collaboration Alliance”). The agreement has an initial duration of two years but can…
27 October 2021
£1million decarbonisation competition for the electrification of offshore oil and gas installations
A total of 29 bids have been submitted for the £1million competition for ideas that could advance the electrification of platforms on the UKCS. Winners to be awarded a share of the fund will be announced in early December, with work to be completed by 31st March 2021 and project…
27 October 2021
New contract to put sustainability at the forefront of operations for ASCO and Swire Energy Services
Global integrated materials and logistics management company, ASCO, has awarded a five-year contract for the provision of offshore containers and supporting services to global energy service provider Swire Energy Services (SES). The contract will see SES further develop the 35-year relationship with ASCO, with a key focus around sustainability across…
27 October 2021
Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy announce the second floating offshore wind farm in Puglia
In the framework of the equal partnership that involves the two companies, Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy are set to file, on behalf of the company Odra Energia, the documentation required to start the authorization process for a floating offshore wind farm off the southern coast of the province of…
27 October 2021
Deme Offshore Installs Final Foundation at Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm
DEME Offshore has successfully installed the final and 165th monopile foundation at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two wind farm, which is currently the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The timely completion of this installation project is all the more remarkable given that it has largely taken place during the pandemic.…
26 October 2021
Yme first oil – a key milestone for OKEA
OKEA ASA announces that the operator Repsol has confirmed that together with its partners OKEA, Lotos and KUFPEC they have started producing from the Yme field. Expected recoverable reserves in Yme are estimated to approximately 10 million standard cubic meters of oil – or 63 million barrels – with OKEA’s…
26 October 2021
Operational update Barryroe North Celtic Sea Basin
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish energy company, today provides an operational update in relation to the Barryroe field. The field lies in c. 100 meter water depth in the North Celtic Sea Basin and is located c. 50km off the south coast of Ireland. Pursuant to an earlier authorisation under…
26 October 2021
Neptune Energy begins final well campaign on Fenja
Neptune Energy and its partners announced drilling has begun on four production wells on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. The wells are being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig, operated by Odfjell Drilling. Operated by Neptune Energy, the Fenja development consists of two subsea templates tied…
26 October 2021
Island Drilling Company AS signs contract with Dana Petroleum.
Dana Petroleum has awarded Island Drilling Company AS a contract to drill one well with the rig Island Innovator from April 2022. Island Innovator is a 6th generation Harsh Environment rig from 2012. In addition, the rig has three options for other potential work. Charlie Taylor, Wells Manager, Dana Petroleum…
26 October 2021
Evita II contract
Vestland Offshore is pleased to announce that the PSV Evita II has been awarded a new long term contract with TotalEnergies UK.The contract is for a period of 1 year firm pluss further extension option with commencement in October 2021.
26 October 2021
Global leadership grows: Siemens Gamesa solidifies offshore presence in U.S. with Virginia blade facility
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy held a launch ceremony with representatives from state and local government authorities and wind industry partners in Virginia for what will be the first offshore wind turbine blade facility in the United States. This is also the first commitment by a global offshore wind turbine manufacturer…
25 October 2021
Drilling license for well 6407 / 9-13 in production license 1060
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a drilling permit to Equinor Energy AS for well 6407/9-13, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6407/9-13 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility at position 64°26'22.46"N and 7°41'13.46"E. The drilling programme for well 6407/9-13 relates to the drilling…
25 October 2021
Longboat Energy plc (“Longboat Energy”, “Longboat” or the “Company”) Egyptian Vulture Discovery
Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company with a portfolio of significant, nearterm, low-risk exploration assets, is pleased to announce a material discovery at the Egyptian Vulture exploration well in PL939 (Company 15%), the second well in its fully-funded, seven well exploration programme. The exploration well 6407/1-9 in…
25 October 2021
Lamprell New contract award
Lamprell is pleased to announce that its oil & gas business unit has been awarded a major rig conversion contract from BW Energy (BWE). This medium-sized* project will commence immediately and is scheduled for completion in 2022. The scope of work involves the conversion of BWE’s Hibiscus Alpha jack-up rig…
25 October 2021
Prosafe SE: Prosafe awarded 2022 contract by TotalEnergies
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited (‘TotalEnergies’) for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support at the Elgin complex in the UK sector of the North Sea. The firm duration of the contract commencing mid-March 2022 is 270 days with one 30-day option. Jesper Kragh…
25 October 2021
Completion of the acquisition of the Golden Eagle Area Development
EnQuest PLC is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition ("Completion") of a 26.69% non-operated equity interest in the Golden Eagle Area Development As the Acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the Listing Rules, the admission of the Company's ordinary shares (the "Ordinary Shares") to the premium listing…
25 October 2021
Nexans will open the first U.S. High Voltage Subsea cable facility in Charleston, South Carolina on November 9th
Subsea cables for offshore wind made in America Nexans will officially open its high voltage subsea cable plant in Charleston, South Carolina on November 9th. This state-of-the-art facility will support the rapidly expanding U.S. offshore wind market, which has potential growth of 13% annually by 2030 and will generate up…
25 October 2021
QatarEnergy enters offshore Atlantic exploration in Canada
QatarEnergy signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Canada to farm into an exploration license offshore the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. The transaction has received all necessary consents from the Canada- Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). According to the agreement, QatarEnergy will hold a 40% participating interest…
25 October 2021
Petrobras releases E&P teaser in Campos Basin
Petrobras informs that it has started the stage of publicizing the opportunity ( teaser ), referring to the full sale of its stake (100%) in the Catuá Field, belonging to the BC-60 Exploratory Block, located in the Campos Basin, in the State of Espírito Santo . The main subsequent stages…
22 October 2021
Drilling permit for well 36/1-4 S in production licence 885
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a drilling permit to Wellesley Petroleum AS for well 36/1-4 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 36/1-4 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 61°54'21.08"N and 4°2'55.87"E. The drilling programme for well 36/1-4 S relates…
22 October 2021
Dry well southeast of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea
Lundin Energy Norway AS, operator of production licence 976, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 17/8-1. The well was drilled about 70 kilometres southeast of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea and 140 kilometres southwest of Stavanger. The well's primary exploration target was…
22 October 2021
Deltic Energy Plc Licence P2252 - Completion of Site Survey Programme
Deltic Energy Plc, the AIM quoted natural resources investing company with a high impact, natural gas focussed exploration and appraisal portfolio in the Southern North Sea, is pleased to announce that the Company and its Operating Partner, Shell U.K. Limited ("Shell"), have completed the final phase of the site survey…
22 October 2021
Sunfish successfully reburies export cable at Eneco's Luchterduinen wind farm
For the offshore wind farm Luchterduinen in The Netherlands, Jan De Nul was requested by Eneco to rebury a section of an existing export cable. To this purpose, Jan De Nul modified its in-house designed and fabricated intertidal trencher Sunfish and successfully reburied the nearshore section of the cable to…
22 October 2021
PGS Enters Strategic Collaboration with Magseis Fairfield for the Hybrid Towed Streamer and OBN Market
PGS has entered a strategic collaboration with Magseis Fairfield to address the growing hybrid towed streamer and OBN seismic market. The strategic collaboration has a global scope with an initial focus on the North Sea, and a duration of one year with options to extend by two plus two years.…
22 October 2021
Interventek launches API 17G qualified ‘Revolution-7’ subsea landing string to market
Interventek has announced the commercial launch of a new API 17G qualified, in-riser subsea landing string system. The Revolution-7 landing string is an advanced, 7-inch nominal, 10,000psi rated system incorporating Interventek’s unique Revolution safety valve, which is proven to provide superior shear-and-seal performance. The system also includes Interventek’s PowerPlus technology,…
22 October 2021
PGNiG: important step in the Nord Stream 2 regulatory certification procedure
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG SA) and PGNiG Supply & Trading (PST) have presented their position within the certification procedure of Nord Stream 2 operator. Both companies underlined the risks for security of gas supplies to the European Union resulting from launching of this pipeline. On October 20, 2021…
22 October 2021
Crown Energy has entered into an agreement to dispose of the majority of its up-stream oil and gas interests
Crown Energy AB has today entered into an agreement under which it will dispose of (or grant pre-emption rights over) its up-stream oil and gas assets, excluding licensed operations in South Africa for consideration of up to US$450 million before deduction of transaction costs.more
21 October 2021
Aker Solutions Wins FEED for Wisting FPSO
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract from Equinor, for the FPSO for the Wisting field development in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The intended FEED contract includes an option for engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of the topside for…
21 October 2021
Mermaid contract awards in Thailand, Angola and Saudi Arabia total $120m
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited (MML) a leading international subsea services company has secured multiple contracts in Thailand, Angola and Saudi Arabia with a combined value of approximately 120 Million USD.more
21 October 2021
GMS contract for E class vessel with EPC client in MENA
GMS, a leading provider of advanced self-propelled, self-elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas and renewables industries, is pleased to announce the award of a new contract, with a duration of 12 months, for an E Class vessel with an EPC Client in MENA. The contract is due to…
21 October 2021
Testing confirms CRP Subsea’s Bend Stiffener prolongs the fatigue life of a power cable
CRP Subsea and Hellenic Cables have completed dynamic cable testing at the University of Exeter, as part of the EU-funded MaRINET2 research programme. The results show that when tested with a CRP Subsea Bend Stiffener (protecting it against overbending) the power cable survived 3.7 times as many cycles and was…
21 October 2021
Fugro boosts lab capacity by 50% to meet industry demand
Fugro’s advanced geotechnical testing laboratory capacity is set to increase by over 50 % across Europe and America by the end of 2021. This development across three key laboratories - Wallingford, Houston and Brussels – will significantly reduce the turnaround time of test Geo-data and ensure a rapid response to…
21 October 2021
BW Energy: Start of production from Tortue Phase 2 and Q3 2021 trading update
BW Energy today provides an update on the operations and development of the Dussafu Marin license in Gabon. As part of the Tortue Phase 2 field development, hook-up of the final two production wells DTM-6H and DTM-7H has been completed and handover to production operations made. The Company is pleased…
21 October 2021
PGS Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257
The PGS data library offers immediate access to high-quality MultiClient data for the central and western areas in Lease Sale 257, including interpretation and QI products, and a RockAVO dynamic rock physics well database.more