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14 September 2021
Drilling permit for well 6306/3-1 S in production licence 937
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted INEOS E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6306/3-1 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6306/3-1 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility in position 63°53'8.79"N and 6°46'9.65"E. The drilling program for well 6306/3-1 S…
14 September 2021
Atteris Wins Santos Dorado Subsea FEED
Engineering services provider Atteris is pleased to announce that Australian energy company Santos has awarded it the subsea FEED for the Dorado development. The field is located within the Bedout Sub-basin, some 150 km north of Port Hedland, Western Australia, in a water depth of approximately 95 metres. The engineering…
14 September 2021
Announcement: Award of area for storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced two areas for storage of CO₂. The announcement is according to the Regulations of 5 December 2014 No. 1517 relating to exploitation of subsea reservoirs on the continental shelf for storage of CO₂ and relating to transportation of CO₂…
14 September 2021
TGS Commences New 2D Seismic Campaign Offshore Mauritania
TGS is commencing a new seismic survey in the MSGBC Basin, offshore Mauritania, adding to the successes of the North-West Africa Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) 2D campaign. The survey, NWAAM 2021, will comprise 7,500 kilometers of seismic data, with a modern broadband acquisition set-up. The project is being undertaken using the…
14 September 2021
Fugro wins new contract with US Geological Survey to support national mapping initiatives
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded Fugro a new Geospatial Products and Services Contract (GPSC) to support the National Geospatial Program (NGP), which provides a digital foundation for geospatial infrastructure in the US. Under this indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, the USGS will issue Fugro task orders on…
14 September 2021
TotalEngeries, Shell Netherlands, EBN and Gasunie form partnership to develop an offshore CCS-project : Aramis
TotalEnergies, Shell Netherlands, Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) and Gasunie formed a partnership to enable large-scale CO2-reduction for industrial clusters in the Netherlands. Under the name Aramis, these parties will collaborate towards the development of new CO₂ transport infrastructure to enable offshore CO₂ storage. Aramis is looking to take final investment…
14 September 2021
McDermott's Amazon Tapped for Deepwater Development in Gulf of Mexico
McDermott's Amazon vessel, following a sophisticated upgrade to its ultra-deepwater capabilities, is coming to the Gulf of Mexico to support a subsea contract for the Whale Development in Alaminos Canyon. Amazon Vessel "This contract, which will take place in a water depth of more than 9,000 feet, is a massive…
14 September 2021
Subsea sand detection and erosion monitoring to Equinor
ClampOn has received a contract to supply Subsea Erosion Monitors and Particle Monitors for the Kristin Sør development operated by Equinor. The non-intrusive subsea erosion monitors will be installed in bends and will be an effective tool in helping monitor for any wall thickness loss. Included in the scope of…
13 September 2021
Aker Solutions Wins Topside Modification Contract for ConocoPhillips’ Tommeliten Alpha Development
Aker Solutions has been awarded a large[1] topside modification contract by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for Tommeliten Alpha, offshore Norway. Combined with previous subsea contracts for this field development, the contract award means Aker Solutions has been assigned an integrated responsibility for this field development. The topside modification contract award follows…
13 September 2021
Announcement of areas related to CO2 storage
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces two areas for applications related to injection and storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf. The announcement takes place in accordance with the CO2 Storage Regulations, on the basis of interest from several players in the industry.more.
13 September 2021
Auction results for offshore wind power
The Bundesnetzagentur has today announced the results of the first auction for offshore wind energy using the central model, which closed for bids on 1 September 2021. "The auction results for all three sites in the North Sea and Baltic Sea show impressive progress in the move away from financial…
13 September 2021
ION announces third phase of Mid North Sea High 3D multi-client program
ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) today announced a third, fully underwritten phase of the Company’s Mid North Sea High 3D new acquisition multi-client program. The Mid North Sea High program covers one of the few remaining underexplored areas offshore the UK, where relatively low development costs close to shore make…
13 September 2021
Most Powerful and Remote Offshore Converter Platform ever built
One of the largest offshore wind platforms in the world We are proud to announce that Iv-Offshore & Energy has been awarded the contract with Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard Pte Ltd (SMIY) to provide multi-disciplinary detailed engineering and design for the Sofia high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore converter station,…
13 September 2021
RWE Renewables GmbH RWE, NTE and Havfram: joint participation in floating offshore wind project in Norway
RWE, NTE and Havfram have signed a collaboration agreement. Together, the three companies intend to participate in the Norwegian government’s tender process for floating offshore wind energy, which will begin later this year. Norway has ambitious climate targets: by 2030, the country aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by…
13 September 2021
Royal IHC delivers Its Latest Subsea Trenching Vehicle 'HI-TRAQ'
Royal IHC’s Offshore Energy Division has successfully delivered a Hi-Traq Mk 1 - a state of the art, multi-purpose trenching vehicle - to a UK based company for operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The vehicle has recently successfully completed its first campaign, proving the revolutionary technology. The 1,600-horse power…
13 September 2021
Nexans continues to electrify the future with plans to supply major UK offshore wind farm with critical export cable infrastructure
– Nexans can confirm it has entered into exclusive negotiations with a leading developer to supply and install onshore and offshore export cables for a significant offshore windfarm in the UK. The multi-million-pound deal will allow the efficient transfer of energy from the windfarm to the grid when the project…
10 September 2021
Drilling permit for wells 35/10-7 S and A in production licence 630
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wells 35/10-7 S and A, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wells 35/10-7 S and A will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility in position 61°01'03.291"N and 03°17'37.367"E. The drilling programme for…
10 September 2021
Deltic Energy Plc ("Deltic" or 'the Company') Licence P2428 - Commencement of 3D Seismic Survey Following Farm Out
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, following the recent Farm Out with Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn") in relation to five of Deltic's gas licences in the…
10 September 2021
Sembcorp Marine to Execute Front-End Engineering Design Work for Dorado FPSO Project
Sembcorp Marine Ltd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte Ltd, has secured an exclusive contract from Altera Infrastructure GP LLC, to undertake the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) work for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility for the Dorado project. Located in the Bedout Sub-basin,…
10 September 2021
Ardyne awarded platform well abandonment services contract for 86-well campaign
Ardyne has been awarded a contract by for the provision of fishing services for 86 wells as part of the well plug and abandonment (P&A) programme for two fields in the Northern North Sea. Work has commenced and is expected to last up to four years across two assets. The…
10 September 2021
ExxonMobil announces discovery at Pinktail, offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil said it made a discovery at Pinktail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Pinktail well encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of net pay in high quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs. In addition to successful appraisal of the Turbot discovery, the Turbot-2 well encountered 43 feet (13 meters) of…
10 September 2021
Green Investment Group acquires vanguard offshore wind development project in the west of Ireland
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta, the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm, in Galway, Ireland. Sceirde Rocks is a proposed 400 MW offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough energy to power the equivalent of up to 295,000 homes. The Galway based renewable…
10 September 2021
Dynamic cable design validated for floating offshore wind use
The project consortium aims to develop conceptual and basic engineering for a hybrid concrete-plastic floating windfarm, looking at innovative solutions for anchoring and mooring systems, and dynamic cabling, including performance testing. Its objective is to improve cost-efficiency and increase robustness and flexibility in floating wind subsea design for deeper waters…
10 September 2021
Ørsted and T&T sign MoU on strategic collaboration for offshore wind projects in Vietnam
The collaboration between Ørsted and T&T brings together a multi-GW pipeline of greenfield offshore wind projects located off the coasts of the Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh, Deputy General Director of T&T Group and Mr. Martin Neubert, COO & Deputy Group CEO of Ørsted,…
9 September 2021
Noreco announces the CCS partnership Project Bifrost
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (“Noreco” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into a CCS partnership with Ørsted and DTU together with its partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (the “DUC”) on progressing CCS in the Danish North Sea. Project Bifrost will evaluate the potential for CO2…
9 September 2021
Fugro and Dimar continue collaborative Seep studies in the Caribbean Sea
The Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) has selected Fugro to perform a joint environmental and exploration seep study in the Caribbean Sea. The project began in late August, building on the success of a similar effort with DIMAR in 2019, and is scheduled to complete in November. As…
9 September 2021
Penspen Secures Over $70 million Worth of New contracts in Middle East & Africa
Penspen have recorded a highly successful year to date in the Middle East and Africa with a strong performance forecast for the rest of the year. The company’s Project Management Consultancy (PMC) service line has secured more than $50 million from five new, long-term contracts from ADNOC, ADNOC Onshore, ADNOC…
9 September 2021
Cenovus announces Atlantic assets restructuring plan
Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) has entered into agreements with its partners in the Atlantic region to restructure its working interests in the Terra Nova and White Rose projects, providing improved economics for the company’s regional portfolio. These agreements will increase Cenovus’s working interest in Terra Nova and,…
9 September 2021
Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock Join Forces to Deliver CCUS Projects in the UK
Aker Solutions, Siemens Energy and Doosan Babcock have formed a consortium which will see the three companies draw upon more than 450 years of combined experience to develop technology and solutions for the growing UK carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) market. The main objective of the consortium will be…
9 September 2021
AGR joins consortium to develop next-generation CCS solutions
Together with other energy companies and academia, AGR will be part of an extensive research project committed to developing new technologies and processes that aim to significantly reduce the cost of carbon capture related to transport and permanent storage. The project is also committed to find solutions for increasing the…
9 September 2021
Joining forces with U.S. based Invenergy
Earlier this year, BW Offshore announced Heads of Terms with leading U.S. renewable energy and utility company Invenergy. The Partnership has submitted bids to develop up to 5.4 gigawatts of offshore wind as part of the first ScotWind leasing round. Together, the companies represent a unique blend of expertise and…
9 September 2021
Petrobras releases teaser of E&P assets in the Santos Basin
Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of the totality of its stake in the Uruguá and Tambaú fields, belonging to the BS-500 concession, located in the Santos Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The main subsequent stages of the…
8 September 2021
Drilling permit for well 7122/6-3 S in production licence 901
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi AS a drilling permit for well 7122/6-3 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7122/6-3 S will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility in position 71°31'34.93"N and 22°44'49.03"E after concluding the drilling of development wells on…
8 September 2021
Siemens Gamesa pioneers wind circularity: launch of world’s first recyclable wind turbine blade for commercial use offshore
Milestone for the global wind industry: Siemens Gamesa launches the RecyclableBlade, the world’s first wind turbine blade that can be recycled at the end of its lifecycle This breakthrough is a crucial step towards Siemens Gamesa’s ambitious goal to make turbines fully recyclable by 2040 First six RecyclableBlades already produced…
8 September 2021
Shimizu Corporation and Heerema enter offshore wind partnership
Shimizu Corporation and Heerema Marine Contractors have entered into a cooperation agreement for the Japanese offshore wind market. The cooperation is primarily focused on installing turbine foundations, where Heerema will support Shimizu with engineering and offshore construction expertise.Jeroen van Oosten, Business Unit Director Wind for Heerema Marine Contractors, says: “We…
8 September 2021
Prysmian cable project for a new floating offshore wind farm in France
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, in consortium with Asso.subsea, a specialized submarine installation contractor, has signed a contract worth approximately €30 million with RTE, Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, for the development of an export submarine power cable system for the Gruissan floating offshore…
8 September 2021
World-leading experts in artificial island construction will support Ørsted and ATP in bid for the North Sea energy island
Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind, and ATP, Denmark's largest institutional investor, are bringing in three world-leading industrial construction experts to support Ørsted and ATP's bid for the North Sea energy island. The Danish North Sea energy island is a bold and visionary ambition for developing renewable energy at…
8 September 2021
Mubadala Petroleum and Eni Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Energy Transition Initiatives
Mubadala Petroleum and Eni, the integrated international energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at identifying cooperation opportunities in the energy transition sector, including the fields of hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage, that align with their respective decarbonization targets. The scope of the cooperation covers…
8 September 2021
Aquaterra Energy signs three-year multi-million-dollar Angola platform contract with supermajor
Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore energy engineering solutions, has secured a multi-million dollar master engineering and design service agreement with a supermajor to deliver multiple Sea Swift platforms over a three-year period. The platforms will be destined for off the coast of the Cabinda Province, offshore Angola. Won…
7 September 2021
Last Nord Stream 2 Pipe Has Been Welded in the Baltic Sea
On September 6, 2021, specialists on the laybarge Fortuna welded the last pipe of the two strings of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. The pipe number 200,858 was subsequently lowered onto the seabed in German waters. As the next step, the section of the pipe coming from the German shore…
7 September 2021
Neptune - consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Neptune Energy Norge AS (Neptune) consent for exploration drilling in block 33/6 in the North Sea.
7 September 2021
Fugro's Cable Route Survey Helps Connect Scottih Islanders to faster broadband
Fugro has completed the offshore fieldwork phase of a high-profile multidisciplinary contract for Global Marine that will help determine subsea routes for 16 new fibre optic cables in the Hebrides and the Orkney and Shetland Islands. The diverse survey elements have acquired essential Geo-data by air and by sea that…
7 September 2021
Chariot Limited ("Chariot", the "Company") Drilling Rig Contract Award Moroccan gas appraisal well planned for December 2021
Chariot (AIM: CHAR), the Africa focused transitional energy company, has announced that it has signed a contract with Stena Drilling, one of the world’s foremost independent drilling contractors, to use its Stena Don drilling rig for the planned Anchois gas appraisal well within the Lixus licence, offshore Morocco. • Drilling…
7 September 2021
Sale of vessel
DOF Subsea Rederi III AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of DOF Subsea AS, has completed the sale of the CSV Skandi Neptune (built in 2001) to an international buyer. The vessel will be delivered to the new owner in Q3 2022, after completing its current commitments.
7 September 2021
OWC to assess wind conditions for future German offshore wind tendering sites
Offshore wind consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract by Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie/BSH) to analyse and assess wind conditions for two future German offshore wind tendering sites. OWC, an AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) company, has assembled a team of internal experts and…
7 September 2021
Maersk Supply service wins another large solutions contract
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO), for Phase 2 of a mooring system maintenance project on the Kome-Kribi 1 Floating Storage & Offloading unit (Kome-Kribi 1 Marine Terminal), off the coast of Cameroon, West Africa. This adds to Maersk Supply Service’s…
7 September 2021
United Oil and Gas Plc ( "United" or the "Company") SPA Signed - Sale of UK Central North Sea Licences
United Oil & Gas Plc (AIM: "UOG"), the growing oil and gas company with a portfolio of production, development, exploration and appraisal assets, is pleased to announce that, further to the signing of non-binding Heads of Terms as previously announced on the 28 July 2021, it has now entered into…
6 September 2021
Operational Update – EP 161 Tanumbirini 3H Well spudded and ahead of schedule
Tanumbirini 3H well (“T3H”) in EP 161 in the Beetaloo Sub-Basin spudded on 23 August 2021. • T3H is currently ahead of schedule with the completion of the surface vertical hole section at 1,080 metres. • The forward plan is to drill the vertical and angle build section to approximately…
6 September 2021
Delineation of the 6406/3-10 (Bergknapp) oil discovery near the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea – 6406/3-10 A
Wintershall Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 836 S, has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 6406/3-10 A on the 6406/3-10 (Bergknapp) oil discovery. The well was drilled about 7 kilometres west of the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea and 200 kilometres north of Kristiansund. The discovery was…
6 September 2021
Repsol - consent for removal and disposal of Gyda
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Repsol Norge AS (Repsol) consent for the removal of and disposal of the Gyda facility. Repsol has applied to the PSA for consent for removal and disposal of the Gyda facility. We have now granted the company this consent.