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10 August 2021
HEA advises Dana Petroleum on Tolmount and Babbage Gas Sales
Holt Energy Advisors ("HEA") are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its gas sales marketing tender for Dana Petroleum ('Dana').The process involved HEA marketing Dana's equity gas in the Tolmount development and Babbage gas field in the Southern North Sea area of the UKCS. HEA provided a full tender…
10 August 2021
PGS Delivers Continuous 3D Data Coverage of Southern Namibe Basin
Final PSTM and PSDM products are now available from PGS’ latest MultiClient 3D surveys in the Namibe Basin of Angola and Namibia. New 3D GeoStreamer seismic coverage brings fresh understanding for exploration in deepwater blocks 29, 30, 44, and 45 in Angola, and blocks 1710, 1711, 1810, and 1811A in…
10 August 2021
Global Petroleum Limited (“Global” or “the Company”) Approval of entry into the next licence phase for Petroleum Exploration Licence 94, Namibia
Global Petroleum Limited (AIM: GBP) is pleased to announce, in relation to its licence PEL0094 (Block 2011A) offshore Namibia, that the Ministry of Mines and Energy (“Ministry”) has agreed to Global’s proposal to enter into the next licence sub-period from September 2021 to September 2022. Under the terms of the…
10 August 2021
Prysmian Announces The Delivery Of Leonardo Da Vinci, The World's Most Advanced Cable-Laying Vessel
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the delivery of the record-breaking vessel Leonardo da Vinci. A unique asset to be added to the existing Group’s state-of-the-art vessel fleet, Leonardo da Vinci will allow more efficient and sustainable project execution for the development of…
10 August 2021
Fugro Answers GEO-Data Needs In Remote Coastal Locations With New Uncrewed Capability
Fugro RAMMS, the world’s smallest and lightest ‘deepwater’ airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB) system, can now be deployed from vessels of opportunity using a Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 uncrewed aerial system (UAS). The specialised UAS incorporates vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) technology, making it an ideal nearshore and coastal mapping solution in…
10 August 2021
Gate Energy Awarded Shell's Whale Commissioning
GATE Energy is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) as the provider for facility commissioning of the Whale development. This comes at the back of the current execution scope for the provision of commissioning services for Shell’s Vito facility that is currently underway.…
10 August 2021
C-Innovation Awarded Multi-Year Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) Contract
C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has been awarded a multi-year contract for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) services with a major operator in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for the provision of RLWI services onboard the M/V Island…
9 August 2021
Xodus Awarded Contract For Petronas' CCS Project In Malaysia
Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded the conceptual engineering design contract for PETRONAS’ first complete Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, offshore Malaysia. The Kasawari CCS project, off the coast of Sarawak, will comprise the capture and processing of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the sour gas field development, which…
9 August 2021
DNO Spuds Gomez
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that the Gomez exploration well on the PL006C license offshore Norway was spudded this weekend and will be drilled to a depth of approximately 3,300 meters below sea level, targeting Paleocene age formations. DNO Norge AS holds a 65 percent…
9 August 2021
RDI21 Acquisition completed
Geoex MCG is pleased to announce that the Regional Deep Imaging 2021 (RDI21) cross border acquisition in the North Sea has completed. The 8,566 km seismic and grav/mag data was acquired between May and July 2021. The data is now being processed and will be ready in Q2 2022. The…
9 August 2021
Quad 35 Hybrid MC3D data is ready!
Geoex MCG and Seismic Partner are pleased to announce that the final processed Quad 35 Hybrid MC3D data is ready. The Quad 35 Hybrid MC3D survey is the world’s first combined MC3D Ultra High Density (UHD) streamer and node survey acquired simultaneously. The survey covers several fields and discoveries in…
9 August 2021
Investing in net-zero technology - £16.5 million to support energy transformation
A total of £16.5 million has been awarded to the Net Zero Technology Centre to accelerate a range of energy transition projects that will help deliver Scotland’s net-zero economy. Seven projects will be developed through the centre’s Net Zero Technology Transition Programme (NZTTP) to transform the North Sea energy system,…
9 August 2021
Jan De Nul sells its Jack-Up Installation Vessel Taillevent
With next generation offshore wind farms almost upon us, Jan De Nul Group is selling the Jack-Up Installation Vessel Taillevent. The sale includes the vessel only, with the crew deployed to other Jan De Nul vessels. The decision to sell is a result of the rapid change in future offshore…
9 August 2021
Powering ahead in the UK: Siemens Gamesa to double offshore blade facility
Siemens Gamesa, the world’s leader in the offshore wind industry, will expand its successful offshore blade factory in Hull, England by 41,600 square meters, more than doubling the size of the manufacturing facilities. The expansion represents an investment of £186 million and is planned to be completed in 2023. Manufacturing…
9 August 2021
Kosmos Energy Announces Completion of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO Sale and Lease Back Transaction
Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) (“Kosmos” or the “Company”) announced today that the transaction for the sale and lease back of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (“GTA”) floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (“FPSO”) has been successfully completed. Completion of the transaction secures additional funding for Kosmos’ future development costs on the…
6 August 2021
Contract extension for CSV Normand Pacific
Solstad Offshore ASA is pleased to announce that Prysmian Powerlink Srl (“Prysmian”) has exercised their option to extend the firm contract for CSV Normand Pacific with one year. The firm period will expire on December 31st, 2022. In addition, Prysmian has the option to extend the contract with 2 years…
6 August 2021
BHP approves Shenzi North project and moves Trion project into the FEED phase
The BHP Board has today approved US$544 million in capital expenditure to execute the Shenzi North oil project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The capital expenditure approved represents a 100 per cent share interest. The project offers very attractive returns at a nominal IRR of over 35 per cent,…
6 August 2021
Eneti To Acquire Seajacks To Become The World's Leading Owner and Operator Of Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIV)
Eneti Inc. (NYSE: NETI) (“Eneti” or the “Company”) announced today that one of its wholly-owned direct subsidiaries entered into a binding agreement with Marubeni Corporation, INCJ, Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K., Lines Ltd. (together, the “Sellers”) under which Eneti will acquire 100% of Atlantis Investorco Limited, the parent of Seajacks International…
6 August 2021
Rem Offshore and VARD signed contracts for the design and construction of Construction Service Operations Vessels
VARD are delighted to announce the contracts of two Construction Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) with an option for two additional vessels. The contracts for the firm two vessels have an indicative total value of euro 100 million. Tailor-made for world-wide services and maintenance operations at offshore wind farms The CSOVs…
6 August 2021
Drilling permit for well 2/5-15 in production licence 006 C
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to DNO Norge AS for well 2/5-15, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 2/5-15 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility in position 56°36'42.42"N and 3°25'55.67"E following plugging and abandonment of wellbores on the Oselvar field…
6 August 2021
Giving Vigdis a boost
A pump on the seabed gives the Vigdis oil field in the North Sea a boost that increases production by around 16 million barrels. The Vigdis subsea field has produced oil via the Snorre field for 24 years. When the field came on stream in 1997, it was expected to…
6 August 2021
Solstad Contract award in Brazil
Solstad Offshore ASA is pleased to announce a new contract for the CSV Normand Flower with PETROBRAS. The contract is for 3 years firm with 475 days options thereafter. Normand Flower will sail under REB Flag, supporting exploration and production activities in Brazilian continental shelf. Commencement of the contract will…
6 August 2021
Tekmar Energy’s Generation 10 CPS to protect Baltic Eagle
Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, is pleased to announce a contract award from Van Oord to supply its Generation 10 Cable Protection System (“CPS”) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Germany. Baltic Eagle (476MW) is Iberdrola’s second offshore wind project in Germany, following…
5 August 2021
ESVAGT lands large contract with TotalEnergies in Denmark
Focusing on innovative solutions, two of the key stakeholders in the Danish North Sea are joining forces to create the logistics of the future in the North Sea. ESVAGT and TotalEnergies have closed several contracts as part of the marine spread for the Danish part of the North Sea. The…
5 August 2021
Williams Announces Agreement on Deepwater Whale Project
Williams (NYSE: WMB) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Shell Offshore Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide offshore natural gas gathering and crude oil transportation services as well as onshore natural gas processing services for the Whale development located approximately 10 miles from the Shell-operated Perdido…
5 August 2021
TSC Subsea’s new ARTEMIS® vCompact the solution to being in a tight spot
TSC Subsea, global specialist in developing advanced subsea inspection solutions for challenging situations, has designed a new ROV-deployed automated scanning tool which addresses the issue of carrying out tight access field joint inspection through difficult to penetrate pipeline coating. The ARTEMIS® vCompact, a smaller, lightweight, more-flexible version of the standard…
5 August 2021
Prysmian Group to provide 200 km of Steel Tube & Thermoplastic Electro-Hydraulic Umbilical to Petrobras in Brazil, for a total worth of about 66 M €
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for a total supply of 200 km of high-end deep-water electro-hydraulic umbilicals using both Steel Tube and Thermoplastic technology, alongside specialized offshore and logistic services, for upgrades in brown and…
5 August 2021
Swire Energy Services strengthens foothold in wind industry with acquisition of Danish specialist wind service provider, ALL NRG.
Global energy services provider, Swire Energy Services (SES) has announced the acquisition of Danish wind services provider, ALL NRG. The substantial acquisition will see SES become sole owner of ALL NRG wind and solar division. ALL NRG is a leading provider of manpower services and project solutions including installation, commissioning…
5 August 2021
Agreement for sale of Beatrice transmission assets
Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Limited, a joint venture owned by SSE Renewables (40%), Red Rock Power Limited (25%), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (17.5%) and Equitix (17.5%), has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell the Offshore Transmission Assets (OFTO) of the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, Scotland’s largest…
5 August 2021
Petrogas E&P NL awards FEED A15 & B10 to Enersea
Petrogas E&P Netherlands has awarded Enersea the FEED for the development of the A15 and B10 gas field as part of the AB Stage 2+ Project. Both fields are situated in the Northern Sector of the Dutch North Sea. The assignment includes the basic design for the development of the…
5 August 2021
Petrobras on E&P assets in the Paraná Basin
Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on July 01, 2021, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of 100% of its interest in the PAR-T-175_R14, PAR-T-198_R12, and PAR-T-218_R12 Concessions, located onshore in the Paraná Basin. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive a process letter…
4 August 2021
The Fixed Facilities Alliance Delivers Record-Breaking Platform to the Hod Field From Aker Solutions’ Yard in Verdal
Today, the topside of the normally unmanned wellhead platform for the Hod field is transported from Aker Solutions in Verdal to the Aker BP operated field. This is the second project for the Fixed Facilities Alliance, which was established in the spring of 2017. Hod B has been an important…
4 August 2021
Dyna-Mac secures new order at provisional sum of S$114 million from China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd.
The Board of Directors of Dyna-Mac Holdings Ltd. (“Dyna-Mac” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) wishes to announce that the Group has secured a fabrication project from China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (“CMHI”), for a total provisional contract sum of S$114 million. The contract with CMHI is…
4 August 2021
IOG plc Commitment to Net Zero from 2021
IOG plc ("IOG", or "the Company"), (AIM: IOG.L), the UK gas company targeting growth and high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy, is pleased to announce its completion of a comprehensive Emissions Assessment (EA), undertaken by its internal Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Taskforce in collaboration with Genesis. On the…
4 August 2021
Orcadian Energy plc (“Orcadian Energy”, “Orcadian” or the “Company”) Receipt of Seismic Dataset and Engagement of Consultants
Orcadian Energy (AIM: ORCA), the North Sea focused, oil and gas development company, is pleased to announce that the Company has licensed a 3D seismic dataset, covering the Company’s Pilot and Blakeney discoveries and the Bowhead prospect within block 21/27, from TGS. The dataset received was shot during 2011 and…
4 August 2021
Opportunity for the world’s first combined floating wind and green hydrogen project off the east coast of Scotland
The 200 MW Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ERM for the potential use of the ERM Dolphyn hydrogen technology. The project is also working closely with Scotland Gas Networks (SGN) to potentially integrate with…
4 August 2021
Kraken Completes Acquisition of PanGeo
Kraken Robotics Inc. Canada’s Ocean Company, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of PGH Capital Inc. (the “Acquisition”) on terms previously disclosed in the Company’s press release dated July 20, 2021. PGH Capital operates its business through its subsidiaries, PanGeo Subsea Inc. and PanGeo Subsea Scotland…
4 August 2021
Scarborough Project Update And Line Item Guidance
Scarborough project update In the lead up to the targeted final investment decision (FID) later this year, Woodside has finalised technical work to support execution readiness and completed an update of the capital expenditure requirements for the Scarborough development. Refreshed pricing from major contractors underpins the updated cost estimate, and…
4 August 2021
Swedish Twin Peaks 242 MW project to deploy Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform
Siemens Gamesa will supply 39 of its SG 5.8-170 turbines; 25 at the Ranasjö site and 14 at the Salsjö, the ‘twin peaks’. The turbines will have a nominal capacity of 6.2 MW The deal is enabled through developer Arise and end-investor funds being managed by InfraRed Capital Partners including…
3 August 2021
IOG plc Phase 1 Drilling Campaign: Blythe Development Well Spud
IOG plc (IOG, or the Company), (AIM: IOG.L), the UK gas company targeting growth and high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy, is pleased to announce the spudding of the Blythe development well. Following Elgood, Blythe is the second development well in IOG's Phase 1 project and is expected to…
3 August 2021
TotalEnergies launches Phase 4 on the Giant Mero field development
TotalEnergies and its partners have taken the investment decision for the fourth phase of the Mero project (Libra block), located deep offshore, 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the prolific pre-salt area of the Santos Basin.The Mero 4 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit will…
3 August 2021
Eni announces a new oil find offshore Mexico
Eni announces an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10 in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina Sureste Basin, Offshore Mexico. According to preliminary estimates the new find may contain between 150 and 200Mboe in place. Sayulita-1 EXP, which has led to…
3 August 2021
KCA Deutag launches new business unit to drive growth and embrace energy transition market opportunities
KCA Deutag, one of the world's leading drilling, engineering and technology contractors, has announced the creation of a new business unit which will expand its offering in both the hydrocarbons and energy transition markets. The new business unit, Kenera, will consolidate and leverage the skills, competencies and experience of the…
3 August 2021
SBM Offshore signed the Letter of Intent for FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão lease and operate contracts
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has signed with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) the Letter of Intent for a 22.5 years lease and operate contracts of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão. The unit will be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, approximately 160 kilometers…
3 August 2021
Fugro completes first USV remote inspection for Austrialia's Woodside
Fugro has used their first operational Blue Essence uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), the 12 m Fugro Maali, to complete an entirely remote nearshore inspection of three gas trunklines in the North West of Australia for the Woodside operated North West Shelf Project. Fugro’s Blue Essence next-generation USVs are operated remotely…
3 August 2021
TGS Announces NOAKA Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Survey on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, today announced a new Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The 437 square kilometer survey will be acquired in the NOAKA area, between Oseberg and Alvheim in the Norwegian North Sea, containing both held and…
3 August 2021
Neptune Energy installs world’s longest ETH production pipelin
Neptune Energy announced the safe and successful installation and testing of the world’s longest trace-heated subsea production pipeline at its operated Fenja field in the Norwegian sea. The 37 kilometre electrically trace-heated (ETH) pipe-in-pipe solution will transport oil from the field to the Njord A platform, operated by Equinor. The…
2 August 2021
Magseis Fairfield awarded an OBN contract for a Multi-Client company
Magseis Fairfield has been awarded an Ocean Bottom Node survey in the North Sea for a Multi-Client company. The duration of the survey is approximately 2 months and will start in Q3 2021 using the Z700 technology. Magseis Fairfield has a right of first offer to provide OBN acquisition services…
2 August 2021
Xodus Supports Electrification Study In Central North Sea
Xodus is assessing the infrastructure and modifications required to enable electrification of Harbour Energy’s Central North Sea assets following the successful delivery of a power optimisation study examining the opportunities available to rationalise the generation systems on the Everest and Lomond assets. Implementing electrification on offshore assets can reduce operational…
2 August 2021
East Cendor Field Achieves First Oil Production
PETRONAS is pleased to announce that the East Cendor field in Block PM304 located 140 kilometers offshore Peninsular Malaysia has achieved its first oil production on 23 June 2021. The field was developed by Petrofac (Malaysia) Limited (Petrofac), Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, under the…