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19 April 2021
PXGEO 2 delivered and mobilizing for 4D acquisition project
The Rolls-Royce designed 14-streamer seismic vessel, PXGEO 2, has been delivered to marine seismic acquisition company PXGEO. The vessel was constructed in 2013 and is equipped with state-of-the-art seismic acquisition systems including Sercel Sentinel® solid streamers and Sercel G-Source II energy arrays. PXGEO 2 is now mobilizing for a 4D…
19 April 2021
Welding quality of Johan Castberg hull
An in-house investigation team from Equinor has studied the deviation in quality of welding and inspection of the Johan Castberg production vessel currently under construction at the Sembcorp Marine yard in Singapore. Extensive work is being carried out to quality assure and cross-check welds and repair welding defects, to ensure…
19 April 2021
BW Energy: Re-start of Dussafu license drilling campaign offshore Gabon
BW Energy Limited is pleased to announce the re-start of a three-well drilling campaign on the Dussafu license offshore Gabon consisting of two exploration wells in the Hibiscus area and one production well on the Tortue field. The Borr Norve jack-up rig has been contracted for the campaign. The current…
19 April 2021
Noble Corporation Completes Combination With Pacific Drilling
Noble Corporation ("Noble") announced the completion of its acquisition of Pacific Drilling Company LLC ("Pacific Drilling"), effective on April 15, 2021. Pacific Drilling's high specification ultra-deepwater drillship fleet further enhances Noble's global position as an owner and operator of one of the most modern and technically advanced fleets in the…
16 April 2021
Blue Elephant Energy and UKA enter into a 500 MWp solar development cooperation for projects in Germany
Blue Elephant Energy AG (BEE), a Hamburg-based independent operator of solar and wind power plants has, through its subsidiary, BEE Development GmbH, entered into a development framework agreement on solar portfolio with a capacity of 500 MWp with the project developer and operator of renewable energy systems Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen GmbH…
16 April 2021
Three-year Petronas agreement made
Welltec® has been awarded an exclusive three-year contract by global energy and solutions company, Petronas. The agreement – which officially commenced on April 1st – appoints Welltec as the sole provider of downhole conveyance and powered mechanical services in both East and West regions of Malaysia. “It’s a great team…
16 April 2021
Storegga, Shell, and Harbour Energy become equal partners in the Acorn Project with the signing of the Acorn Development Agreement
Storegga, through its wholly owned subsidiary Pale Blue Dot Energy, Shell, and Harbour Energy (“Harbour”), the partners in the Acorn Project, one of the largest and most mature UK CCS and hydrogen projects, have today become equal partners in the project through the signing of the Acorn Development Agreement (“ADA”).…
16 April 2021
Award of Major Fabrication Contract
Infrastrata are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a contract by Saipem Limited (“Saipem”) for the fabrication and load-out of eight wind turbine generator (WTG) jacket foundations for the EDF Renewables and ESB Energy owned Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm project located in the outer Firth of…
16 April 2021
Equinor – consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Equinor consent to drill exploration well 6507/3-14 in the Norwegian Sea.
16 April 2021
Maersk Drilling secures one-well ultra-deepwater exploration contract in Gabon
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract from PC Gabon Upstream S.A. (PCGUSA), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, for the provision of a deepwater drillship rig. The 7th generation drillship Maersk Viking will be employed to drill an ultra-deepwater exploration well at approximately 2,100 m water depth in Block F13…
16 April 2021
Worley secures first FEED contract with Anasuria Hibiscus UK in the North Sea
Worley has been awarded a contract to provide front end engineering and design (FEED) services to Anasuria Hibiscus UK Ltd (AHUK), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad. The contract is Worley’s first with AHUK in the North Sea and will see the delivery of a multiple-discipline FEED…
16 April 2021
Worley wins North Sea contract extension with CNOOC Europe
Worley has been awarded a two-year contract extension to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited’s three operated assets in the North Sea. The contract involves over 200 personnel, including the onshore and offshore teams, that provide EPC services for the Golden Eagle, Scott and…
16 April 2021
MMA Offshore And Worley Sign MOU To Jointly Target Taiwan Offshore Wind Market
MMA Offshore and Worley signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to jointly provide integrated services to the offshore wind market in Taiwan and the broader Asia Pacific region. The collaboration is an exciting development, bringing together the expertise and assets of two leading companies to service the rapidly growing offshore…
16 April 2021
Change of name to Orcadian Energy
Pharis Energy Ltd, the North Sea focused, oil and gas development company, is delighted to announce that it is changing its name to Orcadian Energy (CNS) Ltd (“Orcadian”). Orcadian is a reference to the beautiful Orkney Islands, which have long hosted the Flotta terminal, where the Company could land some…
15 April 2021
SeaBird Exploration Plc: New contract award in offshore wind and fleet update
SeaBird Exploration Plc ("the Company") has secured a contract for the Petrel Explorer as an accommodation vessel for a wind farm maintenance campaign in the Baltic Sea. The contract will start in late April with an expected duration of 4 months. This is the first contract in offshore wind for…
15 April 2021
Havila Shipping ASA: Contract for the PSV Havila Borg
Havila Shipping has entered into a contract with IKM Acona AS for the PSV Havila Borg. The contract is for a period of one well, estimated to a period of 35 to 90 days. IKM Acona has the right to exercise options for up to two additional wells, estimated to…
15 April 2021
Building a solar farm is becoming noticeably more expensive as modules and labor get costlier
The cost of building solar farms has been declining for several years, making the renewable technology increasingly popular with projects of all sizes mushrooming around the world. The tide is now turning, however, as new utility PV projects are starting to become more expensive due to increasing costs for modules,…
15 April 2021
Prosafe SE: Operational and financial update Q1 2021
The fleet utilisation rate in the first quarter of 2021 was 25.7 per cent (Q1 2020: 32.7 per cent).Safe Zephyrus completed her five-yearly special periodic survey at Averøy yard in Norway before mobilising to the Shearwater platform in the UK where she started a 145-day contract for Shell on 27…
15 April 2021
Moreld establishes Offshore Floating Wind company and secures state of the art floater technology.
Moreld announced the formation of a floating offshore wind entity with in-house access to competitive floating foundation technology. By establishing Moreld Ocean Wind and teaming up with Ocergy Inc., Moreld will be able to offer EPCI-solutions to the floating offshore wind market. Moreld is proud to present the launch of…
15 April 2021
Partnership with Cyprus Subsea
Nicola Offshore GmbH and Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services C.S.C.S. Ltd (C.S.C.S.) have signed a commercial partnership agreement with the goal of sharing knowledge and resources to unlock new efficiencies for acquiring marine data using multibeam echosounders, subsea gliders and ocean monitoring instruments. Opened in March 2021 as a sister…
15 April 2021
MMT Selected to Survey Energy Island Site in the North Sea
Site operator Energinet has selected MMT to conduct the initial surveys of the seabed area beneath the future Energy Island in the North Sea. A purpose built, artificial island in the North Sea, Energy Island is set to be the world’s first offshore wind energy hub. MMT, an Ocean Infinity…
15 April 2021
Now the planning begins on the Bornholm energy island underwater cable routes
As part of the Danish climate agreement of June 2020, it was decided to build two energy islands, in the Baltic and North Seas respectively, linked to offshore wind farms that together can provide 5 GW and cover the electric consumption for approx. 5 million households in Denmark and nearby…
14 April 2021
Saipem has received from Qatargas an extension of the North FieldProduction Sustainability Offshore Project, worth approximately 350million USD
Saipem has received by Qatargas the confirmation of the exercise of two options for additional scope of work within the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Project (“EPCO” package), the award of which was communicated on February 22nd, 2021. The additional scope of work of the two options is worth approximately…
14 April 2021
Petrofac extends Integrated Services for NEO Energy
Petrofac, the leading international service provider to the energy industry, announces today the early award of a one-year extension to its Integrated Services contract with NEO Energy. The extension, awarded eight months ahead of the renewal date, takes Petrofac’s contract for operations, maintenance, engineering and construction support for NEO Energy’s…
14 April 2021
Worley and Morrison join forces to support decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico
Worley recently signed a regional master services agreement with Morrison to provide engineering services for decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the agreement, Worley will be responsible for the engineering services scope of Morrison’s decommissioning projects. Both companies have decades of experience supporting facilities in the Gulf of…
14 April 2021
Heerema wins in wind with Sofia Contract
Heerema Marine Contractors is proud to announce that it has signed a contract with Singapore's Sembcorp Marine to transport and install the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform. The platform's fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore installation is scheduled for 2024. Heerema will install…
14 April 2021
bp’s Argos platform arrives in Texas
Argos, the centerpiece of bp’s $9 billion Mad Dog 2 project, has arrived in the US after safely completing its 16,000-mile journey from South Korea to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas. The arrival of the new floating production unit is a major milestone towards the completion…
14 April 2021
Record-breaking module on its way to Norway
The Johan Sverdrup Process Platform II, or just P2, is Aibel’s largest project to date, weighing approx. 23,000 tons and engaging up to 4,000 associates at its peak. Aibel was awarded the contract in April 2018, with responsibility for engineering, procurement and construction. Less than a year after the contract…
14 April 2021
bp announces advantaged oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico
BP announced an oil discovery at the Puma West prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The well, on Green Canyon Block 821, was drilled by bp on behalf of co-owners Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Talos Energy. It is located west of the bp-operated Mad Dog field and is…
14 April 2021
Bedout Multi-Well Drilling
Santos WA Northwest Pty Ltd (Santos) proposes to drill up to 12 wells (exploration and/or appraisal) in permit areas WA-437-P, WA-438-P and WA-541-P located in the Bedout Basin on the North West Shelf (NWS) in water depths of approximately 30 to 110 m.More
13 April 2021
Fugro wins marine site characterisation contract for world’s first Energy Island Hub
The contract is part of Energinet’s preliminary studies to build the world’s first ‘hub and spoke’ energy scheme: an energy island 80 km off the Danish coast that will act as a transmission centre for hundreds of surrounding wind turbines. Fugro will perform geophysical and unexploded ordnance (UXO) magnetometry surveys,…
13 April 2021
Drilling permit for wells 35/11-25 S and 35/11-25 A in production licence 090
Wells 35/11-25 S and 35/11-25 A will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic drilling facility in position 61°02’12.72’’ N and 03°26’53.58’’ E after completing maintenance work on Gullfaks for Equinor Energy AS in production licence 050. The drilling programme for wells 35/11-25 S and 35/11-25 A relates to the drilling…
13 April 2021
Heather Alpha decommissioning plans submitted
Heather was an oil field that was produced through Heather Alpha, a fixed steel offshore platform. In February 2020, EnQuest confirmed it will not restart production from the Heather field following production being shutdown in late 2019. The Company received the necessary regulatory approvals from the UK Oil & Gas…
13 April 2021
Outreach Offshore Ltd To Design & Build Bespoke LARS Systems For State Of The Art ROV
Outreach Offshore Ltd has been commissioned by Seatronics to design and build three bespoke “Mini LARS” systems. This unique design will be used in support of an autonomous lightweight observation class ROV which will be installed on Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV).
13 April 2021
Eni strengthens its presence in Vietnam through the acquisition of Block 115
Eni, through its affiliate Eni Vietnam, has completed the acquisition from Krisenergy (Vietnam 115) Ltd. of a 100% participating interest and the operatorship in Block 115/09, offshore central Vietnam. The area is adjacent to Block 114 where the operator Eni Vietnam and its partner Essar Exploration and Production Limited have…
13 April 2021
36 wind turbines installed, 36 more to go
For the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark, Jan De Nul Group is installing a total of 72 wind turbines of 8.4MW each on behalf of Vattenfall Denmark. All together, these turbines will produce enough green electricity for the annual needs of approximately 600,000 Danish households. Today, Jan De Nul…
13 April 2021
Ørsted completes divestment of 25% of Ocean Wind Offshore Wind Farm
Further to the company announcement issued on 4 December 2020, Ørsted has now completed the divestment of 25% of the Ocean Wind Offshore Wind Farm to New Jersey’s Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). The information provided in this announcement does not change Ørsted’s previous financial guidance for the financial year…
13 April 2021
Total Partners with Siemens Energy to Reduce LNG Related Emissions
Total and Siemens Energy signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to study sustainable solutions for CO2 emissions reduction. The collaboration will focus on natural gas liquefaction facilities and associated power generation. Each partner will bring together their best-in-class technologies and combine their know-how to deliver industrial-stage solutions such as combustion of…
12 April 2021
Shearwater GeoServices wins 3D Survey in Vietnam
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) has been awarded a 3D seismic survey by a major operator in Vietnam. The two-and-a-half-month project will commence in April 2021 and will be conducted by the SW Vespucci. “This award contributes to an already strong portfolio of projects in the Asia Pacific region announced…
12 April 2021
Penspen Signs Second Contract with Galfar Emirates
Penspen have secured a four-year contract from leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) organisation, Galfar Engineering & Contracting Emirates. This is Penspen’s second award from Galfar in recent months. Having built a significant track record in onshore pipeline engineering, Penspen has been chosen to provide the procurement and construction of…
12 April 2021
ION awarded exclusive agreement for 3D multi-client programs offshore Kenya
ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) today announced that the Company was awarded an exclusive agreement for 3D multi-client programs offshore Kenya. The agreement includes both 3D new acquisition offshore the Lamu Basin and reimaging vintage data offshore Kenya. Offshore Kenya is an attractive area with a proven petroleum system; however,…
12 April 2021
Equinor - consent to use Heimdal beyond its original planned lifetime
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Equinor consent for life extensions for the Heimdal facility with associated pipelines and wells, until 1. January 2024.
12 April 2021
Independent Oil and Gas plc Start of Phase 1 Development Drilling Campaign
Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG, or the Company), (AIM: IOG.L), the UK gas company targeting high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy, is pleased to announce the spudding of the Elgood development well, 48/22c-H1. Elgood is the first of five planned development wells in IOG's Phase 1 project and…
12 April 2021
TGS to Enhance Cross-Border Seismic Survey for Offshore Timor-Leste and Australia License Rounds
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, today announced the reprocessing of Kyranis 3D, a large cross-border multi-client seismic survey covering blocks in current exploration license rounds offshore both Timor-Leste and Australia. This 9,024 square kilometer survey will provide 3D broadband PSDM imaging for the first time in…
12 April 2021
Acta Auriga successfully completed the Bard Offshore project
Today Acta Marine completed its 3 year maintenance campaign for Ocean Breeze on the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm. Acta Auriga started the O&M works on Bard in April 2018 just weeks after vessel delivery from Ulsteinvik. The project has been intense especially considering the fact that Auriga has replaced…
12 April 2021
Kraken Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire Subsea Services Company
Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF), Canada’s Ocean Company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) dated April 8, 2021 in connection with the proposed acquisition of PanGeo Subsea Inc. (“PanGeo”) from Cahill Innovation Inc, a member of the Cahill…
9 April 2021
Petrobel hires LOC for Egypt offshore work
Marine engineering consultancy LOC, part of AqualisBraemar LOC Group, has been awarded a two-year contract to provide marine warranty services to support Petrobel’s offshore assets. Under the terms of the contract, LOC will act as marine warranty surveyor on Petrobel’s upcoming marine projects over the next two years, including supporting…
9 April 2021
Blue Gem Wind begins Celtic Sea 2021 offshore survey campaign
Blue Gem Wind, the joint venture between Total, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Simply Blue Energy has begun its 2021 Celtic Sea offshore survey campaign. GEOxyz has started geophysical survey work at the Erebus floating wind site which is 45km South West of the Pembrokeshire coastline. Myriam…
9 April 2021
Long-term contract award for PSV in Brazil
Solstad Offshore ASA has been awarded a long-term contract by Shell Brasil Ltda for the PSV Normand Starling to support their activities in the Brazilian waters. The awarded contract is firm for two (2) years to April 2023 and commences in direct continuation of the current contract Normand Starling has…
9 April 2021
NorSea will provide supply base services to OMV
NorSea will provide supply base services to OMV’s operations in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The contract has a duration of five years, with the possibility of a four-year extension. -We are proud and humbled by the trust OMV shows us. This is an acknowledgement…