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Diamond Offshore Nets $350M for Ocean BlackHawk Drillship Contract Extension

May 16, 2024

U.S.-based offshore drilling company Diamond Offshore has secured a contract extension with Anadarko Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, for Ocean BlackHawk drillship in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The two-year contract extension…

Petronas Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Offshore Suriname

May 16, 2024

Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s energy company Petronas, has made a third hydrocarbon discovery at the Fusaea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52.The discovery is located about 170 kilometers offshore and 9 kilometers east from Roystonea-1…

Pertamina and ExxonMobil Plan Appraisal Drilling in Carbon Capture Effort

May 15, 2024

State energy firm Pertamina and U.S. major ExxonMobil plan to conduct appraisal drilling for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub in Indonesia, with the companies signing an initial storage deal with South Korea's KNOC on Wednesday.Indonesia…

Orbital Marine and GEG Ink Tidal Energy Preferred Supplier Agreement

May 15, 2024

Floating tidal turbine technology developer Orbital Marine Power has selected Global Energy Group (GEG) as preferred supplier to lead the manufacture and assembly of tidal turbines for projects in Orkney, Scotland.It is anticipated that turbine…

Føn Energy Services and C-Ventus Enter Offshore Wind Merger

May 15, 2024

Føn Energy Services has set out plans to acquire Dutch offshore wind farm services company C-Ventus as part of a merger expected to boost its offshore wind operations and maintenance capabilities.Føn Energy Services will acquire 100% of the shares in C-Ventus from current owner DISA International…

Odfjell Technology Nets $14.8M Offshore Drilling Services Job for COSL

May 15, 2024

Drilling and well services provider Odfjell Technology has secured a contract with COSL Drilling Europe, valued at approximately $14.8 million.The fixed part of the three-year contract encompasses tubular running services, with the option for two additional one-year periods…

Kent Gets FEED Contract for Hejre Project in the North Sea

May 15, 2024

Energy services firm Kent has secured a key Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for INEOS' Hejre project.The Hejre project, an offshore High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) development, is located in the Danish sector of the North Sea…

ABL Group to Acquire Ross Offshore

May 15, 2024

Global consultancy ABL Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of specialist energy consultancy Ross Offshore from Moreld Group.Following completion of the transaction, Ross Offshore will merge with ABL Group company AGR…

Van Oord Launches Giant Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

May 15, 2024

Van Oord has launched its new offshore installation vessel Boreas at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard in China.The Boreas’ dual fuel engine set is able to run on methanol and is purpose-built for the transport and installation of the…

Brazil Pushes Out Petrobras CEO, Names Ex-Regulator to Top Job

May 15, 2024

The chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras offered to step down, the state-run oil company said on Tuesday, as the government lined up a former regulator for the role, sending shares sliding as investors braced for political interference.Brazilian…

ExxonMobil Strikes Oil Offshore Angola

May 15, 2024

ExxonMobil and its partners have made an oil discovery at Block 15 offshore Angola, while drilling the exploration well located in the Kizomba B development area.The discovery was made while drilling the Likembe-01 well in Block 15, operated by ExxonMobil…

Petrobras Resists Order to Assess Indigenous Impact of Amazon Drilling

May 14, 2024

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras is resisting regulatory demands requiring it to assess the impact on Indigenous groups of drilling in an offshore basin near the mouth of the Amazon River, Chief Exploration and Production Officer Joelson Mendes told journalists on Tuesday…

Indonesia to Ask Mubadala to Speed Up South Andaman Gas Development

May 14, 2024

Indonesia will ask Mubadala Energy to accelerate gas development in Indonesia's South Andaman Block after the United Arab Emirates explorer made a second discovery there, Dwi Soetjipto, chairman of upstream regulator SKK Migas, said on Tuesday…

UK’s Offshore Wind Test Facility Gets $100M Overhaul Boost

May 14, 2024

Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, U.K.’s flagship center for renewable energy innovation, has secured $108 million investment to expand and upgrade its testing facilities to support the development of the next generation wind turbines…

OPT’s Wave-Powered Tech Nears 15MWh of Renewable Energy Production

May 14, 2024

U.S.-based marine power, data, and services company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is approaching 15MWh of renewable energy production from its family of PowerBuoys, which primarily exploit wave energy to generate power.The recent launch of…

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