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Compressor Failure Shuts Down Equinor's Hammerfest LNG Plant

Jan 02, 2025

Equinor's Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic northern Norway has suffered an unexpected outage due to a compressor failure, halting all output for one week, according to a regulatory statement on the Gassco web site on Thursday.The Hammerfest plant…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

Aker BP Gets Green Light for Drilling Ops in Norwegian Sea

Dec 19, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in production license 886, and 6507/5-13 S in production license 212.Aker BP operates the license 886…

Expro Lands Contract to Support 52-Well P&A Campaign

Dec 16, 2024

Energy services provider Expro (NYSE: XPRO) has been awarded a contract valued at over $10 million for the provision of a well decommissioning solution in support of the 52-well plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign.The solution combines subsea…

RWE, TotalEnergies Pick Buildout Base for Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2024

RWE and TotalEnergies have selected the port of Eemshaven in the northern Dutch province of Groningen as the base for turbine assembly and construction work for their joint offshore wind project OranjeWind in the Dutch North Sea.The OranjeWind…

Harbour Energy Confirms Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Dec 10, 2024

Harbour Energy has proven gas discovery in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled with Transocean Norge semi-submersible drilling rig.The gas has been proven in an appraisal well 6507/4-5 S, in license 211 CS, located 270 kilometers north of Kristiansund…

TWMA Appoints Group Commercial Director

Dec 09, 2024

Drilling waste management specialist, TWMA, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Parkes as its new Group Commercial Director. This strategic hire comes as the Aberdeen-based company continues to build on a period of rapid international growth and expansion…

Shell and Equinor’s Merger Creates Biggest UK North Sea Oil and Gas Producer

Dec 05, 2024

Equinor UK, a subsidiary of Equinor and Shell UK, a subsidiary of Shell, have agreed to combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer.The incorporated joint venture…

McDermott Secures FEED Contract for Repsol’s Deepwater Fields Off Mexico

Dec 03, 2024

McDermott has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Repsol Exploración México for the Polok and Chinwol field development project in the Gulf of Mexico.Under the contract scope, McDermott will provide comprehensive FEED services for the project's engineering…

Harbour Energy, Mubadala Sign Deals for Central Andaman Block Off Indonesia

Dec 03, 2024

Indonesia has signed a contract with units of Harbour Energy and Mubadala Energy for the development of a Central Andaman oil and gas block, the energy ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.The contract was signed under a new gross split scheme…

TVO Selects Collins to Head Australian Ops

Dec 02, 2024

Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO) appointed Russell Collins as Country Manager, Australia, to head up the company’s newly opened office in Perth.“As more demand arises for TVO services in Australia and Southeast Asia, we are investing to make…

Sulmara Nets $19M Investment for Low-Carbon Offshore Wind Services

Nov 28, 2024

Scottish subsea specialist Sulmara has secured an $18.9 million investment from BGF, one of the largest growth capital investors in U.K. and Ireland, to support the expansion of its survey and inspection services in the offshore wind and energy markets…

Mooreast Appoints Ellingsen as CEO

Nov 25, 2024

Mooreast Holdings Ltd. announced today it will appoint Mr Eirik Ellingsen, a Norwegian with deep experience in the offshore and marine sector, as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) amid growing adoption of floating wind energy projects worldwide…

Equinor Hires Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta Rig for Ops Off Norway

Nov 18, 2024

Equinor has awarded a two-year firm contract to Northern Ocean Wind to employ the mobile rig Deepsea Bollsta, operated by Odfjell Drilling, on the Norwegian continental shelf.The contract value for the firm period is calculated at around $335 million…

INEOS Orders CO2 Carrier

Nov 12, 2024

INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have signed an agreement for the delivery of a CO2 carrier dedicated to Project Greensand, led by INEOS with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden.Project Greensand has already marked a world-first achievement by demonstrating the safe…

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