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Maersk Drilling Bags 150-Day Deal for Maersk Resolve Jack-up Rig

Mar 16, 2022

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won a contract that could employ its Maersk Resolve jack-up drilling rig with an undisclosed client in the UK sector of the North Sea for the majority of 2022.The contract is expected to start in April 2022…

Aker BP, ConocoPhillips Get Approvals for Overly, Peder Offshore Wells

Mar 15, 2022

PSA Norway, the Norwegian offshore oil and gas safety regulator, on Monday gave its approvals to Aker BP and ConocoPhillips for offshore drilling projects in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, respectively.Aker BP has obtained PSA Norway's…

OMV to Spell Out Green Transition in Strategy Revamp

Mar 15, 2022

Austrian energy group OMV will turn the page from its embrace of Russia and could signal a gradual exit from its oil and gas business when it presents its strategy under new Chief Executive Alfred Stern on Wednesday.After Stern took over as CEO last year…

Equinor Stops Trading Russian Oil

Mar 15, 2022

Norwegian state oil company Equinor said on Monday it will stop trading in Russian oil as the company shuts down operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.Equinor's official announcement comes four days after Equinor's chief executive…

Subsea 7 Clinches 'Substantial' EPCI Contract

Mar 15, 2022

Offshore engineering and construction company Subsea 7 said Tuesday it had won a substantial contract with an unnamed client.Subsea 7 defines a substantial contract as being between USD 150 million and USD 300 million (Subsea 7's share).The award…

Naftogaz's CEO Calls for Nord Stream 1 Sanctions. Says Russian Gas Will Keep Flowing Through Ukraine

Mar 15, 2022

Russian gas will continue to flow to Europe through Ukraine as long as the operators of Ukraine’s gas networks are able to function, the head of Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz told Reuters on Monday.Russia is the European Union's top gas…

Deployable from USV: Kongsberg Launches New AUV at Oceanology International

Mar 15, 2022

Norway's Kongsberg Maritime is presenting its HUGIN Edge medium-size autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at this week's Oceanology International event which started Tuesday in London.According to the company, based in Norway, the HUGIN Edge offers 'exceptional durability and reliability…

Equinor, Shell Extend Offshore Vessel Charters with DOF

Mar 15, 2022

Offshore vessel owner DOF said Tuesday it had won vessel charter extensions with Norway's Equinor and Shell in the UK.Equinor has exercised options to extend the firm periods of the contracts for 2008-built Skandi Mongstad PSV for three years…

Balmoral Comtec to Open Composites Manufacturing Facility in Montrose Port. Promises New Jobs

Mar 15, 2022

Aberdeen-based Balmoral Comtec, part of Balmoral, has agreed to invest a seven-figure sum to create an advanced composites manufacturing facility on the quayside at Scotland's Montrose Port where large-scale components for the offshore energy sector will be built…

FAR Withdraws from Guinea Bissau. STAM Takeover Attempt Fails

Mar 15, 2022

Australian oil and gas company FAR Limited said Monday it would withdraw from its offshore blocks in Guinea Bissau after failed farm-out attempts. Separately, FAR said that STAM's takeover offer for FAR had closed, without the offer conditions being satisfied…

Island Offshore Nets $55M Worth of Vessel Deals

Mar 15, 2022

Island Offshore, a Norwegian offshore vessel owner, said Monday it had won several important vessel deals worth around $55,4M in the first few months of the year, with 25 vessels currently employed.According to the vessel owner, the total value of awarded contracts is approx…

KCA Deutag to Help Equinor Cut Emissions, Energy Consumption at Cat J Jack-up Rigs

Mar 15, 2022

Oil and gas drilling and engineering firm KCA Deutag has secured a contract with Equinor to carry out an energy optimization project for two CAT J jack-up drilling rigs, the Askeladd and Askepott, in the Norwegian section of the North Sea. The project…

Energean Pens Gas Sales Deal with IEC, Israel's Largest Gas Buyer

Mar 15, 2022

Oil and gas company Energean, focused on bringing online the Karish gas field offshore Israel, said Monday it had signed a supply agreement with the Israel Electric Company, the largest Israeli buyer of natural gas.'IEC will now have the right to purchase natural gas from Energean’s fields…

Plymouth University, Kongsberg Digital Partner to 'Revolutionize' Floating Offshore Wind Ops

Mar 15, 2022

The University of Plymouth and Kongsberg Digital, a provider of software solutions to maritime, oil and gas, renewables, and utility sectors, have partnered up to create a new system they say could revolutionize the UK’s floating offshore wind sector…

French NGOs Plan to Sue TotalEnergies Unless It Leaves Russia

Mar 15, 2022

Two leading French NGOs plan to take legal action against TotalEnergies over possible human rights abuses unless it cuts its business ties with Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine, they said in a letter to the energy major's CEO…

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