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Qatar Wants to Speed Up Development of Namibia Offshore Oil Discoveries

Oct 11, 2022

The head of QatarEnergy, who is also Qatar's energy minister, said on Monday the company wants to speed up the development of two oil wells it discovered off the Namibian coast with joint venture partners earlier this year.Saad al-Kaabi said…

Japan to Decide Steps on Sakhalin-1 in Consultation with Partners

Oct 11, 2022

Japan will decide what to do about the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East in consultation with its partners as it reviews details of a decree by Moscow, Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Tuesday.Russia last…

Norway: Offshore Safety Regulator Grants AoC for Odfjell-managed Jack-up Rig

Oct 10, 2022

Odfjell Platform Drilling (Odfjell) has received the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority's  Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Linus jack-up drilling rig. A granted AoC statement means that a rig is fit for operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Baltic Sea Island Bornholm Suffers Temporary Power Outage

Oct 10, 2022

A Danish Baltic Sea island suffered a temporary power blackout on Monday as a local grid fault caused the transformer feeding electricity from Sweden to shut down, Energinet and E.ON said.      Danish transmission system operator Energinet said…

Chantiers de l’Atlantique Wins Orders for Two Offshore Substation Topsides

Oct 10, 2022

Atlantique Offshore Energy, a Chantiers de l’Atlantique business unit dedicated to marine energies, has won contracts to design, manufacture and commission the offshore substation topsides required for Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farms…

Bekaert Invests in Smart Mooring Solutions for Floating Wind Farms

Oct 10, 2022

Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group has said it has concluded an investment and commercial partnership with TFI Marine, Dublin, Ireland, to accelerate the go-to-market of digital-enabled mooring solutions for floating offshore wind farms.'As part of this strategy…

UK: The Crown Estate Gives Update on Celtic Sea Floating Wind Seabed Leasing Process

Oct 10, 2022

The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has updated developers on the design of the tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea program is intended to provide 4GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035…

New Contracts, Jobs for Aberdeenshire-based Blaze

Oct 10, 2022

Aberdeenshire-based Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has announced major contracts and new jobs since introducing a redefined global business strategy.According to the company, following a major investment boost from Balmoral Group in 2019 the company has secured work from the nuclear…

Sembcorp Marine, Borr Drilling Agree on Rig Payment Delay

Oct 10, 2022

Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, PPL Shipyard has reached definitive agreements with offshore drilling company Borr Drilling to defer its receivables from Borr Drilling from 2023 to 2025.The definitve agreements follow agreements in principle announced previously…

i3 Energy's Serenity Appraisal Well Disappoints

Oct 10, 2022

i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the UK North Sea and said the results are disappointing.The 13/23c-12 Serenity appraisal well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 5,630 ft below sea level. The targeted Lower Cretaceous Captain sand…

MMA Offshore to Support Beach Energy Operations in Bass Strait, Australia

Oct 10, 2022

Australian offshore vessel owner MMA Offshore has secured a vessel contract with the oil and gas company Beach Energy.The MMA Coral will provide vessel support to Beach Energy’s two production platforms located in the Bass Strait, offshore Australia…

Near Miss Incident at Hibernia Platform Offshore Canada

Oct 10, 2022

Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC), the operator of the Hibernia platform in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Canada, has reported that a near-miss incident occurred on the platform on October 5, 2022.According to HMDC, as reported to safety regulator CNLOPB…

ADNOC Drilling Bags $1.53B Offshore Drilling Contract

Oct 10, 2022

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded a $1.53 billion (AED 5.62 billion) contract to ADNOC Drilling, to expand ADNOC’s offshore operations and its objective to increase oil and gas production.ADNOC offshore division ADNOC Offshore awarded the two-year contract…

Danish North Sea: Last Remaining Piece of Tyra II Puzzle Installed, TotalEnergies Says

Oct 10, 2022

French oil major TotalEnergies has completed the offshore installation works at the Tyra II field redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.The Tyra field is the largest gas condensate field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. Due to seabed subsidence…

Energean Begins Gas Flow Testing at Karish Field

Oct 09, 2022

Energean has begun pumping gas to its floating production facility in the offshore Karish gas field as part of reverse flow testing procedures approved by the Israeli government, the London-listed energy group said on Sunday.It said the testing…

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