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ADC Energy Nets Rig Inspection Services Contract in Malaysia

Feb 07, 2022

Aberdeen-based offshore rig inspection company ADC Energy has said it has been awarded its third contract in Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the first quarter of 2022 to provide its specialist rig inspection services to an unnamed global E&P operator in Malaysia…

Gallery: Damen's 'Ground-breaking' Fast Crew Supplier Almost Ready for Launch

Feb 07, 2022

Dutch shipbuilder Damen is putting finishing touches on its 'ground-breaking' Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 vessel class – the Aqua Helix - with Ampelmann gangway recently installed and integrated with the ship’s systems, and the vessel undergoing the final stages of sea trials…

3-Year Deal: Sparrows to Keep Maintaining Cranes on Serica's Bruce Platform

Feb 07, 2022

Engineering and maintenance services firm Sparrows Group has secured a three-year contract award from Serica Energy for crane operations and maintenance services on the UK North Sea platform, Bruce.  Sparrows will provide resident focal points…

Exploded Nigerian FPSO was 'old, badly maintained' - Sources

Feb 07, 2022

An oil vessel used for storage that exploded off the coast of Nigeria last week had not been maintained for some time and had technical issues, two sources and an environmental group said on Friday, as its wreckage lay in the sea after the fire was put out…

Strategic Marine Acquires New Shipyard in Singapore

Feb 04, 2022

Strategic Marine announced it has completed the acquisition of a significantly larger shipbuilding facility in Singapore in a move intended to boost the company's shipbuilding capacity and product range.Strategic Marine has acquired the fixed…

Prelude FLNG to Stay Shut in 1Q 2022

Feb 04, 2022

Oil major Shell expects its Prelude FLNG unit in Australia, the world's largest unit of the type, will remain shut for most of the first quarter of 2022.The world's largest FLNG facility had in January 2021 resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip…

Offshore Wind Farms Could Help Capture Carbon from Air and Store It Long-term

Feb 04, 2022

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all that could power 470,000 homes. More than a dozen other offshore…

Saipem Names Eni's Puliti General Manager

Feb 04, 2022

Italian energy services firm Saipem, which on Monday issued a profit warning that sent its shares down to historic lows, on Friday appointed Eni's Alessandro Puliti as General Manager of the company.Born in Florence in 1963, Puliti has served…

Shearwater GeoServices, ConocoPhillips 'Reveal' Tech Collab

Feb 04, 2022

Offshore seismic surveyor Shearwater GeoServices has signed a technology sale and transfer deal with the oil firm ConocoPhillips, involving seismic imaging technology that will be implemented in Shearwater's Reveal software.According to Shearwater…

DOF Subsea Bags Three-year MPSV Charter with Exxon in Australia

Feb 04, 2022

ExxonMobil has awarded a long-term contract to offshore vessel owner DOF Subsea for the provisions of multi-purpose supply vessel services in Australia.The contract is for three years firm plus two one-year extension options. Under the contract…

Shell's Partners Confirm Oil Discovery at Graff-1 Well Offshore Namibia

Feb 04, 2022

Following recent reports that Shell has made an oil discovery offshore Namibia, the confirmation came Friday from its partners QatarEnergy and NAMCOR.QatarEnergy, which used to be called Qatar Petroleum, has confirmed that oil was found in a deepwater exploration well drilled in the Orange Basin…

Rystad on Nigerian FPSO Explosion: 'No Impact on Oil Price. Environmental Implications Still Hard to Quantify'

Feb 04, 2022

The Trinity Spirit FPSO, operated by Nigeria's SEPCOL, exploded Wednesday and started burning, and, according to videos shared on social media, sinking. However, according to Rystad Energy, the incident is not expected to have an impact on Nigerian…

UK's Oil and Gas Authority to Start Search for New CEO

Feb 04, 2022

UK oil and gas industry regulator Oil and Gas Authority is set to start a search for a new CEO, as the current CEO Andy Samuel is expected to step down in December 2022.OGA said: 'As has been long agreed Andy Samuel will be stepping down as…

Shell Taps OCTIO for Geophysical Monitoring at Ormen Lange Field

Feb 04, 2022

OCTIO, as of recently a subsidiary of Reach Subsea, has secured a multi-year geophysical monitoring contract with Shell in Norway for the Ormen Lange offshore field. “OCTIO welcomes the opportunity to continue to support A/S Norske Shell at Ormen Lange…

Meridian Capital Rejects 'Wholly inadequate' Samuel Terry's Bid for FAR Ltd.

Feb 04, 2022

Meridian Capital International Fund, a 19.28% shareholder of Africa-focused oil explorer FAR Limited, has rejected the takeover bid for Far launched earlier this week by Samuel Terry Asset Management.Earlier this week, Samuel Terry Asset Management…

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