UK-based offshore vessel operator North Star has secured a £140 million (currently around $171 million) financing package.The company, building a fleet of service operation vessels for offshore wind operations, said Tuesday it would use the…
The Norwegian government plans to make its first awards in an offshore wind power tender by the summer or autumn of 2023, it said on Tuesday as it published long-awaited criteria for companies to take part in the bidding.The Nordic country, a major producer of oil and gas as well as hydropower…
Foss Maritime has reached a deal to bareboat charter the tug Earl W Redd from Tug Construction, LLC for use in the U.S. offshore wind industry.The Earl W Redd will sail from Portland, Ore. to Massachusetts later this month to begin work on Foss 's offshore wind projects…
The Italian energy industry services firm Saipem has decided to buy the 7th-generation Santorini drillship from Samsung Heavy Industries, citing rising dayrates and an optimistic forecast for offshore drilling rig demand.To remind, Saipem first chartered the drillship from Samsung in late 2021…
U.S. based marine services firm TDI-Brooks announced it has installed the Starlink Maritime platform on two of its four research vessels, with plans to equip the remaining vessels at a later date.The two vessels, Brooks McCall and Miss Emma McCall…
Subsea services provider DeepOcean has signed a collaboration deal with Akvaplan-niva regarding the potential utilization of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and unmanned glider vehicles (USVs) to perform environmental studies for offshore wind and oil and gas developments…
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N is raising the annual salaries of its top boss and other executives for the coming year, the top U.S. oil company said on Monday.Exxon Mobil's compensation committee approved an increase in the annual salary of Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods to $1…
KBR has won a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture (JV) between Shell and Dutch utility company, Eneco.KBR will perform a front-end engineering design of the baseload…
U.S. oil company Chevron has reportedly made a gas discovery at the Narges-1X well in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt.The news was first shared by MEES, which cited an unnamed source, according to which Chevron has found 3.5tcf of gas…
SSE Renewables has informed that 75% of the jacket foundation substructures have been installed at the Seagreen offshore wind farm site. SSE Renewables is developing the wind farm in partnership with the French firm TotalEnergies.'We’re celebrating a new milestone at Seagreen…
The recovering deepwater drilling market has encouraged drilling contractors to expand their fleet, and companies are now starting to purchase stranded assets in shipyards.A joint venture that includes Transocean recently announced the purchase of the stranded 7th Generation drillship West Aquila…
UK North Sea-focused oil company Serica Energy said Monday that its North Eigg well in the North Sea had encountered hydrocarbons but that 'commercial quantities have not yet been established,' with objective sands thinner than expected.Earlier this year…
Malaysian FPSO leasing company Yinson has agreed to start preliminary activities for the provision of an FPSO for Eni, BP JV in Angola, called Azule Energy.Under the agreement with Azule Energy, Yinson will kick off preliminary activities for the provision…
Oilfield services giant Halliburton said this week it had successfully installed 'the industry's first' single trip, electro-hydraulic wet connect in deepwater for Petrobras in Brazil - a feat the company describes as a significant achievement in downhole electric completion technology…
The Dutch government on Friday said it would appoint gas grid operator Gasunie to oversee plans to develop a hydrogen network in the North Sea, Energy Minister Rob Jetten said in a letter to parliament. The Dutch government is due on Dec. 8…
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