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Shell-Equinor JV Adura Signs $3B Financing Deal

Mar 24, 2026

Adura Energy, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor, has signed a $3 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility to support its future growth and energy supply ambitions in the United Kingdom.The seven-year, senior-secured facility is Adura’s…

Study Finds Seabirds Avoid Turbines at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 10, 2026

A new study conducted at Vattenfall’s Aberdeen offshore wind farm found no confirmed bird collisions during 19 months of monitoring, suggesting seabirds largely avoid turbine blades.The research was carried out in collaboration with biodiversity…

CB&I Agrees to Acquire Petrofac Asset Solutions Business

Dec 24, 2025

CB&I has agreed to acquire Petrofac Asset Solutions, adding operations, maintenance and decommissioning services to its portfolio as it seeks to diversify revenues and expand internationally.The deal will see CB&I take over Petrofac’s Asset Solutions business…

Shell, Equinor Form ‘Largest’ Independent UK North Sea Oil and Gas Producer

Dec 01, 2025

Shell U.K. Limited, a subsidiary of Shell and Equinor UK Limited, a subsidiary of Equinor, completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company, described as the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea…

Subsea7 Hooks Decom Work with Ithaca Energy off UK

Dec 01, 2025

Subsea7 has secured a sizeable contract by Ithaca Energy, for the provision of off-station decommissioning services for the Alba floating storage unit (FPU) and Greater Stella field FPF-1 production facility, off United Kingdom.The decommissioning scope includes the flushing of the subsea pipelines…

DeepOcean Rounding Up Gryphon Alpha FPSO Decom Job

Nov 25, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean is nearing completion of a contract awarded by TotalEnergies for the disconnection and tow of the Gryphon Alpha floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, as well as the removal of associated subsea infrastructure…

Odfjell Drilling Buys One Semi-Sub Rig, Finds Work for Another

Nov 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed a $480 million deal to acquire Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig from Northern Ocean, while securing also securing a job for its Deepsea Aberdeen rig.Deepsea Bollsta has been…

THREE60 Energy to Supply Offshore Crew for Vår Energi

Nov 13, 2025

Aberdeen-based offshore energy industry services firm Three60 Energy has signed a new long-term contract with Vår Energi for the provision of temporary contract workers.The agreement, effective from 1 November 2025, represents a continued and valued partnership between the two companies…

Tidewater Leverages Digitalization for Vessel Drydocking

Nov 03, 2025

Digital Dry-Docking: Tidewater Sees 60% Time Savings Using UniSea’s Maindeck AppTidewater is redefining how vessel dry-dockings are managed, estimating up to a 60% reduction in project time after deploying UniSea’s Maindeck digital platform…

Stillstrom Introduces New Hires, Technology Advances

Oct 22, 2025

Stillstrom by Maersk, a marine technology leader delivering offshore power and charging solutions, has strengthened its leadership team with key senior appointments in Copenhagen and Aberdeen.Nikolaj Stald has joined as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at the company’s HQ in Copenhagen…

Heerema Gets Decom Job at BP’s Andrew Platform

Oct 02, 2025

Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a decommissioning contract by BP for the Engineering, Preparation and Removal (EPR) of the Andrew platform’s topside and jacket.The scope includes the removal, transport and offloading of the topside, comprising the Flare and Kinnoull Module…

BP Hires Decommissioning Crew for North Sea Field

Sep 30, 2025

A new joint venture (JV) between THREE60 Energy and AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), a subsidiary of AF Gruppen, has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by BP to provide integrated decommissioning services for its Andrew field in the North Sea…

Scotland Opens $13M Energy Transition Skills Hub in Aberdeen

Sep 29, 2025

Scotland’s largest Energy Transition Skills Hub, a $13.3 million facility featuring a welding academy, advanced manufacturing zone and digital training suites, was officially opened in Aberdeen on Monday by First Minister John Swinney.The Hub…

Shell and Equinor Name CEO for UK Oil and Gas Joint Venture

Sep 08, 2025

Equinor and Shell have appointed Neil McCulloch as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Nicoletta Giadrossi as Chair of their offshore U.K. incorporated joint venture, Adura.The appointments mark a key step in establishing Adura as the U.K. North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer…

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