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Halliburton Bags Major Drilling Contract with Petrobras Off Brazil

Jan 30, 2025

U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton has secured a contract from Petrobras for integrated drilling services across several offshore fields in Brazil.The contract scope includes drilling services for development and exploration wells over a three-year period…

First Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Substation Checks In at US Port

Jan 30, 2025

Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal has welcomed the arrival of the first substation to be installed at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.The CS Wind Offshore and Semco Maritime consortium was selected by Dominion Energy…

Navantia Wraps Up Harland & Wolff Acquisition

Jan 30, 2025

Navantia UK, a subsidiary of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, has completed the acquisition of Harland & Wolff’s facilities in Belfast, Appledore, Methil and Arnish.Under Navantia UK’s management, all four facilities will benefit from extensive expertise in shipbuilding…

Aurora Offshore Welcomes First of Three Sea1 High-End Subsea Vessels

Jan 30, 2025

Norwegian vessel management and operations services provider Aurora Offshore, pat of Borealis Group, has welcomed the first of three high-end subsea vessels to the fleet as part of vessels transfer agreed with Sea1 Offshore.The transferred ship…

Court Overturns Approval for Two Massive UK North Sea O&G Fields

Jan 30, 2025

A Scottish court has invalidated Britain's approvals for two major North Sea oil and gas projects, delivering a significant victory to environmental groups and raising uncertainty over future fossil fuel developments in the UK.The Court of Session…

DeepOcean Lines Up Subsea Survey Work for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 30, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a subsea survey contract on the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind developments in Poland which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia.Under the contract, DeepOcean will conduct geophysical seabed…

TGS Lands Another Offshore Wind Job in UK

Jan 30, 2025

Norwegian seismic specialist TGS has secured another offshore wind site characterization contract on the U.K. continental shelf, the second since the beginning of 2025.The contract has a total duration of approximately 30 days and the Ramform…

TotalEnergies Hires Stena Drilling’s Drillship for Work Off Suriname

Jan 30, 2025

TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for its Stena DrillMax drillship, which will be deployed for work offshore Suriname.As part of the contract, Stena DrillMax will perform managed pressure drilling of one exploration well in Suriname with TotalEnergies EP Suriname…

Petrobras Increases Oil and Gas Reserves to 11.4 billion Barrels

Jan 30, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil and gas major Petrobras has informed that its proven reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas rose to 11.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2024, compared to 10.9 billion boe reported in 2023.Oil and condensate…

Shell's Profit Falls to $3.66B in Last Quarter of 2024

Jan 30, 2025

Shell on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $3.66 billion, missing estimates, on lower refining margins and lower liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading, while saying it would buy back shares worth $3.5 billion.The oil major also announced a 4% increase in its dividend…

US Upstream Oil and Gas Deals Reach $105B Last Year

Jan 29, 2025

Dealmaking in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry hit $105 billion in 2024, the third highest annual total ever, but activity slowed in the second half as buyers found fewer targets to acquire, consultancy Enverus said on Wednesday.Last year's…

Japan Adjusts Rules for Offshore Wind Auction Rounds

Jan 29, 2025

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced a revision of its rules for offshore wind power auctions as the sector globally grapples with delays and soaring expenses driven by tight supply chains and inflation.After a number of consultations…

Aize Nets BP’s Digital Twin Global Deal

Jan 29, 2025

Digital twin software provider Aize has secured a new agreement to act as a global partner for asset visualization for BP.Building on successful technical and operational delivery in the North Sea, Caspian Sea, and West Africa, the four-year…

Vattenfall Pens PPA for Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 29, 2025

Vattenfall has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the chemicals group LyondellBasell (LYB) to provide it with fossil free electricity from the Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm off the German coast.The agreement includes the supply of…

UK Vows to Remove Barriers to Deliver 16GW of Offshore Wind

Jan 29, 2025

British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday the government will remove barriers to delivering 16 gigawatts of offshore wind.'I can announce that we are removing barriers to deliver 16 gigawatts of offshore wind by designating new…

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