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Equinor’s Barents Sea Wildcat Fails to Deliver

Sep 01, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Deimos prospect in the Barents Sea.The wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production license 1238, 135 kilometers west of the Snøhvit field and 260 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest…

Oceaneering Inks $180M Subsea Robotics Contracts with Petrobras

Sep 01, 2025

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering International has through its Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Systems do Brasil (MPS) secured multiple subsea robotics contracts from Petrobras.The contracts were awarded during the second quarter of 2025…

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy Secure Exploration License Offshore Congo

Sep 01, 2025

TotalEnergies and its partners QatarEnergy and Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo have been awarded an exploration license for the Nzombo offshore block in the Republic of Congo.Under the terms of the production sharing contract signed with the Congolese Government…

Equinor Lines Up $1B for Orsted After US Offshore Wind Setbacks

Sep 01, 2025

Norway's Equinor will pump nearly $1 billion into Orsted's emergency fundraising, it said on Monday, bolstering the Danish offshore wind power developer's efforts to cope with U.S. President Donald Trump's hostility to the sector.The energy…

Canada Launches New Major Projects Office

Aug 31, 2025

The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has launched the new Major Projects Office (MPO).The MPO is headquartered in Calgary and will have offices in other major Canadian cities. Its mandate is to serve as a single point of contact to get…

Trump Administration Cancels $679m of Funding for Offshore Wind

Aug 29, 2025

The Trump administration said on Friday it was cancelling $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects, including $427 million for a California project.The move is the latest in a full-throated effort by the administration to…

Norway Intensifies Gas System Maintenance Efforts Ahead of Winter

Aug 29, 2025

Maintenance at major gas fields and onshore processing plants will curb Norwegian natural gas supply by around a third during the first half of September, as Europe's biggest supplier readies the system for the busy winter demand season.'We…

OWC Gets Cable Engineering Job for GreenVolt Floating Wind Farm

Aug 29, 2025

Renewable energy consultancy OWC has secured cable engineering support job for the 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland, being developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture firm created by Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision…

Vattenfall Secures Dutch Base to Support Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 29, 2025

Vattenfall has signed a deal with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) to establish an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in the Dutch port of Eemshaven to support construction and operation of its planned Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms, which will become Germany’s largest offshore wind project…

Prosafe CEO Resigns as Search for New One Starts

Aug 29, 2025

Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe has informed its current chief executive officer (CEO) Terje Askvig resigned from the position.Prosafe appointed Reese McNeel as interim-CEO, the current chief financial officer (CFO).Terje Askvig will step from his position on September 1…

Equinor Confirms Oil and Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea Wildcat Well

Aug 29, 2025

Equinor has proven petroleum in a wildcat well in Norwegian Sea, drilled by Transocean’s Transocean Encourage semi-submersible drilling rig.The well 6506/12-PB-3 H was tested the Smørbukk Midt prospect, located between Smørbukk and Smørbukk Sør about 250 kilometres southwest of Brønnøysund…

Deepest-Ever Subsea Compression Systems Come Online Offshore Norway (Video)

Aug 29, 2025

Two SLB OneSubsea subsea compressor stations recently came online at Shell’s Ormen Lange field, the second largest gas field in Norway, setting the record for the deepest installation of such systems ever.The SLB OneSubsea subsea compressor stations…

C-Innovation Wraps Up Decom Job in Gulf of America

Aug 29, 2025

C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has completed the decommissioning of the Joliet tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of America.Joliet was the oldest TLP installed in the Gulf of America…

Karoon Energy Launches Revitalization Project for Brazil Fields

Aug 29, 2025

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has initiated the multi-million dollar revitalization and life extension scheme as part of the Baúna project, comprising Baúna, Piracaba and Patola fields, offshore Brazil.Karoon has reassessed the Reserves and Contingent Resources for the Baúna project…

Egypt Boosts Gas Production as Two West Delta Wells Come Onstream

Aug 29, 2025

Egypt's petroleum ministry said on Friday that two new wells in the deepwater West Delta have gone online, adding about 60 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of natural gas to the country's output.Egypt seeks to boost gas production after increasingly turning to imports to meet domestic demand…

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