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Semco Maritime Gets Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub Substations Service Job

Jul 02, 2025

Iberdrola has awarded Semco Maritime two three-year offshore service contracts, with options for extension, on the above-water scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of electro-mechanical equipment at two offshore substations in the Baltic Hub…

DNO Inks Gas Offtake Deal with Engie, Secures $500M Financing Facility

Jul 02, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has entered into an offtake agreement with France’s Engie for its Norwegian gas production and secured a related offtake financing facility with a major U.S. bank for up to $500 million.The offtake agreement…

North Star Accelerates Green Transition

Jul 01, 2025

North Star’s £400 million ($550 million) ongoing commitment as part of its ESG strategy, combined with a £1.8 million ($2.47 million) investment in crew training last year, has delivered significant progress in its transition to operating a net zero fleet by 2045…

Zamil Offshore’s New Fast Support Intervention Vessel Ready for Service

Jul 01, 2025

Zamil 80, the first of three new 60-meter Fast Support Intervention Vessels (FSIVs) designed by Incat Crowther for offshore marine services provider Zamil Offshore, has passed sea trials and will soon enter service.The new vessel exceeded expectations…

Chevron Set to Close Scotland Office as Part of Restructuring

Jul 01, 2025

Chevron will close its Aberdeen, Scotland, office, the U.S. oil producer said on Monday, ending the company's decades-long presence in the city as part of its ongoing restructuring.The closure of the Aberdeen office will take place between December 2025 and December 2026…

Viaro Energy to Boost North Sea Portfolio with Deltic Acquisition

Jun 30, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has unveiled plans to acquire Deltic Energy in an effort to strengthen its North Sea portfolio, while setting Selene discovery as development priority.The acquisition has been structured as a recommended…

OKEA Gets Green Light for New Drilling Op at Brage Field

Jun 30, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted OKEA a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Brage field.The drilling permit is for the well 31/4-A-15 B in production license 055, and will be done via Brage production, drilling and accommodation facility…

Triton FPSO Set to Come Back Online with Full Ramp Up to Follow

Jun 30, 2025

Serica Energy has informed that Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea will restart production shorty, following the completion of repairs and maintenance operations.Production will commence shortly, Serica Energy said…

Equinor Strikes Oil in Johan Castberg Area of Barents Sea

Jun 30, 2025

Equinor has found oil in an exploration well, dubbed Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.The well, 7720/7-DD-1H, was drilled in the Drivis structure on the Johan Castberg field. According to preliminary estimates, the size of the discovery is 9-15 million barrels of oil…

Offshore Solar Farm Set for Integration with Dutch Offshore Wind Project

Jun 27, 2025

The assembly of an offshore solar farm has been completed at the Port of Amsterdam in a ‘world’s first’ project that will integrate the system with an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, offshore Netherlands.The system, supplied and built by Oceans of Energy…

Shell, Equinor Unveil Name of UK North Sea’s Largest Oil and Gas Producer

Jun 27, 2025

Equinor and Shell have unveiled the name of their joint venture company, set to become U.K. North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer.Adura has been chosen as the name for Equinor’s and Shell’s incorporated joint venture (IJV).With a long-standing presence in the North Sea…

New Subsea Infrastructure at Troll-Fram to Bring More Oil and Gas to Europe

Jun 26, 2025

Equinor and its Fram partners will invest over $2 billion in a new subsea development, dubbed Fram Sør project, to put more oil and gas resources on stream by connecting the new infrastructure to the existing facilities at Fram and Troll area…

Equinor Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Jun 26, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry wildcat well on the Lit prospect in the North Sea.The well 25/11-30 S was drilled in production license 169, which was awarded in the 13th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 1991…

Egypt's EGAS Awards Offshore Blocks to International Companies

Jun 25, 2025

Egypt's EGAS has awarded four blocks in the Mediterranean, one in the Nile delta, and one in North Sinai to international companies, according to a petroleum ministry statement on Wednesday.Companies will invest $ 245 million to drill at least 13 new exploratory wells during the exploration period…

Aker BP Bites Dust in Norwegian Sea

Jun 25, 2025

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Rondeslottet prospect in the Norwegian Sea.Wildcat well 6405/7-4 was drilled in production license 1005, which was included in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2018, with awards taking place in March 2019…

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