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Sierra Leone Awaits Seismic Survey Results Ahead of Possible Oil and Gas Round

Jun 26, 2025

Sierra Leone will wait for the results of a recently-launched offshore 3D seismic survey, its first in over a decade, ahead of potentially opening its next oil and gas licensing round later this year, a senior government official said on Thursday…

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…

Shearwater Lands 4D Survey at Equinor’s Norwegian Sea Field

Jun 20, 2025

Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has signed a contract with Equinor to perform a 4D towed streamer seismic survey over the Tyrihans field in Norway.It is the first project awarded under the 2021 Equinor frame agreement following a recent extension for an additional two years…

DOF's Subsea Construction Vessel Gets Atlantic Region Jobs

Jun 19, 2025

DOF Group has signed multiple contracts for the Skandi Inventor subsea construction vessel (SCV) in the Atlantic region. The contract is for 100 days of firm work, with additional options available.The Skandi Inventor, a state-of-the-art DP3…

Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Aberdeen Rig Back in Action After SPS Period

Jun 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has completed the Deepsea Aberdeen’s special periodic survey (SPS), with the semi-submersible rig returning to operations after three weeks of scheduled off-hire.As a result, all of the company’s own fleet rigs SPS projects are now completed…

Topsides for Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose Platform En Route to Canada

Jun 13, 2025

Topsides for Canadian oil and gas firm Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose offshore platform, built by Kiewit Offshore Services in Texas, have started their journey to a field in Newfoundland waters.The 23,000 tonne topsides structure will be installed in the White Rose field in July…

MacGregor to Supply Winch Package for SPEC’s AHTS Newbuilds

Jun 10, 2025

MacGregor has secured a contract to supply an advanced anchor handling towing winch (AHTW) package for a series anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels owned by SINOPACIFIC Engineering & Contracting (SPEC).The MacGregor AHTW package is designed…

Crew Member Dies in Accident on Tidewater’s Polaris PSV

Jun 09, 2025

A fatal incident has occurred aboard one of the vessels of Tidewater, a subcontractor of Equinor, resulting in the death of a crew member.The incident took place on Polaris platform supply vessel (PSV) on June 2, 2025, while the vessel was on the Atlantic Ocean engaged in normal operations…

Eco Atlantic Takes Operatorship of Orange Basin Offshore Block

Jun 04, 2025

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an Atlantic Margin-focused oil and gas exploration company, has completed the farm-in agreement in the Orange Basin block, securing the full operatorship and exploration rights offshore South Africa.Eco has now secured…

Shell Makes FID for Trinidad Offshore Gas Project

Jun 03, 2025

Energy producer Shell has made a positive final investment decision on its Aphrodite gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, the company said on Tuesday.The project is expected to produce first gas in 2027 and have a peak production of 18…

Agogo FPSO Checks In Offshore Angola

May 29, 2025

The Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has reached Angola ahead off installation at Azule Energy’s offshore field.The trans-oceanic towing operation from China to Angola was conducted by PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH)…

Navantia Seanergies Delivers Second Substation Jacket for French OW Farm

May 23, 2025

Navantia Seanergies, Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s green energies division, has delivered its second substation jacket for Ocean Winds for the offshore wind farm at Dieppe Le Tréport in France.The jacket departed from the south basin of the Puerto Real shipyard…

Two Wildcat Wells on Equinor’s North Sea Drilling Agenda

May 22, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat exploration wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A, in production license 1140.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…

Industry Partners Unveil Next-Gen Floating Wind Installation Vessel Design

May 21, 2025

A consortium based in South West England, led by Morek Engineering, has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first feasibility stage.Consortium partners include naval architects Solis Marine Engineering…

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