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Brava Energia Hires Constellation’s Drilling Rig for Work Offshore Brazil

Nov 26, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Constellation has secured a $130 million contract with Brava Energia for its Lone Star ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig for work offshore Brazil.The contract is for a firm term of 400 days, with a 60-days priced option which…

Makin' a List ... Trump Prioritizes Energy Exploration, Production, Export

Nov 25, 2024

Donald Trump's transition team is putting together a wide-ranging energy package to roll out within days of his taking office that would approve export permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and increase oil drilling off the U…

Uncertainty Surrounds Guyana Gas Development

Nov 25, 2024

Doubts are growing over Guyana's pick of a little-known U.S. startup to craft and develop projects to monetize its vast untapped natural gas resources that could cost up to $30 billion. Year-old Fulcrum LNG faces financing hurdles that could derail its selection…

QatarEnergy Boosts Offshore Stakes in Namibia

Nov 24, 2024

QatarEnergy has entered into an agreement with TotalEnergies to acquire additional offshore exploration interests in the Orange Basin off the coast of Namibia, it said on Sunday.The deal includes a 5.25% increase in QatarEnergy's stake in block 2913B and a 4…

EMGS to Conduct CSEM Survey Offshore India

Nov 22, 2024

Norwegian offshore survey services firm Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured a contract for controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) offshore India.The survey is expected to have a contract value of approximately $10 million, including mobilization fee…

Poland to Open New Areas for Offshore Wind Development in Baltic Sea

Nov 22, 2024

Poland is planning to assign new areas for offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and is drafting additional measures to boost the security of its critical energy infrastructure, government officials said on Wednesday.'Maritime offices will submit analyses any moment…

Swedish Firm Eyes Multi-Megawatt Wave Energy Farm Off Grenada

Nov 22, 2024

Swedish company Seabased has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Grenada and SIDS DOCK to establish Grenada’s first utility-scale wave energy park.The agreement outlines a phased project that will begin…

Iberdrola Invests in Offshore Wind Coatings Start-Up

Nov 22, 2024

Iberdrola, through its start-up program Perseo, has invested in the start-up Revestimientos Técnicos Sostenibles (RTS) to promote its innovative solutions related to manufacturing insulation and anti-corrosion coatings, which have a direct use on offshore wind structures…

CSL-OWL Joint Venture Orders Two Rock Installation Vessels for Offshore Wind

Nov 22, 2024

CSL OWL Subsea Rock Installation, a newly formed partnership between the CSL Group and Offshore Wind Logistics (OWL), has ordered two newbuild subsea rock installation vessels tailored for the offshore wind sector.Each vessel will have a cargo capacity of 17…

Solstad Offshore Nets $60M in New Vessel Contracts

Nov 22, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured multiple new contracts and contract extensions, whose combined value is $60 million.Solstad secured one new contract, and one contract extension from Petrobras, for work offshore Brazil…

ExxonMobil, Hess, CNOOC Withdraw from Guyana’s Oil Block Negotiations

Nov 22, 2024

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil and partners have pulled out of negotiations with Guyana's government on terms for exploring and developing a shallow-water oil block, the South American country's vice president said on Thursday.Exxon, U.S.-based Hess…

Velesto Completes Removal of Wrecked Naga 7 Jack-Up Rig Off Malaysia

Nov 22, 2024

Malaysia’s oil and gas services firm Velesto has completed the wreck removal of the its Naga 7 jack-up rig, which submerged off the coast of Sarawak in Malaysia in 2021.The removal operations, except for the earlier removed helideck, were carried out by the contractor…

Saudi Aramco Suspends Another Shelf Drilling Jack-Up

Nov 22, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has received a notice of suspension for its High Island II jack-up rig from Saudi Aramco, following the similar notice it received from the same operator for High Island IV in the last month.The start…

BP Greenlights $7B CCUS Scheme Tied to Indonesia LNG Facility

Nov 22, 2024

BP and its partners have reached a final investment decision for a $7 billion Tangguh Ubadari carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, which has the potential to unlock around 3 trillion cubic feet of additional gas resources in Indonesia to help meet growing energy demand in Asia…

SBM Offshore Secures $1.5B Financing for FPSO Jaguar

Nov 22, 2024

SBM Offshore has completed the $1.5 billion project financing of the Jaguar floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at ExxonMobil's Whiptail project, located in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.The…

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