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First Oil from Norway's Balder X Delayed ... Again

Aug 21, 2024

Norway's Vaar Energi has again postponed the startup of its North Sea Balder X oil and gas project, planning to begin output in the second quarter of 2025 rather than by the end of this year, the company said on Wednesday.Plagued by cost overruns and delays…

Gullfaks C Ops Resume, says Equinor

Aug 20, 2024

Norway's Equinor has begun work to resume output at its Gullfaks C oil and gas platform in the North Sea after a shutdown on Sunday, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.  The incident was caused by problems with one of the platform's wells…

Hess Guyana's Value is Central to Exxon Mobile Spat

Aug 20, 2024

An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, people familiar with the matter said.Chevron last October offered to pay $53 billion for Hess…

Production at Libya's Sharara Oilfield Up to 85,000 bpd

Aug 19, 2024

Production at Libya's Sharara oilfield has risen to about 85,000 barrels per day in a move aimed at supplying the Zawia oil refinery.Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) had declared force majeure on oil exports from the field on August 7 after a blockade by protesters hit production at the 300…

Gas Production Starts in Argo Cassiopea field, says Eni

Aug 19, 2024

Eni reports it started gas production from the Argo Cassiopea field, coming from one of the four subsea wells drilled in recent months in the Strait of Sicily. Once captured, the gas is transported through a 60 km subsea pipeline to the Gela processing plant…

Crowley Breaks Ground on Salem Offshore Wind Terminal

Aug 19, 2024

A ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony was held to signal the start of construction at the Salem Offshore Wind Terminal in Massachusetts.The Crowley Wind Services-led project involves transforming a former oil- and coal-fired power plant into Massachusetts’ second wind port…

Ultra-High Pressure Oil Wells Could Unleash another 2B Barrels from GOM

Aug 18, 2024

U.S. energy firms last week cut oil and natural gas rigs for the second time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 586 in the week to Aug…

Ørsted Delays US Offshore Wind Project as Impairment Losses Hit

Aug 15, 2024

Renewable energy group Orsted booked 3.2 billion Danish crowns ($472 million) in impairment losses in the second quarter, due partly to a delay in construction of a major U.S. offshore wind project, sending its shares down almost 8% on Thursday…

Petrobras Puts Two Techdof’s PLSVs Back to Work

Aug 15, 2024

Petrobras has awarded contracts to Techdof, a joint venture between DOF Subsea and TechnipFMC, for two of its pipelay support vessel (PLSVs).Petrobras extended the existing contract for PLSV Skandi Açu to mid-2026. This extension will be followed by the new three-year contract ending mid-2029…

TDI-Brooks Wraps Up Geotechnical Job Offshore Mexico

Aug 15, 2024

TDI-Brooks, a U.S.-based marine services company specializing in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, has completed a third-party geotechnical coring project for Geohidra in the Southern Gulf of Mexico.This operation took place aboard the MV Laguna Azule…

Subsea7 Hires GEG to Fabricate Subsea Spools for Aker BP’s Yggdrasil Field

Aug 15, 2024

Global Energy Group (GEG) has been awarded a contract from Subsea7 Norway, to fabricate 134 subsea spools for the Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil field in the North Sea.The work will be executed from GEG’s flagship multi-user energy facility at the Port of Nigg…

Valeura Produces First Oil from Nong Yao Extension Off Thailand

Aug 15, 2024

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has produced first oil from its Nong Yao C development offshore Thailand.The first three of the seven Nong Yao C development wells were opened up for oil production on August 15, 2024, with additional wells to be brought online successively thereafter…

Equinor, Dominion Win US Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Auction

Aug 14, 2024

Norway's Equinor and U.S. power company Dominion were the winning bidders in a U.S. government offshore wind auction of two areas off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, the U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday.The offshore…

Project Labor Agreement Signed for Salem Offshore Wind Terminal

Aug 14, 2024

Workers, community members, and elected officials have marked the signing of a new Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of a $300 million maritime terminal that will support the construction of offshore wind farms in Massachusetts…

Poland Launches $5.5B Offshore Wind Loan Plan

Aug 14, 2024

Poland is launching a nearly 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) programme financed from the European Union's recovery funds to provide loans to builders of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea, the state assets ministry and bank BGK said on Tuesday…

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