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Shell Wraps Up Acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ Stake in Ursa Platform

May 01, 2025

Shell Offshore and Shell Pipeline Company (SPLC), subsidiaries of Shell, have completed the previously announced agreement to increase their stake in the Ursa platform in the Gulf of America through the acquisition of working interest from ConocoPhillips…

EnerMech Gets LLOG’s Gulf of America Pre-Commissioning Job

May 01, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has secured a contract from oil company LLOG for pre-commissioning services at the Salamanca platform in the Gulf of America.The contract covers hydrotesting and nitrogen dewatering of three 8-inch infield flowlines…

UK Firm to Deliver T&S Infrastructure for Liverpool Bay CCS Project

Apr 30, 2025

United Living Energy, a subsidiary of U.K. critical infrastructure provider United Living Group, has been selected as one of the primary contractors to deliver CO2 transportation and storage (T&S) infrastructure for Eni’s Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) project…

Eni, UK Gov Reach Financial Close for Liverpool Bay CCS Scheme

Apr 24, 2025

Eni has reached financial close with the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for the Liverpool Bay CCS project, where Eni is the operator of the CO2 transport and storage system (T&S) of the HyNet industrial Cluster…

Calpine, ExxonMobil Sign CO2 Transportation Agreement

Apr 23, 2025

Exxon Mobil has reached an agreement with Calpine Corporation, the US’s largest producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center…

UK and Eni Plan CO2 Offshore Storage Pipeline

Apr 23, 2025

The UK government and Italian energy company Eni are set to approve a 38-mile pipeline to collect carbon dioxide from industrial facilities in Liverpool and Manchester for offshore storage, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.Both the…

DNV Qualifies Subtera’s CUI Detection Tool

Apr 23, 2025

DNV has completed the technology qualification (TQ) of Subtera’s passive terahertz sensor technology designed to detect corrosion under insulation (CUI) and the trapped moisture that causes it, a pervasive challenge in industrial plants.CUI…

New York Governor to Fight US Federal Decision to Halt Empire Wind Project

Apr 17, 2025

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said she would fight the federal decision to halt all construction for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project made by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI).The U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered…

EnerMech Gets Anasuria FPSO Services Job in North Sea

Apr 14, 2025

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a three-year cranes and lifting services contract for the Anasuria floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, east of Aberdeen in the central North Sea.Secured following a competitive tendering process…

Iraq Inks Deal to Develop Subsea Oil Pipeline

Apr 14, 2025

Iraq has signed a deal to establish a subsea oil pipeline for exports via its southern ports, the country's oil ministry said on Sunday.The project is in cooperation with Italian offshore contractor Micoperi and Turkey's Esta for a pipeline with capacity of 2…

Tyra II Starts Operating at Full Technical Capacity

Apr 10, 2025

Denmark’s largest offshore gas development, the Tyra hub in the North Sea, has been restarted with full technical capacity achieved on the facilities, following the completion of repairs which impacted the production.BlueNord, the partner in…

Ashtead Technology Partners Up with EdgeTech for eBOSS Sonar System

Apr 09, 2025

Ashtead Technology has signed a global technology partnership with EdgeTech to bring the first eBOSS system to the subsea technology rental market.The EdgeTech Buried Object Sonar System (eBOSS) is the latest advanced technology sub-bottom sonar…

Tyra II Gas Development Set to Go Full Steam from Next Week

Apr 07, 2025

The Tyra II project in the North Sea, Denmark’s largest offshore gas development, is expected to start operating at its full capacity from next week, following the issues with the equipment which have restricted its production.Since March 4…

Imrandd Expands Work Scope for Apache’s North Sea Assets

Apr 03, 2025

Industrial data and engineering consultancy Imrandd has secured contract with Apache North Sea, expanding scope to include pipeline capability.The renewal extends Imrandd’s ongoing provision of integrity data analytics and onshore integrity…

Mitsui’s STATS Lands Malaysian Pipeline Isolation Job

Apr 03, 2025

STATS Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co, and EPOMS have secured a three-year pipeline isolation contract with a major Malaysian oil and gas operator, covering onshore and offshore pipelines located in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah…

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