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Norway: Neptune Energy Spuds Bue Offshore Well

Sep 08, 2020

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has started drilling on the Bue well in the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.The well, drilled by Seadrill's West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig will act as a pilot for the location of the Fenja field's…

Equinor to Drill New Wells at North Sea Field as Several Previously Drilled Wells Unsafe for Production

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor is planning to drill new wells at its Martin Linge development in the North Sea, after discovering that several previously drilled wells do not have the necessary barriers and that bringing them online would not be safe…

PGS Completes Seismic Survey Offshore Angola. Fast-Track Data in Q4

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian seismic data acquisition firm PGS has completed a large seismic survey offshore Angola using the 2008-built Ramform Sovereign vessel.The 2020 PGS Namibe Basin survey connects the 3D seismic coverage of southern Angola with PGS seismic data library coverage in Namibia…

GC Rieber to Transfer Fleet Management Business to OSM

Sep 08, 2020

Norwegian offshore vessel owner and manager GC Rieber Shipping has signed an agreement to transfer its fleet management services business to OSM Maritime Group, and become a pure shipowner.Under the agreement, GC Rieber Shipping will transfer all technical…

Ampelmann Nets Gangway Deal with McDermott in India

Sep 08, 2020

Dutch offshore gangway solutions provider Ampelmann has won a contract that will see one of its crew-transfer gangways deployed offshore India.Ampelmann said Tuesday that it had signed a contract with offshore engineering and construction firm…

Petrobras: Excellent Productivity, High CO2 Levels at Jupiter DST

Sep 08, 2020

Brazil's Petrobras has completed the Drill Stem Test (DST) in the area of the Júpiter Discovery Assessment Plan, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reporting excellent well productivity, but high CO2 content.The Jupiter area belongs to the BM-S-24 concession…

Big Projects Will Be Needed to Fill Up North West Shelf's Spare Capacity, Woodmac Says

Sep 08, 2020

Woodside-operated North West Shelf (NWS) LNG project in Australia could have up to 7 million tonnes per annum (mmpta) of spare capacity available by 2027. This equates to 40% of the project’s nominal capacity, energy intelligence firm Wood Mackenzie said in a report this week…

Merkel Doesn't Rule Out Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Sep 08, 2020

Chancellor Angela Merkel does not rule out imposing sanctions on a pipeline set to bring Russian gas to Germany in response to the suspected poisoning of a Kremlin critic with a Soviet-style nerve agent, her chief spokesman said on Monday.Merkel…

Ørsted Hires Solstad Offshore Vessel for Offshore Wind Farm Work in Taiwan

Sep 07, 2020

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has won its second offshore wind contract in Taiwan in less than a month.Following an offshore wind contract award with an unnamed firm in Taiwan for its construction support vessel Normand Baltic…

VIDEO: World's Largest Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel Wraps its First Offshore Wind Gig

Sep 07, 2020

Dutch offshore installation contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the first jacket of TenneT's Hollandse Kust (Zuid) offshore wind farm substation in the Dutch North Sea.Using its giant Sleipnir semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema…

Australia: Pilot Energy Eyes 1.1GW Offshore Wind Farm at Oil and Gas Block Site

Sep 07, 2020

Australian oil and gas company Pilot Energy, with a stake in an offshore oil and gas block in the Northern Perth Basin, is now pursuing the development of an offshore wind farm in that same block.Pilot Energy said Friday it was starting a detailed…

Europe Could Invest $35B in CCS by 2035, Rystad Says

Sep 07, 2020

After years of expensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) studies and test centers, Europe has now reached a phase where large-scale CCS developments make sense financially, Norwegian energy market intelligence group Rystad Energy has said.In a report on Monday…

Eiffage, Engie to Build Substation for Iberdrola's French Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 07, 2020

Spanish energy company Iberdrola has via its French subsidiary Ailes Marines awarded a contract for the construction of an offshore substation for the Saint-Brieuc bay offshore wind farm in Brittany, France.A joint venture, formed by Eiffage Métal and Engie Solutions…

Chariot's Anchois Offshore Gas Field Gets 148% Resource Estimate Boost

Sep 07, 2020

Chariot Oil & Gas has informed that its Lixus offshore license in Morocco which contains the undeveloped Anchois gas discovery, could hold more gas than previously thought.Chariot said Monday it had completed the reprocessing of 3D seismic data across the license…

Borr Drilling Gets NYSE Listing Warning as New CEO Set to Take Over

Sep 07, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange informing it that the company is not in compliance with the continued listing standard.The notice is related to the minimum average share price…

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