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UK: Equinor's Floating Wind Farm Sets New Record

Mar 23, 2021

Norwegian energy company Equinor said Tuesday its Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm in the UK has, for the third consecutive year, reached the highest average capacity factor for any wind farm in the UK.With an average capacity factor of 57…

Equinor Adds Another Well to Odfjell Drilling Rig's Scope

Mar 22, 2021

Just days after exercising a one-well option for Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig, Norway's oil and gas firm Equinor has exercised another one.The offshore drilling company said Monday: 'Further to our press…

Vantage Drilling to Manage Seadrill Partners' Rigs as Court Grants Approval

Mar 22, 2021

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has received court approval for a previously proposed deal which entails Vantage managing some of the rigs owned by Seadrill Partners.Vantage said Friday it had has entered into a Framework Agreement…

Aker BP Extends Deepsea Nordkapp Offshore Rig Contract by One Year

Mar 22, 2021

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has exercised the second one-year option for the extension of the contract for Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible drilling rig.The extension will begin after the expiry of the first optional period in June 2022…

Indian Refinery Buys Brazilian Tupi Crude

Mar 22, 2021

India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has bought its first-ever cargo of Brazilian Tupi crude oil in a tender, two industry sources said on Monday.The 1-million-barrel cargo was sold by Royal Dutch Shell for May delivery, he added…

BV Completes Classification of Ghana's LNG Floating Regasification Unit

Mar 22, 2021

Bureau Veritas (BV), a testing, inspection, and certification body, has completed the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana in sheltered waters.The unit is combined with a floating storage unit (FSU) for the delivery of gas to onshore consumers…

VIDEO: Neptune Installs Duva Field Subsea Trees. First Production in Q3 2021

Mar 22, 2021

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has said it has recently installed four Enhanced Horizontal Subsea Tree Systems (EHXT) for the Duva development project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, using a vessel instead of a rig, reducing installation time…

LYTT Tech Boosts Output at BP's Clair Ridge Offshore Platform

Mar 22, 2021

LYTT, an energy tech company, said Monday its technology has helped improve production up to 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) at BP's Clair Ridge offshore platform, west of Shetland, UK.Clair Ridge is the second phase of development of the giant…

Saudi Aramco to Cut Spending as Profit Drops 44.4%

Mar 22, 2021

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco is betting on an Asian-led rebound in energy demand this year after it reported a steep slide in net profit for 2020 on Sunday and scaled back its spending plans.The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on the company and its global peers in 2020…

Solstad Sells 2003-Built AHTS DUO

Mar 19, 2021

Solstad Offshore has sold two anchor handling towing and supply vessels earlier this week.Solstad said that the vessels sold were the AHTS Lady Astrid and Lady Caroline.Delivery of the vessels to the new owner took place Wednesday, March 17th…

Odfjell Drilling Bags 5-Year Drilling & Maintenance Contract on TAQA's North Sea Platforms

Mar 19, 2021

UAE-based oil and gas company TAQA has awarded Odfjell Drilling a contract for platform drilling & maintenance services on its UK North Sea platforms.The five-year contract covers services aboard the North Cormorant, Harding, Tern Alpha, Brae Alpha…

Ørsted Starts Offshore Construction at 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

Mar 19, 2021

Denmark-based offshore wind installation company Ørsted, said Friday it was kicking off full-scale offshore construction activities of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan.Ørsted said it would start laying export…

Siemens Energy to Deliver Topside Modules for MISC-built FPSO

Mar 19, 2021

Siemens Energy said Friday it had won a contract with Malaysian MISC to deliver eight complete topside modules for an FPSO MISC is building for deployment in South America.According to Siemens Energy, its topside modules 'will provide sustainable…

Equinor Sees Drop in Emissions in 2020

Mar 19, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor, which is working to become a broader energy company, with increasing investments in renewable energy, said Friday its greenhouse emissions in 2020 had dropped compared to 2019.'In 2020, Equinor’s (scope 1 & 2) greenhouse gas emissions were 1…

Johan Sverdrup Oil Field: Lundin Expects Further Output Capacity Growth

Mar 19, 2021

Sweden's Lundin Energy, a partner in Norway's giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield, said on Thursday it expected the field's production capacity and its reserve estimates to grow in the future.Production capacity from 2.2 billion to 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) field…

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