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Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Near Troll Field in North Sea

Dec 17, 2024

Equinor and its partners DNO and Petoro have made an oil and gas discovery west of the Troll field in the North Sea, currently estimated at between 2 and 12 million barrels of oil equivalent.The discovery, made 17 kilometers from the Troll field…

Exxon Wants to Keep Option for Hess Guyana Assets

Dec 16, 2024

Exxon Mobil wants to preserve its right of first refusal in Hess Corp's sale of its Guyana oil production assets because of the work it has put into developing the country's offshore fields, two of its top executives said on Wednesday.A three…

Portugal Ushers in Floating Wind Era

Dec 16, 2024

Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo.The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting…

Amanda Dasch named Ørsted Region Americas CEO

Dec 16, 2024

20+ year energy and renewable executive to lead 11 GW U.S. portfolio, continue driving build-out of new American energy industry.Ørsted announced today it has selected Amanda Dasch as its new Region Americas CEO, tapping a seasoned executive with leadership experience in the U…

France’s Shom Selects Exail’s Drix USV Hydrographic Drone

Dec 16, 2024

The Shom (French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service) has confirmed the acquisition of the DriX H-8 surface hydrographic drone, developed by the French robotics and maritime technologies specialist Exail.The acquisition marks a strategic…

Aker, Aibel Get FEED Contracts for GreenVolt Floating Wind Project

Dec 16, 2024

Floating Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts to two partnership for the delivery of 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland…

Noble Corp. Taps Kongsberg Digital Simulator Tech

Dec 16, 2024

Houston-based Noble Corporation contracted with Kongsberg Digital for the delivery of navigation, engine and dynamic positioning (DP) simulators based on Kongsberg Maritime’s K-Pos DP system. The simulators will be tailored and integrated with…

Kongsberg to Work on Six Hybrid CMM's PSVs Bound for Petrobras Ops

Dec 16, 2024

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Compagnie Maritime Monegasque (CMM) to deliver advanced ship design and technology for six hybrid platform supply vessels (PSVs), with oil spill recovery capacity, which will support Petrobras’ offshore operations…

Expro Lands Contract to Support 52-Well P&A Campaign

Dec 16, 2024

Energy services provider Expro (NYSE: XPRO) has been awarded a contract valued at over $10 million for the provision of a well decommissioning solution in support of the 52-well plug and abandonment (P&A) campaign.The solution combines subsea…

Argeo Inks Five-Year Offshore Site Investigation Agreement with TotalEnergies

Dec 16, 2024

Norwegian energy services firm Argeo has signed a five-year frame agreement with TotalEnergies for offshore site investigation services.The agreement has a fixed five-year term, with two optional one-year extensions, allowing for a total duration of up to seven years…

INEOS Picks Up CNOOC’s US Assets in $2B Deal

Dec 16, 2024

China's CNOOC has sold its U.S. subsidiary, together with its upstream oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico, to British chemicals group INEOS, according to a CNOOC statement issued on Saturday.The Chinese oil and gas major said CNOOC Energy Holdings U…

Oil and Gas in Norway Set for Record Investments in 2025

Dec 16, 2024

Oil and gas companies operating in Norway expect to invest a record 275 billion Norwegian crowns ($24.68 billion) in 2025, up from 263.7 billion this year and more than previously expected, the Offshore Norge industry association said on Monday…

Vår Energi, Equinor Weighing Up Oil Discovery Tie-Back to Barents Sea FPSO

Dec 16, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi and its partner Equinor have proven oil in an appraisal well in Barents Sea, drilled to delineate the Countach discovery, which is now being considered for tie-back to the nearby floating production, storage…

BP and ADNOC’s XRG Launch JV Focused on Egypt’s Gas Assets

Dec 16, 2024

BP and XRG, ADNOC’s international energy investment company, have established new regional gas platform, Arcius Energy, to initially focus on development of gas assets in Egypt.Announced in February 2024, Arcius Energy is 51% owned by BP and 49% by XRG…

Aker Solutions Secures Maintenance Extension for Aker BP’s Norwegian Fields

Dec 16, 2024

Aker Solutions has signed a two-year contract extension for maintenance and modifications work for Aker BP, which covers the operated field centers Valhall and Hod, Ula and Tambar, Alvheim and Skarv, offshore Norway.The existing frame agreement…

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