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BP Restarts Output at Na Kika, Thunder Horse Platforms after Storm Ian

Sep 29, 2022

BP said on Thursday it has redeployed offshore personnel and restarted production at its Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after halting production on Sept. 26 as storm Ian approached.(Reuters - Reporting by Arpan…

DNV Grants Conformity Statements for Two German Nordseecluster Offshore Wind Farms

Sep 29, 2022

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has awarded Conformity Statements to two German Nordseecluster offshore wind farms (N-3.7 & N-3.8).Jointly developed by RWE and Northland Power, Nordseecluster has a total capacity of more than 1…

Capricorn Energy Drops Tullow Merger Plan in Favor of Israel's NewMed

Sep 29, 2022

Capricorn Energy plans to merge with Israel's NewMed in an all-share deal after paying a $620 million special dividend to its shareholders, ditching a previous scheme to merge with Tullow Oil.The Capricorn-NewMed deal would create an Israel…

Subsea 7 Charters Otto Candies, Bordelon Marine Vessels for GOM Ops

Sep 29, 2022

Subsea 7 has signed four long-term vessel charter agreements in the Gulf of Mexico with Otto Candies and Bordelon Marine to boost offshore construction, inspection, maintenance, and repair (IRM), ROV survey, and pipe/umbilical laying support activities…

EU Vows to Protect Energy Network after 'sabotage' of Nord Stream Gas Pipeline

Sep 29, 2022

The European Union on Wednesday promised a 'robust' response to any intentional disruption of its energy infrastructure after saying it suspected sabotage was behind gas leaks discovered this week on subsea Russian pipelines to Europe.As gas…

Hurricane Ian Shuts 157,706 BPD of Oil Output in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Sep 29, 2022

About 157,706 barrels, or 9%, of oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were shut on Wednesday by Hurricane Ian, said offshore regulator Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.Hurricane Ian was lashing Florida's Gulf Coast with powerful winds and drenching rain…

Vattenfall to Build 980MW Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Sep 29, 2022

Swedish firm Vattenfall has obtained the right to develop the N-7.2 offshore wind power project off the German North Sea coast. The project is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than one million German households…

GMS Secures Work for Two Self Propelled Jack-ups

Sep 29, 2022

GMS, a UAE-based owner of self‐propelled, self‐elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas, and renewables industries, said Thursday it had secured a new contract.The company said Thursday that the contract was at improved rates…

Petrobras Orders $2.8B FPSO from Keppel O&M

Sep 29, 2022

Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.8 billion contract with Brazil's Petrobras for the construction of a large FPSO for deployment at the Buzios field offshore Brazil.Scheduled for delivery in 1H 2027, the P-83 is a repeat order of the P-80 FPSO that Keppel O&M secured in August 2022…

ONE-Dyas Sanctions EUR 500M Wind-powered Offshore Gas Project in Dutch North Sea

Sep 28, 2022

ONE-Dyas has reached a final investment decision for the development of the N05-A gas field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The decision involves an investment of more than 500 million euros, and is the largest investment in a natural gas development in the Netherlands in the past 15 years…

Vestas to Deliver 15MW Wind Turbines for 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

Sep 28, 2022

Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and ESB, has appointed Vestas as the preferred wind turbine supplier for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland. The project, located 15 km off the Angus Coast on the East of Scotland…

Nord Stream Operator Says Three Offshore Gas Pipelines Damaged in One Day

Sep 28, 2022

Three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system on the bed of the Baltic Sea sustained 'unprecedented' damage in one day, Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, said on Tuesday.The bulletin was published after Sweden's Maritime…

Norway to Boost Security at Oil and Gas Installations

Sep 28, 2022

Norway on Wednesday was beefing up security throughout its oil and gas sector to protect against possible sabotage after several countries said two Russian pipelines to Europe spewing gas into the Baltic had been attacked.A military expert warned that the security of the Nordic country's oil sector…

Shell, Exxon Launch Joint Sale of UK, Dutch North Sea Assets

Sep 27, 2022

Shell and Exxon Mobil have launched a joint sale process of a large package of offshore natural gas assets in the southern UK and Dutch North Sea, three industry and banking sources said.The two companies have hired investment bank Jefferies to run the sale…

Petrofac Hires AHTS to Assist with Northern Endeavour FPSO Disconnection

Sep 27, 2022

Akastor's subsidiary DDW Offshore has won a one-year contract with Petrofac for the AHTS vessel Skandi Atlantic. The AHTS will support the disconnection of the FPSO 'Northern Endeavour' together with towing and well isolations work in the Laminaria Corallina oil fields in the West Timor Sea…

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