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Norway Stands Firm on Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling Despite EU Opposition

Aug 24, 2026

Norway will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea regardless of the European Union's support for a moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies, and no longer sees itself as Europe's 'green battery', Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters…

Norway Approves Request to Delay Offshore Wind Farm License Application

Aug 21, 2026

The Norwegian energy ministry on Friday approved a request from the developer of the country's first commercial offshore wind farm to delay a licence application deadline by one year.The ministry granted operator Ventyr the extension until October 15…

TenneT Completes Drilling, Installation of Protective Conduits for Wind Farms

Aug 21, 2026

TenneT has completed the directional drilling under the beach and part of the seabed at Maasvlakte. Nine plastic protective conduits have now been laid in the boreholes, forming a protected passage for the electricity cables of the offshore wind farms…

Zenith Energy to Lead Phase 2 of Northern Endeavour Decommissioning

Aug 20, 2026

Australia’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has engaged Zenith Energy Australia to conduct planning, engineering and regulatory activities to plug and abandon the Laminaria and Corallina wells in the Timor Sea.Phase 2 focuses on…

Crescentia Capital Invests in Underwater Construction Corporation

Aug 20, 2026

Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC), a provider of specialized underwater diving services, announced a strategic investment from Crescentia Capital, in partnership with Graham Capital Investments (GCI). The investment provides UCC with additional resources to accelerate organic growth…

Romanian Fighter Jets Destroy Marine Drone Near Neptun Deep Project

Aug 20, 2026

Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets to destroy a marine drone spotted a few hundred metres from the Black Sea gas project Neptun Deep, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Thursday.The incident underscores the growing threat to critical energy…

SLB, Formentera Aim to Activate Venezuela Drilling Rigs

Aug 20, 2026

Oil service provider SLB and private equity firm Formentera Partners are working to either reactivate oil rigs in Venezuela or import additional rigs into the country in the coming months, executives from both firms said on Wednesday during a conference in Houston…

Aker BP Acquires Interests in Losgann/Froskelår and Slagugle Discoveries

Aug 19, 2026

Aker BP has entered into two separate transactions that strengthen its positions close to existing infrastructure on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In the North Sea, the company has agreed to acquire Apache’s interest in the Losgann/Froskelår discovery near the Alvheim area…

Panoro Energy to Acquire Côte d’Ivoire Producing Asset from DNO

Aug 19, 2026

Panoro Energy has entered into a definitive agreement with DNO to acquire the entire share capital of DNO’s wholly owned subsidiary DNO CI which holds an indirect 9.09 percent interest in the high-quality gas producing Block CI-27 offshore Côte d’Ivoire…

Norwegian Oil Licenses Value at $150b

Aug 19, 2026

The Norwegian government's direct ownership stakes in offshore oil and gas licences and infrastructure are valued at a total of 1.41 trillion Norwegian crowns ($150 billion), according to a survey published by the industry ministry on Wednesday…

Turkey to Collaborate in Syrian Search for Oil, Gas

Aug 19, 2026

Turkey is ready to work with Damascus to look for oil and gas in Syria, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.Turkish state oil company TPAO and private companies are ready for seismical surveys and exploration drilling both offshore and onshore in Syria…

Equinor Acquires Stake in Namibian Offshore Exploration License

Aug 18, 2026

Norway's Equinor said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with a Chevron subsidiary to acquire a 17.4% stake in a petroleum exploration licence (PEL 90) in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia.'The transaction marks Equinor's entry into Namibia…

Geir Håøy Appointed to MacArtney Board of Directors

Aug 18, 2026

MacArtney Underwater Technology has appointed Geir Håøy, former President and CEO of KONGSBERG, to its Board of Directors, effective June 2026. Throughout his career, Håøy has worked with technologies developed and deployed in maritime, defense…

deugro Delivers 110 Kilometers of Subsea Cables for Saudi Installation Project

Aug 18, 2026

For the Farasan-Madayah Submarine Cable Project, deugro China, deugro Saudi Arabia, deugro Chartering, and the engineers from dteq Transport Engineering Solutions transported almost 110 kilometers of 132 kV CTS submarine cables from China to the Port of Jazan…

SeaDry Protects Offshore Instrumentation From Humidity

Aug 18, 2026

Excessive humidity can damage sensitive equipment in offshore measurement systems, impair data quality and necessitate costly service call-outs. Customers in offshore data collection and marine research therefore use ThoMar's SeaDry to reduce…

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