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Installed on OSV, Survitec's Seahaven Evacuation System Passes Heavy Weather Trials

Feb 02, 2022

Seahaven Advanced Evacuation System , developed by the UK-based marine safety and survival solutions provider Survitec, has successfully passed heavy weather sea trials (HWST), deployed from the offshore support vessel EDT Jane.According to Survitec…

Saudi Aramco Buys Stake in Cognite from Aker BP

Feb 02, 2022

Saudi Aramco has bought a 7.4% stake in Norwegian industrial software group Cognite from oil firm Aker BP, Cognite said on Wednesday.The price for the stake was 'around 1 billion Norwegian crowns,' or about $113 million, an Aker BP spokesperson told Reuters…

W&T Offshore Completes Acquisition of Shallow Water GoM Oil Fields

Feb 02, 2022

W&T Offshore has completed the acquisition of shallow-water U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields from ANKOR E&P Holdings Corporation and KOA Energy LP, ahead of schedule.The oil firm has bought oil and gas producing properties in Federal shallow…

Australia: Pilot Energy, Triangle Energy Terminate Proposed Farm-out and Cliff Head Solar, Wind JV

Feb 02, 2022

ASX-listed oil and gas company Pilot Energy Limited said Tuesday its proposed agreements with Triangle Energy to farm out a part of a block off W. Australia and create a solar and wind joint venture would not go ahead as the Australian regulators have refused to grant the necessary approvals…

IKM Subsea's ROV to Sport Nauticus Robotics Olympic Arm

Feb 02, 2022

Norwegian ROV operator and subsea services company IKM Subsea has selected the Nauticus Robotics Olympic Arm, a fully electric work-class manipulator, for its subsea resident remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system. The Olympic Arm increases…

Can Qatari Gas Offset Disruptions to Russian Supply in Europe?

Feb 02, 2022

The United States, the world's top natural gas producer, has asked Qatar and other major energy producers to divert gas supplies to Europe if Russia attacks Ukraine and the United States imposes sanctions on Russia.Russia, which supplies around a third of Europe's gas…

Lundin Energy Q4 Beats Forecast as Oil and Gas Prices Soar

Feb 02, 2022

Sweden's Lundin Energy reported on Tuesday a bigger-than-expected rise in operating profit for the final quarter of 2021 amid a surge in the price of crude oil and natural gas.Lundin's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for October-December rose to $1…

Ørsted Expects Pickup in Wind Speeds to Lift Earnings

Feb 02, 2022

Renewable energy company Ørsted on Wednesday missed fourth-quarter operating profit expectations, but said it expected a boost in earnings as wind speeds should return to normal this year after an unusually calm 2021.Ørsted's shares rose by as much as 6% at opening and were trading 1…

Golden Energy Offshore Signs Up for Inmarsat's Fleet LTE

Feb 02, 2022

Mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has secured a contract with the Norwegian offshore support vessel owner Golden Energy Offshore to provide its three-in-one network service Fleet LTE, to meet the needs of vessel charterers, crew…

Equinor's Ginny Exploration Well Comes Up Dry

Feb 02, 2022

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has drilled a dry well on the Ginny exploration prospect 6407/9-13 in the Norwegian Sea, and the drilling operations are now being concluded, OKEA, a partner in the project said Wednesday.The well, in production license PL1060…

Harbour Energy's CEO Europe to Step Down

Feb 02, 2022

UK-based oil and gas company Harbour Energy said Wednesday that Phil Kirk had notified the Board of his intention to step down as Executive Director, President, and CEO Europe, with effect from February 28, 2022.Kirk was previously Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Chrysaor Group…

Saipem Loses Its Footing on Path to Green Energy

Feb 02, 2022

Italy's Saipem risks becoming a casualty of the transition to cleaner energy after a shock profit warning left leading shareholders scrambling to shore up the finances of the energy services company.The Saipem board met on Tuesday to discuss the situation…

Oil and Gas UK Changes Name to Become 'Unifying voice for offshore energy sector'

Feb 01, 2022

Oil and Gas UK (OGUK), a UK-based offshore oil and gas industry association, is changing its name to Offshore Energies UK, to reflect its expansion into low-carbon offshore energy technologies that its members are developing, including offshore wind…

Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger Rig Starts Equinor Contract

Feb 01, 2022

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has informed that its Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig has started its contract with the Norwegian oil firm Equinor.The contract was first announced in May 2021, when it was shared…

Drifting Ship Hits Tennet's HKZ Beta Platform Jacket

Feb 01, 2022

A cargo ship was cast adrift by storm Corrie on Monday in the Dutch North Sea, in the area where grid operator TenneT is building two transformer platforms (Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha and Beta) for the connection of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid that is being built by Vattenfall…

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