Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore on Thursday posted a higher 1Q revenue but expects its full-year revenue in 2020 to be negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and sharp decline in the oil price.Solstad’s revenue for the first quarter of 2020 was MNOK 1…
Norwegian seismic acquisition company PGS has completed its East Shetland Basin 2020 survey using the Ramform Tethys seismic vessel.The company said Wednesday the first results of the survey would be available in August. 'PGS and the survey…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore entered into a standstill agreement with its secured lenders in Europe and Norway for the period from May 29, 2020, until April 30, 2021. The terms of the agreement include 100% deferral of principal and interest until the end of the standstill period…
U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips has completed the sale of its Australia-West assets and operations to Australia's Santos.The two companies in October 2019 struck a deal for Santos to acquire ConocoPhillips’ northern Australia business with operating interests in Darwin LNG…
Brazil's state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has hired banks to coordinate a global bond issue of an unspecified amount, according to a securities filing on Wednesday.Banks BNP Paribas, Itau BBA, JPMorgan & Chase, Scotia Capital and SMBC Nikko will manage the offering…
The first foundations for Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project have been shipped from Germany to Canada for eventual installation 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va.On March 31, the foundation components for…
Offshore wind developer Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) has named the CEO for the construction phase of the 589MW Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind projects in Taiwan.The offshore wind projects reached the financial close in February 2020 and have officially entered the construction phase…
The partners in Israel's offshore Leviathan natural gas field have agreed to sell about 2.5 billion shekels ($716 million) of gas to IDE Technologies for its planned desalination plant along the Israeli coast, according to a source familiar with deal…
The UK authorities have approved Taqa's decommissioning program the Eider platform topside in the UK North SeaThe Eider platform is located in Block 211/16a in the UK Northern North Sea. The field was discovered in May 1976 by Shell / Esso with…
Norwegian offshore vessel contractor Island Offshore has shared photos of what it says is one of the most comprehensive anchoring projects globally in 2020 - the installation of an anchor system for Equinor's Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea…
Offshore services group Acteon will appoint Carl Trowell as Group Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Richard Higham, effective June 1.Trowell, with 25 years of experience in a wide range of roles across the energy sector, joins Acteon from the offshore drilling contractor Valaris plc…
Austrian oil and gas firm OMV has been granted a permit for the drilling of the offshore well 6506/11-12 S in the Norwegian Sea.The company's Norwegian subsidiary OMV Norge will use the Island Innovator semi-submersible to drill the appraisal…
Subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has entered into a partnership with Trinidad and Tobago-based Reliance Subsea Services Limited.The US-arm of Aberdeen-based Ashtead will provide subsea survey and ROV equipment through…
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and SEA O.G have entered into an agreement to provide marine services and CTV operations to the offshore wind industry in the United States.The partnership will combine the forces of N-O-S, the crew transfer vessel operator in Europe…
Eni-operated Coral South FLNG project is making progress with the first topside module installed aboard the hull of the under-construction FLNG unit destined to develop offshore gas fields in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin, Mozambique.Coral FLNG SA…