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Gondan Shipyard Delivers Edda Boreas CSOV to Edda Wind

Feb 09, 2023

Norway-based offshore wind service vessel firm Edda Wind on Thursday took delivery of Edda Boreas CSOV from Gondan Shipyard. The vessel is the second of six sister vessels to be delivered from Gondan.The commissioning service operation vessel…

Crowley Aims to Set Up Offshore Wind Terminal at Port Fourchon

Feb 09, 2023

U.S. maritime and logistics company Crowley said it has made a deal that could see it lease and develop an offshore wind terminal in Louisiana's Port Fourchon.The Right of First Refusal agreement was reached during Wednesday’s Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) Board Meeting in Cut Off…

CrossWind's Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm: Final Monopile Installed

Feb 09, 2023

This week, the Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord installed the last monopile for CrossWind's Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, bringing the total number of installed monopiles to 70. The offshore wind farm is located 18…

Lukoil, KazMunayGas in Caspian Sea Collaboration

Feb 09, 2023

Russian oil firm Lukoil has signed several agreements with Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas in Astana regarding the Kalamkas-Sea, Khazar, Auezov subsoil area development project in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea. They define the rights and…

Norway' $1.35 Trillion Wealth Fund to Vote Against Board Members Who Fall Short on Climate

Feb 09, 2023

Norway's $1.35 trillion wealth fund said on Thursday it would step up its engagement with companies over the management of climate risk by voting against board members who it deems are not doing enough on the issue. Investing the state's revenues…

JDR to Supply Subsea Umbilicals for A15 and B10 Gas Fields in Netherlands

Feb 09, 2023

Subsea cable maker JDR has won a contract from Petrogas E&P Netherlands to supply two umbilicals for the A15 and B10 offshore conventional gas fields in the Netherlands. The fields are located in quads A & B, in a shallow water depth of 115 ft…

Indonesia: MedcoEnergi Boosts Capex by Nearly 50%

Feb 09, 2023

Indonesian energy company Medco Energi Internasional MEDC.JK (MedcoEnergi) will raise its capital expenditure by nearly 50% to about $370 million this year, with a bigger portion allocated to oil and gas development, a company director said on Thursday…

Inpex Forecasts 38% Drop in Net Income for 2023

Feb 09, 2023

Japan's Inpex on Thursday forecast a 38% fall in net income to 270 billion yen ($2 billion) and a 19% fall in sales to 1.9 trillion yen this year, hit by lower oil prices and a stronger yen. The country's top exploration and production company…

Norway: CGG, TGS in North Sea OBN Survey

Feb 09, 2023

French seismic data company CGG and its Norwegian partner TGS have been jointly awarded the acquisition and imaging of a dense ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client seismic survey in the Balder and Ringhorne areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Venezuela's PDVSA Allocates Heavy Crude Cargo to Italy's Eni

Feb 09, 2023

Venezuela's PDVSA has allocated an oil cargo to a unit of Eni for a February loading, the first to the Italian firm following a contract suspension this year by new management at the state-run company, people familiar with the matter said. Eni…

Egypt: Gempetco Extends Shelf Drilling's Jack-up Rig Term

Feb 09, 2023

Jack-up drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a one-year contract extension for the Rig 141 jack-up rig.The extension is with Gemsa Petroleum Company (“Gempetco”) and is for drilling in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt, in direct continuation of the drilling rig's current term…

Expro Buys DeltaTek

Feb 09, 2023

Oil and gas well services firm Expro said Thursday it had acquired the well construction cementing specialists DeltaTek Global.'The acquisition allows Expro to broaden its offering, capabilities, and technology portfolio within the well construction cementing sector…

Vår Energi Discovers Oil in Barents Sea, Off Norway

Feb 09, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi said Thursday it had discovered oil at a well in the Barents Sea, north-west of Hammerfest, Norway.The company made the discovery while drilling the 7122/8-1S Countach well in PL229, near the Goliat production platform…

Output to Ramp Up at Santos' John Brookes Offshore Platform after Outage

Feb 09, 2023

Australia's Santos Ltd said on Thursday that gas production from its John Brookes platform in Western Australia has resumed, following an over two-month long outage, with operations expected to ramp up to full rates in the coming days.Around late November last year…

Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Find Near Troll Field in North Sea, Offshore Norway

Feb 09, 2023

Norwegian oil firm Equinor said Thursday it had discovered oil and gas near its Troll field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The discovery, named Røver Sør, is the seventh discovery in this area since the autumn of 2019.'According to preliminary…

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