The government of Australia's Victoria state has opened a bidding process for its first 2 GW of offshore wind capacity, marking the launch of the country's first offshore wind auction.Energy and Resources Minister Jaclyn Symes opened the Request for Proposal process on August 26…
Polish energy group Orlen aims to double production from its operations on the Norwegian continental shelf, one of its growth areas, through exploration and acquisitions, its upstream chief told Reuters.Wieslaw Prugar in an interview on the…
Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel on Wednesday as talks between Iran and Oman revived hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and remove shipping constraints affecting supply in the key Middle East region.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $2…
Aker BP has started production from the Skarv Satellite Project in the Norwegian Sea, bringing the Alve Nord, Idun Nord and Ørn fields on stream one year ahead of their original schedule.The three fields, located near the Skarv field, have been developed as separate subsea projects…
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to deliver a fully integrated suite of technology and equipment for a new multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel that will be owned and operated by Solstad Offshore and SBM Offshore…
Eni is working with BP and Egyptian Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to reach a final investment decision in the next few months regarding Egypt's recent-discovered gas fieldDenise West, the Italian energy group said on Tuesday.First gas from the offshore gas discovery…
Saab UK’s Seaeye SR20 eWROV, its next-generation all-electric work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), has successfully completed a comprehensive program of inland water trials.The recent water trials marked an important step in the SR20's development…
Sonardyne, a Kraken Robotics company, has expanded its industry-leading SPRINT-Nav technology into a complete, scalable family of underwater navigation systems for marine robots, built around a single shared architecture.For more than a decade…
Production has started from the Troll Phase 3 Stage 2 subsea project in the North Sea, adding gas supply to the 30-year-old Troll A platform and the Kollsnes processing plant.The project started production on August 22 and is designed to accelerate…
UK-based oil and gas company Spirit Energy has completed a $55 million (£40 million) decommissioning campaign in the UK North Sea, plugging and abandoning three subsea wells and removing more than 234 tonnes of subsea infrastructure.The campaign…
Viridien has started seismic imaging of the Langkasuka multi-client 3D (MC3D) hybrid survey, the first-ever combined streamer and sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client 3D seismic dataset acquired in the Asia-Pacific region.The endeavor…
MacGregor has expanded its offshore technology portfolio with a certified floating-to-floating personnel transfer capability for its Horizon gangway and a new bow transfer system designed for direct ship-to-well transfer of LCO2.The Horizon…
An Alaska federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald Trump’s move to allow offshore drilling along broad swaths of previously protected coastline.U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason found the lawsuit by groups…
Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has secured a one-month extension to the largest seismic streamer acquisition contract offshore Indonesia.The extension is scheduled to begin in August. TGS is conducting the job using Ramform Sovereign…
Saudi Arabian drilling contractor Arabian Drilling has signed a contract with Masirah Oil and Northern Offshore to drill two firm wells and two optional wells in Oman, marking the company's entry into a new Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market…