The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wildcat well in the North Sea.The drilling permit is for a wellbore 15/8-3 S in production licence 1137, operated by Equinor with 50% working interest, with partner Orlen Upstream Norway holding the remaining 50%…
Only three months after coming on stream, Equinor’s Johan Castberg field in Barents Sea has started producing at peak capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day.The field’s peak production achievement increases energy deliveries from the Barents Sea by 150%…
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of U.S. energy major ConocoPhillips, has completed the drilling of an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, confirming the previously made oil discovery.ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, the operator of production license 891…
Seismic firms TGS and Viridien have started the Laconia Phase III ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America, building on the previously completed Phases I and II.The goal of the Laconia Phase III is to extend extra-long-offset-low…
Calvin Norton spent 60 years with Friede & Goldman, with a career that spans and tracks some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the evolution of offshore energy production. As Norton heads toward retirement, and Friede & Goldman prepares to celebrate its own 80th anniversary…
Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe has confirmed the contract with Petrobras for its Safe Notos semi-submersible accomodation vessel, which will be put to work for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil.Petrobras has ratified the result…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has expanded its fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) by adding eight new units to its existing fleet.Three new ROVs have recently been delivered, with the remaining five scheduled for delivery over the next four years…
Acteon’s Rocksteady Tension Tool (RSTT) has been selected by InnovateUK iX, a UK program designed to fast-track knowledge transfer and accelerate innovation. The RSTT is a reusable in-line winch and connection system designed to enable mid…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has completed the Deepsea Aberdeen’s special periodic survey (SPS), with the semi-submersible rig returning to operations after three weeks of scheduled off-hire.As a result, all of the company’s own fleet rigs SPS projects are now completed…
The Republican governor of South Carolina appealed to the Trump administration on Monday to leave his state out of an impending plan to increase offshore oil and gas production.The letter comes as the administration wraps up a 45-day request…
Orsted, the world's biggest offshore wind developer, will increase investment in Taiwan and South Korea where it has already been awarded projects, instead of expanding to new markets in Asia, a senior company official told Reuters on Monday…
Sunda Energy, the AIM-quoted exploration and appraisal company focused on gas assets in Southeast Asia, has pushed back the drilling of appraisal well Chuditch-2, offshore Timor-Leste, for the first half of 2026.Chuditch-2 appraisal well on…
Topsides for Canadian oil and gas firm Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose offshore platform, built by Kiewit Offshore Services in Texas, have started their journey to a field in Newfoundland waters.The 23,000 tonne topsides structure will be installed in the White Rose field in July…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7117/4-1 in production license 1238.The license is operated by Equinor with 40% working interest…
ORLEN Group has opened Poland’s first installation terminal dedicated to offshore wind farms, located in Świnoujście, with the facility securing its first long-term lease agreement with global offshore wind player Ocean Winds.The Świnoujście…