Offshore News


Eni Starts Production from Baleine Field in Côte d’Ivoire

Aug 28, 2023

Eni has started production of oil and gas from the Baleine Field, located in the waters offshore Côte d’Ivoire.The milestone comes less than two years after the discovery in September 2021 and less than a year and a half after final investment decision…

Partners to Demonstrate Offshore Charging of SOVs

Aug 28, 2023

Danish offshore charging solutions company Stillstrom has signed an MoU with UK offshore support vessel operator North Star to accelerate the adoption of offshore charging and vessel electrification technologies for service operation vessels (SOVs) in the offshore wind sector…

Shell Delivers First Gas from the Timi Platform in Malaysia

Aug 27, 2023

Sarawak Shell Berhad, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has announced that gas production has started at its Timi platform in Malaysia under the SK318 production sharing contract.Timi features Shell’s first wellhead platform in Malaysia that is powered by a solar and wind hybrid power system…

Seatrium Bags Contract for Shell's Sparta Production Unit

Aug 27, 2023

Singapore-based Seatrium Oil and Gas International has signed a Letter of Intent with Shell Offshore for construction work relating to Shell’s Sparta project in the Gulf of Mexico.Sparta is a deepwater development approximately 170 miles off the Louisiana coast…

Cyprus Declines Chevron's Gas Field Development Proposal

Aug 25, 2023

Cyprus rejected Chevron Corp's plan to develop the island nation's offshore Aphrodite natural gas field, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou.Papanastasiou told Bloomberg that the concerned parties…

Australia Union Threatens Strikes at Chevron LNG Facilities

Aug 25, 2023

Unions at Chevron's LNG facilities in Australia warned on Friday that work stoppages could cost the U.S. energy major billions of dollars if demands over wages and conditions were not met.The warning came even as workers at a nearby Woodside…

Vår Energi Appoints New CEO and COO

Aug 25, 2023

Vår Energi has changed its executive management team, with Nick Walker will be joining Vår Energi as CEO and current CEO, Torger Rød, is transfering to the new role as COO.Walker most recently held the position as CEO of European E&P independent…

Production Starts for Statfjord Øst Life Extension

Aug 25, 2023

Production has started at Equinor’s Statfjord Øst’s life extension project six months ahead of schedule. The project has involved the installation of a pipeline from Statfjord C to Statfjord Øst, where five new wells (sidetracks) will eventually be drilled with gas lift and new Christmas trees…

Oil Companies Sue Over Lease Changes Made to Protect Whales

Aug 24, 2023

An oil and gas industry trade group, the state of Louisiana and Chevron on Thursday sued the Biden administration over its decision to withdraw acreage from an upcoming oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico to protect an endangered whale…

Offshore Wind: US Shipbuilders Answering the Call

Aug 24, 2023

It’s a big deal when a U.S. president visits an American shipyard, and these trips always send a message. When President Obama spoke at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in 2013, he warned of the consequences of sequestration. President Trump’s 2020 speech at Fincantieri Marinette Marine touted a $5…

Morgan Stanley Gets Behind Crowley's Offshore Wind Push

Aug 24, 2023

Morgan Stanley's infrastructure investment arm is teaming up with U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions company Crowley to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP)…

Woodside, Unions Reach Deal

Aug 23, 2023

Woodside Energy on Thursday reached an in-principle agreement with unions at Australia's largest LNG project, potentially averting a disruption to supplies from the world's biggest exporter of the super-chilled fuel.Both Woodside and the union…

Drilling Systems Launches Next-Generation DrillSIM Downhole Model

Aug 23, 2023

Drilling simulation technology provider Drilling Systems has launched a next-generation DrillSIM Downhole model to support realistic training for geothermal applications.The model is now implemented for the first time at the Drilling Simulator Celle…

Neptune Energy Starts Drilling at Yakoot Prospect, Egypt

Aug 23, 2023

Neptune Energy has started drilling operations at its operated Yakoot exploration well, located in the North West El Amal Concession in the southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt. It is the first operated well to be drilled by Neptune in Egypt.The North…

Webtool Cutter Used in Downhole Decommissioning Tool

Aug 23, 2023

Allspeeds, manufacturer of Webtool hydraulic cutters, has supplied a downhole cutter for James Fisher Decommissioning’s SEABASS subsea well abandonment tool. The smallest Webtool steel wire cutter so far at just 172mm, it is tightly integrated…

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