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Aramco Suspends Another Jack-Up Rig

Apr 05, 2024

Offshore drilling company Valaris, through its joint venture ARO Drilling, has received a notice of suspension from Aramco for its VALARIS 143 jack-up rig.The rig’s contract was previously scheduled to end in December 2024. The suspension notice…

Yinson Holds Naming Ceremony for Brazil-Bound ‘Greener’ FPSO

Apr 05, 2024

Yinson Production has held the naming ceremony for FPSO Maria Quitéria which will deployed in at Petrobras’ Jubarte field offshore Brazil.The naming ceremony for the FPSO Maria Quitéria was held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) Shipyard in China on April 3…

Borr Drilling’s Arabia I Rig to Suspend Ops

Apr 04, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received a notice of temporary suspension for its jack-up rig Arabia I, currently under contract with Saudi Aramco.The temporary suspension for Arabia I rig, currently operating offshore Saudi Arabia…

Scana’s Seasystems Picks Up Multi-Million-Dollar FPSO Contract in Gulf of Mexico

Apr 04, 2024

Scana-owned Seasystems has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a turret structural connector system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Gulf of Mexico.The ‘sizeable contract’, worth between $1.8 million to $4…

Sapura Energy to Provide Subsea Services for Shell Off Malaysia

Apr 04, 2024

Malaysia-based offshore services firm Sapura Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sapura Subsea Services, has secured a contract to provide subsea services for Shell’s Malaysian subsidiaries Sarawak Shell Berhad and Sabah Shell Petroleum…

Craig International Wins Contract with QatarEnergy LNG

Apr 04, 2024

Oilfield procurement specialist Craig International has secured a contract with QatarEnergy LNG, underpinning the company’s growth in the Middle East.The scope of Craig International’s contract with QatarEnergy LNG covers sourcing and supplying products and services for maintenance…

Floating Wind Farm Set to Power O&G Platforms Gets Onshore Planning Approval

Apr 04, 2024

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, have announced that their 560 MW floating offshore wind project Green Volt has been granted full onshore planning approval.The Green Volt floating wind farm…

Electrification: Equinor's Sleipner and Gudrun Fields Start Partly Operating on Shore Power

Apr 04, 2024

The Sleipner field center, along with the Gudrun platform and other associated fields - operated by Equinor - is now partly operating on power from shore in a decarbonization effort that will reduce annual emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 160…

Equinor Hires DeepOcean for Subsea Infrastructure and Cable Repairs

Apr 04, 2024

Equinor has awarded ocean services provider DeepOcean a frame agreement for marine services covering subsea intervention and repair contingency for subsea pipelines, structures and high voltage cables for both offshore renewables and oil and gas fields…

Seatrium Scoops $259M Worth of Repairs and Upgrades Work

Apr 04, 2024

Singapore-based Seatrium has secured a series of major contracts for vessel repairs, upgrades and conversions, set for completion by the end of 2025.With an aggregate value of S$350 million ($259 million), the contracts have reinforced Seatrium’s…

Panoro Energy Agrees Terms for Oil and Gas Block Offshore Guinea

Apr 04, 2024

Oslo-listed oil and gas company Panoro Energy has reached an agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea on the key terms and conditions for the award of offshore Block EG-23.The Heads of Terms agreement signed by Panoro, GEPetrol (the national oil company)…

Noble Voyager to Drill Another Well for Petronas Offshore Suriname

Apr 03, 2024

Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has exercised the option for Noble Corporation’s Noble Voyager drillship to drill one additional well offshore Suriname.The 7th generation drillship Noble Voyager…

Giant Kazakh Oil Field Operator Denies Spill Reports

Apr 03, 2024

The operator of Kazakhstan's giant offshore Kashagan oilfield denied reports of an oil spill near the field and said on Tuesday its facilities were working normally.Globus, an ecological organization in the Central Asian nation, said earlier…

Dyna-Mac Secures $664M Backlog with New Contracts

Apr 03, 2024

Singapore-based oil and gas module construction company Dyna-Mac has increasing order book to a record $664 million, with the main new contract related to the construction of process modules for an unnamed client.The several contracts Dyna-Mac…

Survey to Assess CCS and New Oil & Gas Opportunities Gets Underway Off Malaysia

Apr 03, 2024

Marine seismic data company TGS, together with joint venture consortium partners PGS and SLB, has kicked off a multi-client 3D seismic project in the Penyu Basin, offshore Peninsular Malaysia.The project aims to provide insights on the exploration…

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