The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is wellbore 16/4-14 in production license 1174 S.The license is operated by Equinor with 80% stake, with partner Petoro holding the remaining 20% working interest…
EnerMech has completed an offshore cleaning and preparation campaign on the Bass Strait pipeline system in Australia's Gippsland Basin, supporting offshore assets operated by Esso Australia Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil…
Microwave-based method to upcycle old lithium-ion cathodesInstead of letting old lithium-ion batteries pile up as waste, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a microwave-based process to recover and remake their cathodes,…
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the prospect under the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6507/8-D-4 CH was drilled in production license 124, 240 kilometers west of Sandnessjøen in the ‘Heidrun Cellar SE’ prospect…
BW Offshore has completed the Interim Performance Test (IPT) for the BW Opal floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, marking a significant commissioning milestone for the Santos-operated Barossa LNG project offshore northern Australia…
ABB has been awarded a contract to modernize automation and control systems on the Buzzard offshore platform in the UK North Sea, supporting continued safe and reliable operations at one of the country's largest oil fields.The platform, operated by CNOOC Petroleum Europe…
Iberdrola has completed the inter-array cable installation campaign for its Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.The campaign was carried out by Van Oord and involved the installation of 21 inter-array cables, with 28 km of cable laid and buried…
OEG has acquired Hybrid Resource Management, an onshore and offshore wind workforce solutions provider, in a move to strengthen its technical services capability and expand its presence in the operations and maintenance (O&M) wind market across the UK and Europe…
Sonardyne and engineering consultancy AMOG have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly offer subsea asset monitoring services for offshore energy infrastructure.The partnership will combine Sonardyne's underwater monitoring, positioning…
MODEC and Norway-based Eld Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 1.2 MW power system integrated with carbon capture for future floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.Under the agreement, Eld Energy will lead the design…
Dolphin Drilling has announced the contract fixture of its semi-submersible drilling rig Borgland Dolphin with an undisclosed operator in the UK, which represents approximately $239 million in firm contract backlog.The contract is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2027…
GustoMSC, NOV’s offshore design and engineering business, has developed a new asymmetrical rack-and-pinion technology designed to increase the jacking capacity of offshore wind installation vessels without increasing vessel size, weight or system complexity…
Apollo has received an Approval in Principle (Level 2) from Bureau Veritas for its PALM Quick Connection System (QCS), a technology designed to simplify the connection and disconnection of dynamic cables from floating offshore wind turbines…
Workers began a limited strike on Tuesday at Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia over a wage dispute, and their unions threatened much broader action next week that could disrupt LNG production and loadings.Ichthys accounts for about 10% of LNG supply from Australia…
Energy services company Weatherford has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NCS Multistage Holdings in a transaction aimed at expanding its well completions portfolio and increasing exposure to unconventional resource markets.Under the agreement…