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Ulstein Introduces New Subsea Vessel for Offshore Energy Market

Mar 15, 2024

Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has developed a new subsea vessel - ULSTEIN SX232 – designed to service the offshore wind market for floating and fixed installations as well as offshore oil and gas industry.Designed for walk-to-work operations in the offshore energy market…

Blackford Dolphin Scoops $154M Drilling Contract with Oil India

Mar 15, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has secured a $154 million drilling contract from Oil India for its Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig.Under the terms of the final agreement, Dolphin Drilling will deploy the Blackford…

Archer Strengthens Engineering Services Portfolio with Vertikal Acquisition

Mar 15, 2024

Oilfield services firm Archer has acquired 65% share of Norwegian energy services company Vertical Service, strengthening its offshore energy engineering portfolio.The consideration for the shares is a combination of $2.38 million (NOK 25 million)…

Norway Greenlights Aker BP’s New Exploration Drilling Op

Mar 15, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit to drill a wildcat well in North Sea.The permit is for a wildcat well 24/12-8 S in production license 869, where Aker BP is the operator with 80% working interest, with Var Energy as partner that holds remaining 20%…

Saipem Gets Offshore Pipelines Installation Job for CCS Schemes in UK

Mar 15, 2024

Saipem has signed a letter of intent for the development of CO2 offshore transportation and storage facilities as part of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZTP) projects for the East Coast Cluster in the UK…

BP Picks Delivery Partners for NZT Teesside Power and CCS Project

Mar 15, 2024

Technip Energies, a leader of a consortium with GE Vernova and Balfour Beatty, has received a Letter of Intent from BP, on behalf of NZT Power Limited, for the execution phase of the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project in the United Kingdom…

TotalEnergies Renews Contract for Bibby WaveMaster 1 SOV’s Services

Mar 14, 2024

Bibby Marine has secured a three-year contract extension with long-standing client TotalEnergies EP Nederland for its ‘walk-to-work’ service operation vessel (SOV) Bibby WaveMaster 1.The three-year charter extension will begin in the first quarter of 2025…

Developers Submit EIA for Italian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 14, 2024

Renantis and BlueFloat Energy have submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Kailia Energia floating wind farm, the second offshore wind project being developed in Italy by the partners.Kailia Offshore Wind Project will be located off the coastline between Brindisi and San Cataldo…

Axess Gets Concept Engineering Job for Multi-Turbine Floating Wind Platform Developer

Mar 14, 2024

Norwegian offshore energy industry services company Axess Technologies has won a concept engineering study contract with Wind Catching Systems (WCS), a developer of floating offshore wind technology.The scope of work entails an advanced handling…

KENC Engineering Scoops Offshore Wind Deals with DEME

Mar 14, 2024

Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has awarded Kenc Engineering multiple engineering and fabrication contracts for offshore wind projects.For KENC Engineering, a company based in the Netherlands, the contracts involve…

Shell Scales Back 2030 Carbon Emissions Target

Mar 14, 2024

Shell weakened its 2030 carbon reduction target and scrapped a 2035 objective, citing expectations for lower power sales and strong demand for gas in the energy transition even as it affirmed a plan to cut emissions to net zero by 2050.The changes…

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies Create Floating Wind Joint Venture

Mar 14, 2024

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have signed a partnership agreement to form a joint venture EkWIL as a floating offshore wind pure player.The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the creating of EkWIL, which will be able of proposing a wide range of solutions to clients…

Equinor Secures Permit for Drilling Ops Offshore Norway

Mar 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit for exploration drilling in North Sea offshore Norway.The permit is for well 15/3-13 S and A, located in the Brokk prospect, at the water depths of 11’ meters.The prospect…

Shearwater to Monitor Production at Equinor’s Two Oil and Gas Fields

Mar 13, 2024

Shearwater GeoServices has secured two 4D monitoring projects from Equinor for the Mariner field in the UK North Sea and the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway.Shearwater will deploy its Isometrix technology for both surveys…

Ørsted Secures First Access to Lower-Emission Steel from Dillinger

Mar 13, 2024

Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted has secured first offer rights to procure greener heavy-plate steel for offshore wind foundations from Dillinger, the largest heavy steel plate producer in Europe.Through the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the parties…

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