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Denmark Extends Operating Life of Two Offshore Wind Farms

Jun 27, 2025

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has extended the production permits for the Nysted and Middelgrunden offshore wind farms, enabling the projects to continue producing electricity for 10 and 25 more years, respectively.These are two of the oldest offshore wind farms in Denmark…

Shell, Equinor Unveil Name of UK North Sea’s Largest Oil and Gas Producer

Jun 27, 2025

Equinor and Shell have unveiled the name of their joint venture company, set to become U.K. North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer.Adura has been chosen as the name for Equinor’s and Shell’s incorporated joint venture (IJV).With a long-standing presence in the North Sea…

Fugro Lands Deepwater Gas Job for Eni off Cyprus

Jun 26, 2025

Fugro has been awarded a contract to run a comprehensive site characterization program for an Eni-operated deepwater gas development in the Eastern Mediterranean.The award marks an important survey campaign for Fugro in the region, supporting…

New Subsea Infrastructure at Troll-Fram to Bring More Oil and Gas to Europe

Jun 26, 2025

Equinor and its Fram partners will invest over $2 billion in a new subsea development, dubbed Fram Sør project, to put more oil and gas resources on stream by connecting the new infrastructure to the existing facilities at Fram and Troll area…

Transocean Encourage Rig Up for Norwegian Sea Drilling Job

Jun 26, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea, to be drilled with Transocean’s Transocean Encourage rig.The drilling permit is for the wellbore 6506/12-PB-3 H in production license 094…

Equinor Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Jun 26, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry wildcat well on the Lit prospect in the North Sea.The well 25/11-30 S was drilled in production license 169, which was awarded in the 13th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 1991…

Shell Rules Out BP Acquisition, Bound by UK Regulations

Jun 26, 2025

Shell has not bid for BP and is not actively considering such a move, it said on Thursday, adding it was bound by UK regulations which mean such a statement ban it from making a bid for BP for the next six months.The Wall Street Journal cited…

Japanese Firm Joins Floating Wind Demo off Spain

Jun 25, 2025

Electric Power Development Co. (J-POWER) has joined the WHEEL project, a floating offshore wind power demonstration project in Gran Canaria, led by Spanish firm Esteyco.In the demonstration project, a floating offshore wind turbine, rated at 6…

SLB OneSubsea Gets Work on Northern Lights CCS Project Expansion

Jun 25, 2025

SLB has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor, acting as Technical Service Provider, to its OneSubsea joint venture for a CO2 subsea injection system for the Northern Lights phase two project offshore Norway…

Aker BP Bites Dust in Norwegian Sea

Jun 25, 2025

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Rondeslottet prospect in the Norwegian Sea.Wildcat well 6405/7-4 was drilled in production license 1005, which was included in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2018, with awards taking place in March 2019…

Oil and Gas to Wind Cross-Skill Pilot Delivers First Batch of Qualified Technicians

Jun 24, 2025

Delivering an integrated technician workforce for a just energy transition between oil and gas to wind has moved a step closer as 15 technicians complete the pilot program developed by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)…

Iberdrola Names New CEO

Jun 24, 2025

Spanish electric utility firm Iberdrola has appointed Pedro Azagra as its new chief executive officer (CEO).Before the new appointment, Azagra held the position of CEO of Ibredrola’s subsidiary in the United States. He will be replacing Armando Martínez…

Aker BP Installs New Jacket at Valhall Field in Southern North Sea (Video)

Jun 24, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has completed the installation of a jacket for a new production platform at the Valhall field in the Southern North Sea.The Valhall production and wellhead platform (PWP) jacket has been installed with the…

All Inter-Array Cables Installed at 488 MW French Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 24, 2025

The final inter-array cable has been installed at Îles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier (EMYN) offshore wind farm in France, being developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer Services.The 61st and final inter-array cable was installed on June 22 at the EMYN offshore wind farm…

CNOOC Signs Hydrocarbons Exploration and Production Deal with Kazakhstan

Jun 24, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed production and exploration contract with Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and state-owned operator KazMunayGas (KMG) for Zhylyoi Subsoil Area…

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