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Aker BP Makes Another Gas Discovery in Barents Sea

Jun 28, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP and its partners have discovered gas in a wildcat well, drilled in the Barents Sea, using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.The well 7324/8-4 (Hassel) represents the second well drilled in the production license 1170…

SLB OneSubsea to Design All-Electric Subsea System for Equinor’s Fram Sør Field

Jun 27, 2024

Oilfield services company SLB has, through its joint venture OneSubsea, secured a contract from Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a 12-well, all-electric subsea production systems project in the Fram Sør field, offshore Norway…

BP Halts Hiring, Pauses New Offshore Wind Projects to Win Over Investors

Jun 27, 2024

BP's new CEO Murray Auchincloss has imposed a hiring freeze and paused new offshore wind projects as he places a renewed emphasis on oil and gas amid investor discontent over its energy transition strategy, sources at the company said.The moves…

Iberdrola Gives Go-Ahead for Its Third Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Jun 27, 2024

Iberdrola has taken the final investment decision (FID) for its Windanker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea, advancing the 315 MW project to delivery phase.Windanker wind farm will reinforce Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub, which will add more than 1…

TotalEnergies Sells West of Shetland Assets, Including Six Offshore Gas Fields

Jun 27, 2024

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to sell to the Prax Group its entire interest in West of Shetland assets in the United Kingdom, which includes six offshore gas fields, the onshore Shetland Gas Plant and nearby exploration licenses.The six offshore fields sold to Prax Group include Laggan…

Vår Energi Strikes Oil North of Duva Field Offshore Norway

Jun 27, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has made an oil and gas discovery just north of the Duva field in the North Sea, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible drilling rig.The discovery was made in well 36/7-5 S Cerisa and sidetracks 36/7-5 A…

Edison Buys 50% Stake in Offshore Wind Project in Sicily

Jun 26, 2024

Edison has acquired a 50% stake in a special purpose company aimed at developing a 975 megawatt (MW) offshore floating wind project in Sicily, the utility said on Wednesday.Italy, which has no floating offshore wind farms in operation yet, aims…

Archer and Equinor Agree Extension of North Sea Ops

Jun 26, 2024

Oilfield services firm Archer has secured extension of frame agreement for well services with Equinor in the North Sea.The two-year extension contract covers plug and abandonment, fishing and downhole mechanical isolation equipment. Based on current activity levels…

Acta Marine’s CSOV Newbuild to Sail Under French Flag

Jun 26, 2024

Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine has announced the expansion into French maritime and offshore energy market with the newbuild construction service operations vessel (CSOV) named Acta Pegasus.The fourth vessel in Acta Marine’s fleet, currently under construction in Turkey…

Gazprom Signs Memo with Iran on Russian Gas Supplies

Jun 26, 2024

Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed a memorandum with the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) to supply Russian pipeline gas to Iran, it said on Wednesday.No details from the memorandum, which was signed during a visit by Gazprom's head…

Solstad’s Subsea Construction Vessel Gets Long-Term Assignment from Prysmian

Jun 26, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed a five-year contract for its subsea construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean with Prysmian Powerlink.With the contract, the vessel will be on a firm contract with Prysmian until 2032…

Danish Firms Acquires Siemens Gamesa Turbine for Floating Wind-Wave Demonstrator

Jun 25, 2024

Denmark-based renewable energy technology developer Floating Power Plant has acquired wind turbine generator from Siemens Gamesa for its flagship floating wind, wave, and green hydrogen hybrid offshore platform.The selected wind turbine, a 4…

NextFloat+ Floating Wind Project Gets Over $14M European Funding Boost

Jun 25, 2024

NextFloat+ project, being developed by X1 Wind, Technip Energies and NextFloat Plus, has received a multi-million-dollar grant from the European Commission’s Innovation Fund to accelerate deployment of X1 Wind’s 6 MW pre-commercial floating wind platform…

Germany Greenlights First Phase of RWE’s 1.6GW Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 25, 2024

German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has issued planning approvals for the first phase of RWE’s 1.6GW Nordseecluster, which includes the construction of 660 MW Nordseecluster A offshore wind project.The planning approval from the…

DOF Group’s Skandi Seven FSV Up for Long-Term Assignment

Jun 25, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with an undisclosed energy company for its Skandi Seven field support vessel (FSV).The LOI entails a two-year firm and one-year optional contract. The contract is defined as very large…

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