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Declining Oil Prices Drive Down Equinor’s Quarterly Profit by 13%

Jul 24, 2025

Europe's gas market could tighten further ahead of the winter season as storage levels remain well below last year and the continent faces competition from Asia for LNG shipments, the CEO of Norway's Equinor told Reuters on Wednesday.Europe's…

TotalEnergies Reports 23% Drop in Second Quarter Income

Jul 24, 2025

TotalEnergies reported a 23% fall in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, as expected, the French oil major's worst performance in four years, as higher upstream production failed to offset lower earnings caused by the recent plunge in oil and gas prices…

TotalEnergies Starts Up Two Subsea Tie-Back Projects in Angola

Jul 23, 2025

TotalEnergies has started production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 projects, adding a total of 60,000 barrels per day of production offshore Angola.The start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 offshore projects leverages ullage in the PAZFLOR and CLOV floating production…

Lamprell Picks Ventherm’s Robotic Solution for Offshore Wind Transition Pieces

Jul 23, 2025

Offshore construction firm Lamprell has awarded Ventherm a contract to deliver a fully automated robotic solution for the surface treatment of transition pieces used in offshore wind foundations.This first-of-its-kind project introduces a fully…

CorPower Ocean Bags $47M EU Grant for 10MW Wave Energy Project

Jul 23, 2025

CorPower Ocean has secured a grant from the EU Innovation Fund to support the development of VianaWave, a pre-commercial 10MW wave energy farm to be deployed off the coast of northern Portugal.The grant, in the amount of $46.8 million (€40 million)…

Friede & Goldman Hires Contractor for Semi-Sub Rig Conversion Job

Jul 23, 2025

Houston-based designer of mobile offshore drilling units Friede & Goldman (F&G) has signed an engineering agreement with Peak Ocean Offshore, a specialist in offshore asset conversion and lifecycle optimization, for the design and engineering…

Vantage Drilling Secures More Time to Formalize Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Deal

Jul 23, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has extended the expiration date for the conditional letter of award (CLOA) for its Platinum Explorer ultra-deepwater drillship, agreed with an undisclosed client.The 90-day validity period of the…

Equinor Takes $955M Impairment Hit on US Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 23, 2025

Norway's Equinor said on Wednesday it booked a $955 million impairment on an offshore wind project in the United States, despite the lifting of an earlier ban on its construction by President Donald Trump's administration.In April, Interior…

SLB Gets CCS Job in North Sea for BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies JV

Jul 22, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has been awarded a technologies and services contract for carbon storage site development in the North Sea by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), an incorporated joint venture between BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies…

CEP Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery Offshore Poland

Jul 22, 2025

Canadian exploration and production company Central European Petroleum (CEP) has made a significant oil discovery in its fully owned and operated Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, located in the Baltic Sea, offshore Poland.The WE1 well was drilled using…

Pandion Energy Divests Interests in Three Norwegian Assets to Inpex

Jul 22, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company Pandion Energy has entered into an agreement to sell its participating interests in three assets comprising seven production licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to Inpex Idemitsu Norge, owned by Japan’s Inpex…

Serica Energy Strengthens North Sea Portfolio with Latest Acquisition

Jul 22, 2025

UK-based oil firm Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of Parkmead’s subsidiary, Parkmead E&P, securing rights for Skerryvore and Fynn Beauly prospects in the North Sea.The acquisition, announced in 2024, is worth up to $180 million for Parkmead…

FairWind Names Regional Chief for Northern Central Europe

Jul 22, 2025

Wind industry service company FairWind has appointed Alexandra Hof as Regional Head of Service for Northern Central Europe (NCE). In this newly created role, established to reflect a sharpened focus on local market growth, Hof will lead the…

Eco Wave Power Signs Up Local Contractor for California Wave Energy Pilot

Jul 22, 2025

Eco Wave Power Global has signed an agreement with C&S Welding, a California-based industrial and maritime contractor, for the installation of its wave energy floaters and the company's energy conversion unit at the Port of Los Angeles.The agreement…

OMV Petrom, NewMed Energy Hire Noble Drillship for Black Sea Ops

Jul 22, 2025

OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy, the partners in Han Asparuh block in the Black Sea, have hired Noble Corporation’s Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship to drill two exploration wells offshore Bulgaria.The two wells will be drilled on the Han-Asparuh Block…

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