Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Garantiana NV prospect in the North Sea.Wildcat well 34/6-8 S was drilled in production license 554, which was awarded in 2010 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2009). This is the eighth well drilled in this production license…
Taihan’s cable laying vessel (CLV), PALOS, has successfully completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind farm in South Korea.The project, being developed Nakwol Blue Heart, is located near Songido…
The joint venture partners in PEL 79 license, which include the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) and Giraffe Energy Investments, have secured a 12-month extension to the exploration period for offshore blocks in Namibia’s Orange Basin…
Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the company said on Friday.The oil major applied for authorisation last year and plans to drill exploration or appraisal wells…
Engineering consultancy Longitude Engineering, a branch of Oslo-listed ABL Group, has secured a contract to provide detailed engineering and project management services for Petroleum Marine Services (PMS), the main contractor for the Phase XI…
The TotalEnergies West of Shetland offshore assets it agreed to sell to Prax Group last year remain under the French oil major's ownership, it said on Wednesday, so will not be subject to disposals resulting from liquidation proceedings affecting the British company…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted OKEA a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Brage field.The drilling permit is for the well 31/4-A-15 B in production license 055, and will be done via Brage production, drilling and accommodation facility…
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company said on Friday it has temporarily suspended production at one of its oilfields in western India due to adverse weather and is monitoring the situation to resume output when the weather improves.The floating…
Maritime Developments (MDL) has supported Saipem’s work in West Africa by providing specialist equipment and operational support for two recent flex-lay campaigns offshore Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mauritania.The two scopes awarded to MDL entailed…
Topsides for Canadian oil and gas firm Cenovus Energy’s West White Rose offshore platform, built by Kiewit Offshore Services in Texas, have started their journey to a field in Newfoundland waters.The 23,000 tonne topsides structure will be installed in the White Rose field in July…
MacGregor has secured a contract to supply an advanced anchor handling towing winch (AHTW) package for a series anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels owned by SINOPACIFIC Engineering & Contracting (SPEC).The MacGregor AHTW package is designed…
A fatal incident has occurred aboard one of the vessels of Tidewater, a subcontractor of Equinor, resulting in the death of a crew member.The incident took place on Polaris platform supply vessel (PSV) on June 2, 2025, while the vessel was on the Atlantic Ocean engaged in normal operations…
Noble and Green Yard have entered into a contract for a scheduled yard stay for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite, owned by Noble Corporation.The rig will enter the yard for maintenance, demobilization and upgrades after it has completed its job west of Shetland…
Akrake Petroleum, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has completed the development plan for the Seme field offshore Benin, with the drilling operations scheduled to begin in early July 2025 using Borr Drilling’s jack-up rig.Akrake holds…
