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MODEC, Eld Energy Advance FPSO Offshore Fuel Cell Pilot

Jul 16, 2025

MODEC has entered into a contract with Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, to design and manufacture a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system pilot unit intended for installation on one of the MODEC-operated floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units…

CNOOC Finds Oil and Gas in South China Sea

Jul 16, 2025

China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made a ‘major breakthrough’ in the exploration of metamorphic buried hills in the deep plays in the South China Sea for the first time, as it makes an oil and gas find in Beibu Gulf…

COSLInnovator Rig Cleared for Two-Well Drilling Op in North Sea

Jul 09, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea, to be conducted with COSL’s COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The drilling permit is for wellbores 34/8-20 S and 34/8-20 A in the license 554 E…

Rotra Futura RoRo Vessel Enters Offshore Wind Operations

Jul 07, 2025

The Rotra Futura Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) vessel has entered operations, with the transportation of wind turbine blades from Denmark to the United States.The project supply vessel, specifically designed to handle larger and heavier offshore wind turbine components…

TotalEnergies to Keep West of Shetland Offshore Assets as Prax Files for Liquidation

Jul 03, 2025

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…

Bonaparte CCS Project Awarded Major Project Status

Jul 02, 2025

The Bonaparte CCS project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It is the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to receive the status in Australia.The Bonaparte CCS Assessment Joint Venture is…

Danos Nets Production Services Contract for Beacon Offshore's Shenandoah FPS

Jun 30, 2025

Danos Operations Services has been awarded a contract to provide production services for Beacon Offshore Energy’s new deepwater facility, the Shenandoah floating production system (FPS). The project will employ production operators, instrumentation and electrical technicians…

Saudi Aramco to Keep Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Busy for Five More Years

Jun 30, 2025

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a five-year extension with Saudi oil and gas giant Aramco for its High Island V jack-up drilling rig.The extension is in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract with Aramco, extending the commitment until July 2030…

Shell Boosts Production from Norway’s Ormen Lange Offshore Field

Jun 27, 2025

Shell has brought on stream the new phase of Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea, bolstering production and adding important gas volumes to Europe.The Ormen Lange phase III project consists of two subsea compression stations with the objective of increasing field recovery from 75% to 85%…

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…

OSC, Ashtead Technology Bolster Joint Environmental Services Offer

Jun 26, 2025

Subsea technology and services provider Ashtead Technology has entered into a strategic collaboration with Ocean Science Consulting (OSC) to streamline the delivery of environmental monitoring, mitigation solutions and compliance services across the global offshore energy sector…

Salunda Installs Latch Hawk Monitoring System on Semi-Sub Rig

Jun 26, 2025

Salunda, a provider of digitized solutions for safety critical industries, has strengthened its presence in the Americas deepwater region with the deployment of its Latch Hawk monitoring system on a semi-submersible rig.Integrated with the drilling control system on the rig…

TotalEnergies Hires Shearwater for 3D Survey in Africa

Jun 26, 2025

Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome & Principe on the STP-02 Block.The two-month exploration survey off the coast of Western Africa will start early in the third quarter of 2025 using the SW Empress…

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…

BOEM Looks to Open 80 million Acres for Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Jun 25, 2025

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the publication of a Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America.As directed by Secretary of the Interior and outlined in the PNOS, Lease Sale 262 will offer approximately 15…

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