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Eni Applies For Southern North Sea CCS License

Sep 22, 2022

The UK arm of Italian energy group Eni has has applied for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) license for the depleted Hewett gas field in the Southern North Sea.  Eni says that the application, submitted through the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…

AF Gruppen to Decommission 10 Platforms

Sep 22, 2022

Norway's AF Gruppen has been awarded a decommissioning contract from TotalEnergies EP Nederland for the removal and recycling of 10 platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.The contract includes engineering, preparatory works, removal…

Portugal Ups Debut Offshore Wind Auction Target to 10 GW

Sep 21, 2022

Portugal has raised the target for its debut offshore wind power auction to 10 gigawatts (GW), Environment Minister Duarte Cordeiro said on Wednesday, aiming to 'move faster' on the country's energy transition.In June, Cordeiro put the capacity on offer at the auction due next year at 6-8 GW…

Purus Marine Buys UK-based Offshore Wind CTV Firm HST Marine

Sep 21, 2022

Purus Marine on Wednesday announced the acquisition of HST Marine, a UK-based provider of Crew Transfer Vessels (“CTVs”) to the offshore wind industry.HST’s fleet of includes one of the industry’s first battery hybrid CTVs, the Chartwell-designed HST Ella…

Germany Nationalises Gas Group Uniper in Scramble to Secure Supply

Sep 21, 2022

Germany confirmed the nationalization of struggling gas importer Uniper at a cost of 8 billion euros ($7.9 billion) on Wednesday as it scrambles to secure power for Europe's largest economy after Russia cut back supplies.Nationalizing Germany's…

Norway's Aug Gas Output Exceeds Forecast, Oil Lags

Sep 21, 2022

Norway's crude oil output in August missed the official forecast, while gas output exceeded expectations, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Wednesday.Crude oil output rose to 1.77 million barrels per day (bpd) in August from 1…

Odfjell Drilling Secures More Work for CIMC's Deepsea Yantai Offshore Rig

Sep 21, 2022

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed a contract with Shell in Norway for the use of the offshore drilling rig Deepsea Yantai.The 2019-built rig is owned by China's CIMC and managed by Odfjell Drilling.The contract, announced Tuesday…

Certex Wins Work At World’s Deepest Fixed-bottom Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 20, 2022

UK-based Certex UK said Monday it had secured a major framework to supply statutory inspection and maintenance of Balance of Plant (BoP) equipment at the 114-turbine, 1,075MW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of Angus in the North Sea firth…

Equinor Awards Modus 'World's First' Resident Subsea Drone Contract

Sep 20, 2022

Modus, a company specializing in hovering autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has won a contract with Equinor for the provision of underwater intervention drone missions at their Johan Sverdrup field.The contract, which will run from 2023 to mid-2024…

Damen Working on New Vessel Class to Support Growing Floating Wind Industry

Sep 20, 2022

Dutch firm Damen Shipyards said Tuesday it was working to develop a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the growing floating wind industry.Damen has cited forecasts which indicate that by 2050 over 200GW or around 13,500 units…

Putin Tells Europe: "If you want gas then open Nord Stream 2"

Sep 20, 2022

President Vladimir Putin last Friday denied Russia had anything to do with Europe's energy crisis, saying that if the European Union wanted more gas it should lift sanctions preventing the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.Speaking to reporters…

Well-Safe Solutions Nets $30M North Sea P&A Deal with Neptune Energy

Sep 20, 2022

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had awarded a $30 million decommissioning contract to Well-Safe Solutions, for a campaign covering more than 20 wells located across eight Dutch and UK North Sea fields.'It is the first multi-region…

Italy's Commissioner Confident in a Timely Decision on New FSRU

Sep 20, 2022

Italy's commissioner for the set up of a new regasification terminal is confident the infrastructure could get the green light by the end of October, in time for extending the country's LNG capacity at the beginning of 2023.Under the government's energy plan…

OMV Hires Deepsea Yantai to Drill Eirik Well

Sep 19, 2022

Odfjell Drilling announced that on behalf of CIMC OFFSHORE AS, it has agreed a contract with OMV Norge AS for the use of the drilling rig Deepsea Yantai to drill one firm well Eirik in PL 817 in the North Sea, plus one optional well in 2023 or 2024…

Vaar Energi Flags $1.2 Billion Cost Jump for Balder X Project

Sep 19, 2022

Vaar Energi's Balder X oil and gas project will cost $1.2 billion more than previously expected with petroleum output delayed by about nine months to the third quarter of 2024, the company said on Monday, sending its shares sharply lower.The changes reflect increased work scope…

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