The first turbine was installed earlier this week at Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, Jochen Eickholt, CEO of wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, said in a social media post.Eickholt said: 'In a milestone moment yesterday…
Oil and gas company i3 Energy has executed the farm-in agreement with Europa Oil & Gas following Europa's completion of its equity fundraising to fund its share of the upcoming Serenity appraisal well in the UK North Sea. Under the agreement…
Norwegian offshore seismic data acquisition and processing company PGS has announced the Southern North Sea reprocessing project.The SNS Vision data rejuvenation project from PGS will target a mature gas province in the central SNS area, with…
Turkey will provide tax cuts to support a 145.1 billion lira ($9.9 billion) Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) project to develop the natural gas field it discovered in the Black Sea, the country's Official Gazette said on Wednesday.Natural gas was discovered…
Romania's OMV Petrom on Wednesday welcomed changes to an offshore gas tax law filed by the government in Bucharest last week as a 'much-needed' step for the development of Black Sea gas.Gas producers have spent 15 years and billions of dollars…
Offshore seismic services and technology company ION Geophysical has won a five-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. (BSP), a joint venture between the Government of Brunei and Shell, for a digital solution to manage marine logistics…
Norway-based offshore support vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has appointed Arve Nilsen as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Ellen Sofie Ottesen as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).Nilsen comes from the position of Technical Manager in Eidesvik with responsibility for technology…
Siemens Gamesa is trying to raise wind turbine prices to cope with lofty raw materials costs and iron out complex internal procedures that have delayed new products and helped trigger a huge quarterly loss, Chief Executive Jochen Eickholt said on Wednesday…
Wood Plc said on Wednesday its Chief Executive Officer Robin Watson plans to retire and the British oilfield services and engineering firm also posted a drop in full-year revenue, sending its shares down as much as 6% in early trade.The London-listed company's revenue for the year ended Dec…
Renewable energy company RWE has selected Port of Thorsminde from which to carry out the operation and maintenance of its Thor offshore wind farm. With a planned capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) Thor will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date…
Oil and gas company ConocoPhillips has received license extensions for the production licenses in the Greater Ekofisk Area offshore Norway from 2028 to 2048. Ekofisk, Norway's first commercial offshore oil discovery made in 1969, was brought online in 1971…
Oilfield services firm TechnipFMC has said it has won a significant integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI) contract with Wintershall Dea Norge AS for its Maria revitalization project, offshore Norway. For TechnipFMC…
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has won contracts for four of its platform supply vessels, as well as for several anchor handlers.When it comes to the PSVs, the contracts are for the vessels Normand Tantalus, Normand Serenade…
Denmark's government on Tuesday said it aimed to significantly boost renewable energy supply and temporarily increase production of natural gas from its fields in the North Sea, in a move to rapidly become independent of Russian supplies.'We…
Offshore installation company Jan De Nul Group has secured a contract with Sumitomo Electric for the installation of two subsea HVDC cables and one fiber optic cable that will link the existing electricity grids in Ireland and the United Kingdom…