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Havfram Chooses IFS Cloud for Managing Offshore Wind Operations

Jun 27, 2023

Cloud enterprise software company IFS said Tuesday that Havfram, the Norwegian offshore wind company with its two subsidiaries Havfram Wind and Kontiki Winds, has chosen to implement IFS Cloud.Havfram opted for the solutions to manage the urgent needs around its subsidiaries` core businesses…

TotalEnergies Crowned Most Admired Explorer, Wins Discovery of the Year Award

Jun 27, 2023

French oil major TotalEnergies has been named the upstream industry's most admired explorer and has received the Discovery of the Year award in Wood Mackenzie's annual Exploration Survey. This is TotalEnergies' third time winning the most-admired explorer award…

Safety Body Launches Probe into Fire at Equinor's Gina Krog Offshore Platform

Jun 27, 2023

The Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), has started investigating a recent fire in a utility room within the living quarters of Equinor's Gina Krog offshore platform in the North Sea, off Norway.The PSA…

In a 'World first', Lhyfe's Sealhyfe Pilot Starts Producing Green Hydrogen in the Atlantic

Jun 27, 2023

Lhyfe, a green hydrogen production specialist, said Tuesday that its offshore green hydrogen production pilot Sealhyfe recently started producing green hydrogen in what the company said is a world first.The Sealhyfe platform was recently towed 20 kilometers out into the Atlantic…

Linjepartner to Deliver Overhead Power Lines for Aker BP's Power from Shore Project

Jun 27, 2023

Norway's Linjepartner has been selected as a partner for the delivery of overhead lines in Aker BP's Yggdrasil power from shore project. Yggdrasil is an offshore oil development in the North Sea, off Norway.According to a press release issued Tuesday…

TotalEnergies, Petronas, and Mitsui Team Up to Develop Offshore Carbon Storage in Southeast Asia

Jun 27, 2023

TotalEnergies, Petronas and Mitsui have signed an agreement to develop a carbon storage project in Southeast Asia. The partners plan to evaluate several CO2 storage sites in the Malay Basin, including both saline aquifers and depleted offshore fields…

Trinity Hires Petrofac to Help Develop Galeota Block Offshore Trinidad Further

Jun 27, 2023

Trinidad & Tobago-based oil and gas company Trinity Exploration & Production Trinidad and Tobago has commissioned Petrofac to undertake a Concept-Screening to develop further reserves in its Galeota Block, offshore East Coast Trinidad.The Galeota…

Brazil's Petrobras Wins Appeal in Multi-billion Dollar Labor Case

Jun 27, 2023

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA has won its appeal in the Supreme Court against a 2018 labor conviction, avoiding billions of dollars in payments.Petrobras was charged in 2018 by Brazil's top labor court for divergences in…

Saipem Secures $550 Million Worth of Offshore Drilling Contracts

Jun 27, 2023

Italian offshore services firm Saipem has won two offshore drilling contracts, one in the Middle East and one in the Mediterranean Sea, worth about $550 million in total.In the Middle East, Saipem said it had ensured the continuity of the ongoing…

VIDEO: Final Turbine Installed at Scotland's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 26, 2023

Seagreen Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, achieved another landmark last week as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.According to SSE Renewables, 76 of the 114 Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines are now energized at the site…

PGS, TGS, and SLB in Offshore Seismic Data Reprocessing Deal in Sarawak Province, Malaysia

Jun 26, 2023

Norwegian offshore seismic firm PGS and JV consortium partners TGS and SLB have signed a MultiClient reprocessing agreement to expand MultiClient 3D coverage in the prospective Sarawak province offshore Malaysia. This will be achieved by reprocessing…

ADNOC Drilling Secures $2 Billion in Contracts for Five Jack-up Rigs

Jun 26, 2023

ADNOC Drilling on Friday confirmed the award of five 10-year contracts, totaling approximately $2 billion for jack-up rigs in support of ADNOC Offshore’s growing drilling operations. 'The contractual conditions, particularly the duration, were…

Israel's Gas Reserves Grew by 40% Over Past Decade, Report Says

Jun 26, 2023

Israel's natural gas reserves have grown by 40% over the past decade due to increased drilling and exploration activities, an industry report said, even as production soared.The growth came amid five-fold growth in offshore gas production since…

Indonesia Sets a July Deadline for IDD Offshore Gas Project Divestment

Jun 26, 2023

The Indonesian government hopes to have the matter of the operatorship of the Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) gas project settled by next month after years of delay, the energy minister said on Friday.Operator Chevron, which owns a 62% stake…

Seadrill in Talks to Sell Jack-up Rig Trio in Qatar

Jun 26, 2023

Offshore drilling firm Seadrill said Monday it was in active discussions to sell jack-up rigs West Castor, West Telesto, and West Tucana.The three jack-ups which are bareboat chartered by Seadrill to Gulfdrill, a 50:50 joint venture between Seadrill and Gulf Drilling International…

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