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Norway Greenlights Aker BP’s New Exploration Drilling Op

Mar 15, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit to drill a wildcat well in North Sea.The permit is for a wildcat well 24/12-8 S in production license 869, where Aker BP is the operator with 80% working interest, with Var Energy as partner that holds remaining 20%…

TotalEnergies Awards New Contracts to Siem PSV Pair in Brazil

Mar 15, 2024

Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has secured new contracts with TotalEnergies for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV) for work offshore Brazil.The contracts are for Siem Giant and Siem Atlas PSVs.The new duration for Siem Giant is three years firm with options up to four more years…

Noble Viking Drillship Secures $80M Drilling Campaign with Prime Energy

Mar 15, 2024

Offshore drilling firm Noble Corporation has secured a new contract with Prime Energy for its drillship Noble Viking, which will be employed on a three well drilling campaign on Malampaya-Camago field, offshore Philippines.The contract also includes an additional one-well option…

Saipem Gets Offshore Pipelines Installation Job for CCS Schemes in UK

Mar 15, 2024

Saipem has signed a letter of intent for the development of CO2 offshore transportation and storage facilities as part of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZTP) projects for the East Coast Cluster in the UK…

BP Picks Delivery Partners for NZT Teesside Power and CCS Project

Mar 15, 2024

Technip Energies, a leader of a consortium with GE Vernova and Balfour Beatty, has received a Letter of Intent from BP, on behalf of NZT Power Limited, for the execution phase of the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project in the United Kingdom…

Galp Makes Another Oil Discovery Offshore Namibia

Mar 15, 2024

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has encountered a significant column with light oil at an exploration well being drilled offshore Namibia with Odfjell Drilling’s Hercules semi-submersible rig, marking a second such discovery in PEL 83 block in recent months…

Eni to Develop Separate Energy Transition Units

Mar 14, 2024

Italy's Eni said on Thursday it would embrace transition by creating separate units specialising in carbon capture and bio chemicals, adding to already existing renewable energy and biofuel subsidiaries.The four units would eventually attract…

Ørsted Powers Up All Turbines at First US Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 14, 2024

Ørsted has installed and powered up all 12 turbines at the landmark South Fork project, and the first utility-scale U.S. offshore wind farm has started delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways, offshore New York.The commissioning of the wind farm is in its final stage…

Woodside Hires Subsea 7 for Trion Subsea Installation Services Offshore Mexico

Mar 14, 2024

Australia's top oil and gas company Woodside Energy has awarded a contract to Subsea 7 for subsea installation services for the Trion development offshore Mexico.Subsea 7 described the contract as large, which means its value ranges between $300 million and $500 million…

F&G’s Offshore Wind BargeRack Solution Gets DNV Certification

Mar 14, 2024

Naval architecture and engineering firm Friede & Goldman (F&G) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from DNV’s Noble Denton Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) for its offshore wind BargeRack solution.The BargeRack is a solution designed to enhance…

TotalEnergies Renews Contract for Bibby WaveMaster 1 SOV’s Services

Mar 14, 2024

Bibby Marine has secured a three-year contract extension with long-standing client TotalEnergies EP Nederland for its ‘walk-to-work’ service operation vessel (SOV) Bibby WaveMaster 1.The three-year charter extension will begin in the first quarter of 2025…

NextGeo Concludes Tyrrhenian Link's East Section Survey for Prysmian

Mar 14, 2024

Marine geoscience and offshore construction support service provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has completed all the pre-installation survey tasks for the Tyrrhenian Link East branch on behalf of Prysmian.The works entailed extensive marine detailed geophysical…

Baker Hughes and BP Reach Flare Emissions Monitoring Breakthrough

Mar 14, 2024

Using Baker Hughes’ emissions abatement technology, BP has started quantifying methane emissions from its flares in a new application for the upstream oil and gas sector.With no universally accepted solution to quantifying methane emissions from flares…

Developers Submit EIA for Italian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 14, 2024

Renantis and BlueFloat Energy have submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Kailia Energia floating wind farm, the second offshore wind project being developed in Italy by the partners.Kailia Offshore Wind Project will be located off the coastline between Brindisi and San Cataldo…

Axess Gets Concept Engineering Job for Multi-Turbine Floating Wind Platform Developer

Mar 14, 2024

Norwegian offshore energy industry services company Axess Technologies has won a concept engineering study contract with Wind Catching Systems (WCS), a developer of floating offshore wind technology.The scope of work entails an advanced handling…

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