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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…

NOC's Boaty McBoatface Monitors Marine Environment at North Sea Oil Fields

Sep 20, 2022

The UK-based National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has started conducting research with the robot submarine ‘Boaty McBoatface’ on end-of-life oil fields off the coast of the Shetland Islands to help monitor and protect the marine environment in…

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…

Mubadala Energy Makes Gas Discovery Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia

Sep 20, 2022

Mubadala Energy on Tuesday confirmed the discovery of a good-quality gas reservoir penetrated by the Cengkih-1 exploration well in Block SK320, off the coast of Sarawak province, offshore Malaysia. Preliminary analysis shows a significant gas…

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…

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…

Exxon Boosts Guyana Oil Output, Undecided on Future Auction Bid - source

Sep 20, 2022

Exxon Mobil Corp is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases…

Friede & Goldman WTIV Design Gets DNV Approval in Principle

Sep 19, 2022

An innovative wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) design from Houston-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Friede & Goldman (F&G) has earned approval in principle from classification society DNV.The review and AIP confirms…

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…

Gulf of Mexico Oil Driller QuarterNorth Explores Sale

Sep 19, 2022

QuarterNorth Energy is exploring a potential sale which could value the oil and gas producer in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico at more than $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.The privately held company…

Ranhill Worley to Deliver FEED Services for PTTEP's Offshore Gas Project in Malaysia

Sep 16, 2022

Bursa Malaysia-listed firm Ranhill Utilities said Wednesday that its affiliate firm Perunding Ranhill Worley had won a contract with the Thai oil firm PTTEP to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for offshore facilities for SK410B Lang Lebah development project…

Jan De Nul's Newbuild Jack-up Voltaire Suffers 'Limited Damage' in China Typhoon

Sep 16, 2022

Offshore installation specialist Jan De Nul Group said Thursday that the shipyard in China where its flagship jack-up installation vessel Voltaire is being built, was hit by typhoon Muifa in China during the night of 14 to 15 September 2022…

Allseas Founder Edward Heerema Hands Over The Reins to Son Pieter

Sep 16, 2022

Edward Heerema, founder and president of the offshore installation services firm Allseas, has decided to step aside after nearly forty years at the helm. His eldest son Pieter will assume the role of president of the Allseas Group. According to Allseas…

TotalEnergies' Gas Fields Could Generate $450M a year for S.Africa

Sep 16, 2022

TotalEnergies 11B/12B offshore gas field could make a direct annual contribution of at least 8 billion rand ($457 million) to South African government finances, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday.'That is not just the overall…

RWE, Latvenergo Team Up to Build Offshore Wind Farms in Latvia

Sep 16, 2022

Renewable energy firm RWE and Latvia state-owned electric utility company Latvenergo have partnered up to develop, construct and operate offshore wind projects off the Latvian coast. 'The equal partnership represents a strong combination of experience and expertise in offshore wind development…

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