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Valeura Energy Greenlights Wassana Oil Field Redevelopment off Thailand

May 14, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has taken a final investment decision (FID) to redevelop the Wassana oil field in the Gulf of Thailand, committing $120 million to replace aging infrastructure and boost production.The redevelopment plan for the field, in licence G10/48, includes installing a new central processing platform (CPP) to replace the current mobile offshore production unit (MOPU)…

MOL Gets ClassNK Approval for Jointing and Burial Vessels Design

Dec 24, 2025

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from ClassNK for the basic design of specialized vessels to joint and bury subsea power cables.MOL is working with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Furukawa Electric and Nippon…

Nippon Steel to Supply Material for Vestas Wind Towers

Jul 30, 2025

Nippon Steel signed a cooperation memorandum with Denmark's wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems on Wednesday to supply steel for Vestas' wind towers for European, Asian and Japanese markets, Japan's industry ministry said.The agreement was part of a broader push by Japan's Ministry of Economy…

BP Greenlights $7B CCUS Scheme Tied to Indonesia LNG Facility

Nov 22, 2024

BP and its partners have reached a final investment decision for a $7 billion Tangguh Ubadari carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, which has the potential to unlock around 3 trillion cubic feet of additional gas resources in Indonesia to help meet growing energy demand in Asia…

OPT’s Wave-Powered Tech Nears 15MWh of Renewable Energy Production

May 14, 2024

U.S.-based marine power, data, and services company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is approaching 15MWh of renewable energy production from its family of PowerBuoys, which primarily exploit wave energy to generate power.The recent launch of…

Chevron and JX to Jointly Develop CCS Value Chain in Asia Pacific

Mar 19, 2024

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration and Chevron New Energies, a division of U.S.-based Chevron, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that provides a framework to evaluate the export of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from Japan to carbon capture…

Shearwater to Monitor Production at Equinor’s Two Oil and Gas Fields

Mar 13, 2024

Shearwater GeoServices has secured two 4D monitoring projects from Equinor for the Mariner field in the UK North Sea and the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway.Shearwater will deploy its Isometrix technology for both surveys…

Petronas Signs Gas PSCs for BIGST and Tembakau Clusters Offshore Malaysia

Feb 28, 2024

Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) for two discovered resource opportunities (DRO) clusters, located offshore Malaysia.The BIGST Cluster was awarded to Petronas Carigali, and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (BIGST)…

MOL and JX to Develop Japan-Australia Cross Border CCS Value Chain

Feb 05, 2024

Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Japan and Australia, including CO2 marine transport…

Japan’s 112MW Offshore Wind Farm Comes Online

Jan 04, 2024

Japan’s utility JERA and Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI) have started operations at the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm - the largest commercial wind farm in Japan.Located in Hokkaido’s Ishikari Bay New Port, the wind farm…

Santos Receives Drilling Approval for $4.3 Billion Barossa Gas Project

Dec 18, 2023

Australian oil and gas major Santos said on Monday it had received approval for a revised drilling plan at its $4.3 billion Barossa gas project, although the fate of a pipeline to take gas to shore remains locked in a legal dispute.Santos was…

Serica Energy CFO Andy Bell to Step Down, Martin Copeland Named Successor

Nov 21, 2023

Serica Energy, a UK-based upstream oil and gas company, said Tuesday that its Chief Financial Officer Andy Bell had informed the board of his intention to step down from his role in the New Year when he will be replaced by Martin Copeland. Copeland…

Financing Secured for 1GW Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan

Sep 28, 2023

Northland Power Inc. said Thursday that its Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan had met all conditions to close its 1171 billion New Taiwan Dollars long-term non-recourse green financing. This is the equivalent of around CAD 5 billion, or $3…

MOL Group Enters CTV Business with Charter Deal for Ishikari Bay New Port Wind Farm

Jun 15, 2023

Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Line has concluded a time charter contract with Shimizu Corporation for two crew transfer vessels (CTV) for an offshore wind farm at Ishikari Bay New Port. 'This marks the MOL Group’s first entry into the CTV business. In addition…

Japan: JX Nippon to Buy Offshore Drilling Firm JDC

Mar 16, 2023

JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation has to acquire the entire issued shares of the offshore drilling firm Japan Drilling Co., Ltd. (“JDC”).The company plans to complete the acquisition around the end of April of  2023.'Upon completion of the acquisition…

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