James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), provider of marine engineering services, has been awarded scheduled maintenance contract on one of the leading offshore wind farms of the future.The specialist in services to the marine, oil and gas said that as per contract…
Seabed Geosolutions, the provider of comprehensive ocean bottom seismic (OBS) solutions to the global oil and gas industry, has signed a contract to sell the entirety of its shallow water ocean bottom cable (OBC) recording equipment.The joint…
Geo-data specialist Fugro has been awarded a 5-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide hydrographic surveying services in the US.Dutch multinational…
Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company Solstad Offshore said that UK-based Apache North Sea Limited has extended the charters of platform supply vessels (PSVs) Sea Flyer and Sea Forth.According to the vessel owner, the contract…
Belgium-based offshore wind installation specialist Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME) has started building its first service operation vessel (SOV), which will be chartered by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for work at three Belgian offshore wind farms (OWF)…
Throughout 2019 Africa has led licensing round activity; looking forward to 2020 this is set to continue, however results of the recent rounds have had limited success in a global context.Eight licensing rounds are open or have closed in Africa…
Energy company Total announced Monday it has acquired operating interests in two new offshore licenses with plans to develop a new production hub in the Kwanza Basin, offshore Angola.The French supermajor has signed a sale and purchase agreement…
An activist group is increasing the pressure on five big U.S. and European oil companies with shareholder resolutions urging them to meet the Paris climate goals and cut carbon emissions.Dutch group Follow This is targeting U.S. giants ExxonMobil…
BP announced on Monday that its three-well drilling program offshore Mauritania and Senegal encountered gas in 'high quality', confirming the supermajor's confidence in the 'world-class scale' of the hydrocarbon resources in the West African region…
Guyana has invited companies interested in purchasing the first three deliveries of the government's share of the country's looming oil production to present bids this week, the government said in a statement on Sunday.The government will later…
A new compensation format will help improve efficiency asEquinor said it has awarded framework agreements to five suppliers to provide safety and automation systems for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway…
The UK’s latest offshore licensing round has attracted 'considerable interest' despite concerns surrounding domestic oil and gas production amid government commitments to net zero emissions by 2050, the UK Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) said on Monday…
Australian oil minnow FAR Ltd on Monday said it does not expect to receive the final outcome of a long-running dispute with Woodside Petroleum regarding an oil field off Senegal until January or February next year.The arbitration ruling was due by December 28…
Vår Energi, majority owned by Italy's Eni, will on Tuesday present a plan for how to redevelop its Balder and Ringhorne fields in the North Sea, extending their output, the Norwegian energy ministry said on Monday.Overall investments in the…
BP’s Mad Dog field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico is a good news story that keeps delivering, and the reservoir management team aims to keep it that way.When discovered in 1998, the field in Green Canyon blocks 825, 826 and 782 was thought to hold 1 billion barrels of oil in place…