Odfjell Drilling and Semco Maritime signed a contract for preparation and modification of Deepsea Stavanger rig prior to its start of a nine-month drilling campaign for Total in the harsh waters outside South Africa.The semi-submersible rig…
British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat plc will extend its service portfolio for customers with the launch of Fleet LTE, following an agreement with subsea fibre and offshore LTE network operator, Tampnet.The new service which…
Specialist energy recruiters for offshore wind, ERSG has won a tender to be the sole supplier of fabrication management personnel to two undisclosed offshore wind farms in Asia.Additionally, the Wind industry specialist recruiter has also agreed…
Alternative reservoir stimulation technology company Fishbones said it has installed its proprietary technology for a major international oil company in the Danish North Sea. The installation, which comprised 56 subs and 224 jetted laterals…
Marine equipment fabrication and rental company Motive Offshore Group has rounded off the final quarter of 2019 with the launch of a new Flexibles division and supporting acquisition.Motive has completed the acquisition of Stavanger-based Pumptech for a seven-figure sum…
Polymer materials supplier Covestro has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy the output of 100MW from the planned Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm, expected to be fully commissioned in 2025, subject to Ørsted's final investment decision (FID)…
Independent oil and gas production and development company EnQuest said it has been awarded the Block PM409 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in partnership with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) by Petronas. Under the terms of the PSC, EnQuest…
Africa-focused oil and gas explorer Bowleven Plc has vowed to soldier on with its planned monetization of the offshore Etinde field in Cameroon despite the company posting further losses in the last financial year.Bowleven said last week it…
Completions service company Tendeka said it has launched a new single trip sand control solution to address the issue of sand control failure in wells.The Filtrex remedial sand control system provides the flexibility to be installed thru-tubing…
Ocean data company XOCEAN announced on Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of autonomous hydrographic survey company 4D Ocean.The announcement follows the news of XOCEAN’s successful €7.9 million funding round earlier this month…
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund has removed Brazilian oil firm Petrobras from a watchlist of firms that could be dropped as investments due to ethical concerns, the central bank said on Tuesday.Petrobras was put under observation in 2016 over corruption risks…
Premier Oil, the UK-based gas and oil company, announced that it has achieved First Gas from its operated Bison, Iguana and Gajah Puteri (BIG-P) project in the Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia.The two-year project was delivered on schedule and significantly below budget…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded new drilling services contracts for its its 50 million barrel Seagull project in the UK North Sea worth a total of $40 million.US oilfield services giant Halliburton will supply equipment from its base in Arbroath for Seagull…
French cables manufacturer Nexans has signed a framework agreement with Denmark’s global offshore wind giant Ørsted A/S and New England utility Eversource Energy to take part in the offshore wind farm development in North America.According to the provider of cabling and connectivity solutions…
Offshore installation contractor DeepOcean has decided to extend the contract for Solstad Offshore's construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarstein.Solstad Offshore, the Norwegian offshore service and supply ship shipping company, said that…