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US Gulf Coast Oil Patch Gets Lucky, So Far, in Busy Hurricane Season

Oct 19, 2023

A very active Atlantic hurricane season so far this year has not sent storms across U.S. oil and natural gas fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico, sparing energy companies billions of dollars of losses and consumers higher fuel costs.The 2023…

Offshore Wind Developers Likely to Cancel Some Contracts After NY Decision

Oct 19, 2023

Developers in the U.S. offshore wind industry will likely cancel some power sales contracts in New York after the state last week denied passing on more of the costs to consumers, but major projects off Massachusetts and Rhode Island are set to start up later this year…

Seatrium Delivers Shell's Whale Floating Production Unit

Oct 19, 2023

Singapore's Seatrium said Thursday it had delivered the 2019-ordered Whale Floating Production Unit (FPU) to Shell for deployment at Whale deepwater field development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.According to Seatrium, which was known as Sembcorp Marine went the FPU was ordered…

LNG Tanker Diverts from Egypt Terminal as Gas Flows from Israel Ebb

Oct 19, 2023

A tanker seeking to fill up liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a terminal in Egypt left empty and diverted to another port, after an Israeli pipeline supplying gas was halted due to Israel-Hamas conflict, analysts said on Thursday.The Seapeak Catalunya…

Finnish Police Complete On-site Probe at Damaged Baltic Sea Pipeline

Oct 19, 2023

Finnish police said on Thursday they had completed their crime scene investigation into the damage to a subsea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia. The Balticconnector pipeline linking Finland and Estonia ruptured earlier this month in…

Transocean's Quarterly Rig Fleet Report: $745 Million in Drilling Contracts Secured

Oct 19, 2023

Deepwater drilling contractor Transocean shared Thursday its quarterly offshore rig fleet status report, in which it said it had secured $745 million worth of drilling contracts.During the period, the company secured contracts for three drillships: Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1…

Indonesia's Expanded Tangguh LNG Facility Begins Full Commercial Operations

Oct 19, 2023

BP, on behalf of the Tangguh production sharing contract partners in Indonesia, said Thursday that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by the new third liquefaction train at the Tangguh LNG facility, in Papua Barat, Indonesia…

Greenpeace Loses Legal Challenge to UK's New North Sea Oil and Gas Licenses

Oct 19, 2023

Britain's decision to authorize new licenses for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea was lawful, London's High Court ruled on Thursday, dismissing a legal challenge by Greenpeace. The environmental campaign group had argued Britain's failure…

Dolphin Drilling Wins Letter of Award for Offshore Drilling Project in India

Oct 19, 2023

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling said Thursday it had received a Letter of Award (LOA) for a drilling campaign from Oil India Limited for a 14-month firm period, with another 7-month extension option.This follows Dolphin Drilling's mid-September announcement…

Kraken Robotics Secures $3M Offshore Wind Farm Survey Services Deal in Europe

Oct 19, 2023

Canadian marine robotics company Kraken Robotics Inc. said Thursday it had secured a $3 million contract to carry out boulder detection subsea survey services as part of an offshore wind farm project located in Europe.Kraken’s contract scope includes mobilization of a dedicated survey vessel…

Oil Rush in Namibia's Orange Basin: Galp Prepares for Massive 10 Billion Barrel Oil Hunt as Rig Approaches

Oct 19, 2023

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp is gearing up to start drilling a well in an offshore block in Namibia, near the giant oil discoveries made recently by TotalEnergies and Shell.In May, Galp entered into a contract with SFL Corporation for the semi-submersible rig Hercules…

Middle East Conflict Threatens Regional Gas Market, Could Affect Europe's LNG Supplies - Rystad

Oct 19, 2023

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, poses a serious threat to the regional natural gas market and could have knock-on effects on Europe’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply as winter approaches, Rystad Energy…

Fugro Wins Survey Work at Denmark's Largest Offshore Wind Project

Oct 19, 2023

German energy giant RWE has hired the Dutch offshore survey services firm Fugro to complete a geophysical survey off the Danish west coast as part of the development of Thor, Denmark's largest offshore wind farm.Up to three survey vessels will…

TMC Compressors to Provide Equipment for Newbuild FPSO

Oct 19, 2023

Chinese shipbuilder China Merchant Heavy Industries (CMHI) has contracted TMC Compressors (TMC) to deliver the completed marine compressed air system to a newbuild FPSO the Chinese yard is constructing for the Dutch FPSO leasing firm SBM Offshore…

Apex Aviation and NHV to Offer Helicopter Services to Taiwan's Offshore Wind Industry

Oct 19, 2023

Offshore helicopter services company NHV Group has announced a collaboration in Taiwan with Apex Aviation, a local Taiwanese company, with the aim of providing helicopter transportation services to Taiwan's growing offshore wind industry.'Given…

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