Norwegean offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has been awarded the contract for platform drilling and maintenance and minor modifications for ConocoPhillips offshore Norway.The oil drilling, well service, and engineering company said that the…
Maersk Drilling said it has agreed to sell the jack-up rig Maersk Completer to a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling for $38 million in cash as the Danish-based offshore drilling contractor seeks to concentrate its efforts on harsh environment activities in the North Sea…
Companies developing the huge natural gas field Leviathan will try to convince an Israeli court on Wednesday to remove an injunction that threatens to delay production due to environmental concerns.On Tuesday, the Jerusalem District Court, in a surprise decision…
Norway's minister for oil and energy, Kjell-Boerge Freiberg, will step down from the cabinet on Wednesday, public broadcaster NRK reported, citing anonymous sources.Freiberg's ministry is, among other things, in charge of managing the government's majority stake in oil firm Equinor…
British oil major BP plans to close down two of its oil and gas platforms in Azerbaijan for planned maintenance, BP's regional vice president told Reuters on Wednesday.Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, BP's vice president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey…
Maersk Drilling said it has been notified by Perenco that the Anglo-French oil and gas company is canceling a three-well contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolute in the UK North Sea due to scheduling overruns.According to Perenco, the cancellation…
In Africa, as the count of offshore oil and gas blocks that are getting depleted continues to rise, some producing countries are opting to invest in seismic data to enable identification and demarcation of new blocks while at the same deploying more high end technology…
The international accredited registrar and classification society DNV GL has been awarded a framework agreement by the Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO ASA to provide a broad portfolio of engineering and management support and verification services to support the operator…
Offshore vessel provider Esvagt has been awarded a new contract with the United Kingdom-based petroleum exploration and production company EnQuest for the provision of emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRV).According to the provider of safety and support at sea…
Dutch engineering company Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately EUR 85 million.For a new offshore windfarm in Taiwan, Boskalis will carry out the scour protection of the turbine…
The marine geophysical services company Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a combined 2D and 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition campaign by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Eastern Offshore, India.The contract is planned for execution in the first half of 2020…
Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot (SCF) will not be returning the Vyacheslav Tikhonov seismic vessel to Polarcus as previously agreed.Polarcus Limited, the UAE-based offshore geophysical company operating a fleet of seismic research vessels worldwide…
Increased integration between offshore wind and other marine renewables and offshore oil and gas production can help deliver the UK’s net zero target through technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), said a study.According to a new report from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA)…
A seismic shift in the dialogue around big oil and climate has occurred in the past 12 months. It’s a change in how big oil is orientating itself around what many call the energy transition. Climate goals - governmental, international and industry…
Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which will result in an operational time saving to clients of more than 35%.Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK…
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