Energy company Kistos has spudded the Q11-B appraisal well offshore the Netherlands using Borr Drilling's Prospector-1 jack-up drilling rig.Kistos, the operator of the block containing the well, said that the Q11-B appraisal well would take a minimum of 6 weeks to drill and test…
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has secured another offshore wind contract for its multi-purpose support vessel Siem Dorado.According to Siem Offshore, the new contract has already started and will keep the vessel utilized into the first quarter of 2022…
Pharos Energy plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company, with an interest in the TGT field offshore Vietnam, has completed the first phase of the infill development drilling program at the field, however, it has also experienced a setback with an FPSO compressor…
UTEC, a company providing survey, positioning, and data services in the offshore energy world, has deployed Sonardyne’s Fusion 2 software and associated hardware to support offshore construction in Australia.Combined long baseline (LBL) acoustic…
Saipem, an Italian energy industry construction and installation services provider, has secured two new offshore contracts in Australia and Turkey totaling more than $600 million for transportation and installation activities.In Australia, Chevron…
Woodside Petroleum and BHP Group gave their final go-aheads to spend $12 billion to develop the Scarborough gas field off Western Australia and expand the Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, with the first cargo expected in 2026.The approval…
Houston-based offshore services firm Helix Energy Solutions has won a 5-well complete abandonment project by New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE).Helix Energy Solutions will deploy its Helix Q7000 semi-submersible vessel and 10K Intervention Riser System (IRS)…
Australian shares ended higher on Tuesday, buoyed by gains in the mining and energy sectors, a day after BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum gave the final sign-off on their $12 billion Scarborough LNG project.The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.78% to close at 7…
PJ Valves (PJV), a manufacturer and supplier of valves for the energy industry, has secured orders to supply valves for two FPSOs in Brazil.One of these FPSOs is planned to be one of the largest offshore oil producing units in the world. The FPSO…
Norwegian offshore oil and gas producer Vår Energi has signed an agreement with IKM Elektro for support to all its operated facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). IKM Elektro will be responsible for inspection, service, and maintenance of electrical equipment and rotating machines…
North Sea-focused oil and gas firm Deltic Energy has informed that the 3D seismic survey over offshore Licence P2428 and surrounding areas in the UK North Sea has now been completed. Deltic said the data from the survey would be key to de-risking future drilling on the license…
Hurricane Energy, a UK-based oil firm producing oil from the Lancaster offshore field in the UK, has said it has had positive talks over the Aoka Mizu contract extension with owner Bluewater.Hurricane Energy, which started producing from the…
Oil and gas companies Tullow Oil and PetroSA have decided to pre-empt the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana to Kosmos Energy, as announced in October.This doesn’t mean Kosmos will not increase its interests in the said fields…
Marine power cable company NKT has completed the power cable system connecting the 950 MW offshore wind farm Moray East in the UK to shore.NKT has commissioned the power cable project comprising three 220 kV HVAC power cable systems for the…
Italian energy industry giant Eni said Monday it had held the naming and sail away ceremony for the Coral-Sul FLNG unit, the first floating LNG facility ever to be deployed in the deep waters of the African continent. The event took place at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje…