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Denmark's Largest Offshore Gas Field On Track for March 2024 Restart

Jan 22, 2024

TotalEnergies and its partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) have confirmed that Tyra II redevelopment project is on schedule to restart operations in March 2024.DUC – a partnership between TotalEnergies (operator, 43.2%), BlueNord (36…

W&T Offshore Buys Six Shallow Water GoM Oil Fields for $72M

Jan 22, 2024

U.S. Gulf of Mexico-focused oil and gas company W&T Offshore has completed the accretive acquisition of six oil fields in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico for $72 million.W&T Offshore was the successful bidder for certain synergistic assets in the Gulf of Mexico offered by MLCJR…

US DOE Launches $14.5M Marine Energy Research Call

Jan 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) have released a $14.5 million funding opportunity to support foundational research at higher education institutions related to marine renewable energies…

Galp Strikes Oil Offshore Namibia

Jan 10, 2024

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has reported the discovery of light oil in in an exploration well being drilled offshore Namibia with Hercules semi-submersible rig.The news follows Galp’s January 2 update informing about preliminary signs of hydrocarbon presence at the Mopane-1X well…

TotalEnergies Increases Share in Southern Africa’s Oil Discovery

Jan 10, 2024

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Impact Oil and Gas Namibia to acquire an additional participating interest in two blocks being developed offshore Namibia, one of which contains the Venus discovery.TotalEnergies will acquire additional 10…

Petronas Secures 20-Year Extension for Java Sea Operations

Jan 04, 2024

Petronas, through its subsidiary PC Ketapang II, has secured a 20-year extension of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Ketapang Working Area, located in the Java Sea.Due to expire in 2028, the Ketapang PSC extension was officially…

DeepOcean Adds Converted Offshore Support Vessel to Its Fleet

Jan 09, 2024

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has agreed to charter a converted, battery-powered vessel to further enhance its subsea offering to the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries.DeepOcean has entered into a long-time charter agreement…

US Crude Production to Reach Record High in 2024, EIA Says

Jan 09, 2024

U.S. crude production will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, but will grow less than it did last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday.In its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA projected U.S. crude production will rise by 290…

Esgian Week 2 Report: New Work Secured

Jan 14, 2024

It was a busy week in the offshore drilling sector as new work was secured by Noble and Valaris rigs, reports Esgian in its Week 2 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.ContractsLLOG has exercised a six-month option for Noble 12,000-ft drillship Noble Valiant in the US GOM…

PetroNor Advances Its Oil and Gas Developments in Africa

Jan 02, 2024

Oil and gas company PetroNor E&P ASA has confirmed the completion of the Guinea Bissau farm-out transaction with Apus Energy DMCC for exploration licenses offshore Guinea-Bissau, and secured license for PNGF Bis in Congo.Over the Christmas holiday period…

CCUS: Bernhard Schulte Orders Its First CO2 Tanker

Dec 14, 2023

Bernhard Schulte ordered its first CO2 tanker, a newbuild to be constructed at Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore (DSOC) and to showcase technologies designed to reduce its carbon footprint. Planned for delivery in 2026, the ship is committed to a long-term time charter agreement with Northern Lights…

Rex’s Akkrake Petroleum Gets In On West Africa Oil Field

Dec 26, 2023

Akkrake Petroleum, a fully-owned subsidiary of Rex International-Monarch Marine Holding joint venture Porto Novo Resources, has signed a production sharing contract for operatorship and working interest in an oil field offshore Benin, West Africa…

Hercules Supply Orders MPSV from China's Fujian Mawei

Dec 19, 2023

Norwegian-registered Hercules Supply has placed an order for a new multipurpose offshore support vessel (MPSV) from Chinese shipyard Fujian Mawei.Slated for delivery on in the fourth quarter of 2025, the newbuild—a Z 4423 MPSV design from Norwegian…

Subsea 7 Extends Contract with BP for North Sea Assets

Dec 19, 2023

Offshore services firm Subsea 7 has extended an existing frame agreement with BP for subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services across the oil and gas major’s North Sea assets.This is the latest extension since the original frame agreement began in 1998…

Esgian: New Contracts, Drilling Activities and Rig Moves Across the World

Dec 29, 2023

Esgian's last roundup of the year for the Week 52 puts spotlight on new developments for Dolphin Drilling semisub, Seadrill drillships, as well as Shell’s plans for Australia and ONGC’s new tender for jackups in India.ContractsDolphin Drilling…

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