Vår Energi has secured the COSLProspector drilling rig for a two-year drilling program in the Barents region offshore Norway, which the company sees as an important strategic priority area.Signed in cooperation with Equinor, the rig contract…
Enerpac won a contract by Saipem to supply the Hydraulic Levelling and Fixation System for the installation of 64 transition pieces (TP) at the offshore wind farm in France. The Enerpac system is designed to allow accurate levelling and fixation of the transition pieces on the monopile foundation…
Noble Corporation announced it has received a contract from LLOG to perform drilling services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The six-month contract for Noble's seventh generation drillship Noble Valiant is expected to commence between November 2023 and March 2024…
Italian offshore services firm Saipem has won two new contracts for offshore activities in Ivory Coast and Italy for an overall amount of 850 million euros (currently around $909,8 million).The first contract has been awarded to Saipem by Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partner Petroci…
Equinor announced Thursday it has awarded COSL Offshore Management AS two contracts and will employ COSLPromoter and COSLInnovator on the Norwegian continental shelf.The COSLPromoter is already contracted to Equinor and will commence on the new contract in the first quarter of 2025…
Mediterranean-focused oil and gas producer Energean aims to double its size in the coming years, including through expansion of production in Israel, CEO Mathios Rigas said on Thursday.The company reported a 41.2% slump in first-half profit…
The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Around 86% (187GW) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil fuel-fired electricity…
Drilling simulation technology provider Drilling Systems has launched a next-generation DrillSIM Downhole model to support realistic training for geothermal applications.The model is now implemented for the first time at the Drilling Simulator Celle…
Singaporean shipbuilder Seatrium New Energy, formerly Keppel FELS, on Tuesday announced it has delivered a new jackup rig to the UAE's ADNOC Drilling.The rig, named AlSila, is among five that Seatrium had been building for Borr Drilling. In 2022…
Shell's Cullinan-1X exploration well offshore Namibia did not make a commercial oil and gas discovery, the company said on Thursday.Namibia, which has yet to produce any oil and gas, has attracted strong interest from international companies…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean announced it has been awarded a $222 million contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships to go to work offshore India.India's state-controlled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd awarded the binding…
Neptune Energy has started drilling operations at its operated Yakoot exploration well, located in the North West El Amal Concession in the southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt. It is the first operated well to be drilled by Neptune in Egypt.The North…
Woodside has announced that the Trion field development plan (FDP) has been approved by the Mexican regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH).Woodside’s final investment decision (FID) to develop the Trion resource, announced 20 June 2023…
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore announced its semisubmersible rig Ocean Apex has commenced a two-well drilling campaign for Woodside Energy in Australia.The rig recently underwent a five-year special periodic survey at the Seatrium…
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has awarded a $165 million decommissioning contract to Archer to execute the plug and abandonment (P&A) of 30 wells in the Fulmar Field and two wells in the Halley Field in the UK North Sea.The contract is a fully integrated P&A project…