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Borr Drilling Takes Delivery of Fourth Jackup

Aug 14, 2024

Seatrium has delivered its fourth jackup rig, Vali, to Borr Drilling from its Pioneer Yard in Singapore about a year ahead of its planned delivery next year.Vali is a KFELS Super B Class rig, specifically engineered to operate in water depths…

Anasuria Hibiscus taps Ocean Installer for 'Sizeable' Subsea Tie-Back Project

Aug 26, 2024

Ocean Installer won 'a sizeable' project from Anasuria Hibiscus UK Limited as part of a new frame agreement for offshore construction. The Teal West Development comprises a subsea tie-back to the Anasuria FPSO. The scope of work on Teal West includes installation of manifold…

DNO Norge Gets Clearance for North Sea Drilling Operation

Aug 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted DNO Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea, to be conducted using Noble Corporation's Noble Invincible ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig.The drilling permit is for a wellbore2/6-7 S in production license 1086…

Inside Asia-Pacific’s Offshore Energy Boom

Aug 20, 2024

Strategic initiatives are attracting investors and petroleum contractors to Asia Pacific’s offshore energy market, propelling the region towards enhanced security and economic growth. As countries tap into their local resources to meet rising demand…

Norway Calls on Oil Firms to Boost Exploration and Investment

Aug 21, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies should boost investments in exploration and production to slow an expected decline in the country's output in the coming years, the national petroleum industry regulator said in a resource report on Wednesday…

Northern Ocean Names Arne Jacobsen CEO

Aug 21, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean announced it has appointed Arne Jacobsen as its new chief executive officer.Jacobsen was previously the CEO of Orion, a joint venture between Hayfin Capital and Transocean, and has experience as a…

Prosecutors Press Brazil Regulators on License to Drill Near Amazon Mouth

Jul 30, 2024

Brazilian prosecutors, who have recommended that environmental agency Ibama block drilling by state-run oil company Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon river, have demanded that Ibama respond within three days, a document seen by Reuters shows…

North Sea O&G Licences Trigger Oceana UK Legal Action

Aug 22, 2024

Britain's decision to issue dozens of new oil and gas exploration licences is being challenged in court by a marine conservation organization, which argues ministers unlawfully failed to consider the impact on marine life.Oceana UK is taking…

Valeura Produces First Oil from Nong Yao Extension Off Thailand

Aug 15, 2024

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has produced first oil from its Nong Yao C development offshore Thailand.The first three of the seven Nong Yao C development wells were opened up for oil production on August 15, 2024, with additional wells to be brought online successively thereafter…

First Oil from Norway's Balder X Delayed ... Again

Aug 21, 2024

Norway's Vaar Energi has again postponed the startup of its North Sea Balder X oil and gas project, planning to begin output in the second quarter of 2025 rather than by the end of this year, the company said on Wednesday.Plagued by cost overruns and delays…

Talos to Drill Three High-Impact Wells in Gulf of Mexico with West Vela Drillship

Aug 12, 2024

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has set out plans to drill three consecutive high-impact subsalt wells in the Gulf of Mexico, using Seadrill’s West Vela drillship.In an operations update, Talos Energy said it expects to take possession…

Indonesia Green Lights Eni Gas Projects

Aug 23, 2024

Indonesia has approved a development plan for the first phase of the Geng North gas field operated by Italy's Eni in the Makassar Strait, the upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said in a statement on Friday.The approval also covered the development of the nearby Gehem field…

Gas Production Starts in Argo Cassiopea field, says Eni

Aug 19, 2024

Eni reports it started gas production from the Argo Cassiopea field, coming from one of the four subsea wells drilled in recent months in the Strait of Sicily. Once captured, the gas is transported through a 60 km subsea pipeline to the Gela processing plant…

Norway Greenlights Equinor’s Drilling Ops in North Sea

Aug 09, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit to drill a wildcat well in the North Sea, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.The drilling permit is for wellbore 35/11-30 S in production license 090, which is operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

Environmental Group Backs Out of Scarborough Litigation

Aug 19, 2024

Woodside and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) have agreed to dismiss the ACF’s challenge to a primary environmental approval for Woodside’s Scarborough Energy Project.The Scarborough Energy Project has all primary environmental approvals in place and offshore work is progressing well…

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