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The Wait is Over: Deep Value Driller Ready to Unleash Its Potential

May 02, 2023

A lesser-known offshore rig owning firm recently secured a long-term deal for a drillship that has been stacked since 2017, in yet another proof that the offshore drilling industry is back.The offshore drilling industry is back.After several years of downturn and uncertainty…

Norway's Offshore Safety Regulator Issues Order to Saipem Over Regulatory Breaches on Scarabeo 8 Rig

Apr 24, 2023

The Norwegian offshore industry safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), said Monday that it had identified serious breaches of regulations at Saipem's Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig after an audit earlier this year…

Saipem's 7th-gen Drillship Santorini Secures Two-year Extension with Eni

Apr 19, 2023

Italian oil company Eni has extended the contract for Saipem's 7th-generation Santorini drillship for two years, starting in August 2023.According to Saipem, the extension is worth approximately 280 million dollars. 'To this amount will be added…

Russia's Sakhalin-1 Oil Production Back at Peak 200,000 bpd, ONGC Says

May 29, 2023

India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp said oil output from the Sakhalin-1 project in Russia has bounced back to its plateau level of about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) from zero, according to a company presentation.ONGC hopes to reclaim…

Ranhill Worley Scores $50M Engineering Design Contract with Saipem

Apr 26, 2023

Ranhill Worley has secured a $50 million contract with Saipem's subsidiary Servizi Energia Italia to perform detailed engineering design for two compression complexes associated with the North Field Production Sustainability (“NFPS”) Offshore Compression Complexes Project in Qatar…

Norwegian Offshore Drilling Unions Seek Mediation as Wage Talks Falter

May 24, 2023

Wage talks involving around 8,000 oil drilling workers in Norway broke down early on Wednesday, labor unions said, raising the risk of strike action later this year that would disrupt oil and gas exploration.The talks between the Norwegian Shipowners' Association (NSA) and the Safe…

Saipem Bags Offshore Contracts Worth $650M

Apr 03, 2023

Italian energy industry services firm Saipem said Monday it had won three new offshore contracts and two competitive FEED contracts totaling around $650 million.Azule Energy has assigned the first contract for the Agogo Full Field Development project…

TotalEnergies Prepares for Mozambique LNG Restart

May 23, 2023

French energy company TotalEnergies will make good on an action plan to address the rights of residents near its Mozambique LNG project over the summer, the oil major said on Tuesday, taking a step closer towards a restart.'At this time there is no date for a restart…

Subsea 7 Lands EPCI Work at Turkey's Sakarya Offshore Field

May 22, 2023

Offshore installation contractor Subsea 7 on Monday confirmed the award of a major contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Turkey. Subsea 7 defines a major contract as being…

Aker Solutions to Provide Dynamic and Static Subsea Umbilicals for ExxonMobil's Uaru Project

May 19, 2023

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions said Friday it had won a sizeable contract from ExxonMobil to provide dynamic and static subsea umbilical for the Uaru project in Guyana. Aker Solutions defines a sizeable contract as between NOK 0…

Saipem Scores $400M Contract for Freshly Chartered 7th Gen. Deepwater Drillship

Mar 01, 2023

Italian oilfield services company Saipem said Wednesday it had secured a $400 million contract for the Deep Value Driller drillship in the Ivory Coast with the joint venture between Eni Côte d'Ivoire Ltd. and Petroci. The contract length was not disclosed…

Offshore Wind: Heerema Set to Install Dogger Bank A Substation Topside

Apr 17, 2023

Heerema Marine Contractors' offshore installation vessel Thialf is set to install the offshore substation platform topside within the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm construction area in the UK North Sea. The vessel has previously installed…

World's Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed in Scotland

Apr 12, 2023

Italian energy services firm Saipem has installed what has been described as the world’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundation at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm – Seagreen.Last Friday, Seaway 7 transported the jacket foundation on…

Final Foundation Installed at World's Deepest Fixed-bottom Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 17, 2023

The final wind turbine foundation has been installed at the world's deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm - the Seagreen - offshore Scotland.Seaway 7, the main installation contractor at the offshore wind project owned by SSE Renewable and TotalEnergies…

Tethys Marine & Logistics Becomes 51% Shareholder of OSV Firm Bourbon Guyana

Apr 17, 2023

Bourbon Marine & Logistics has partnered with the Guyanese company Tethys Marine & Logistics, which becomes a 51% shareholder of the Bourbon Guyana Joint Venture. 'With 75% Guyanese Directors, Bourbon Guyana thus becomes the first indigenous Offshore Support Vessels operator…

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