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Noble, Green Yard Sign Maintenance Contract for GreatWhite Rig (Video)

Jun 08, 2025

Noble and Green Yard have entered into a contract for a scheduled yard stay for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite, owned by Noble Corporation.The rig will enter the yard for maintenance, demobilization and upgrades after it has completed its job west of Shetland…

Rex’s Akrake Set for July Drilling Ops off West Africa

Jun 06, 2025

Akrake Petroleum, Rex International's indirect subsidiary, has completed the development plan for the Seme field offshore Benin, with the drilling operations scheduled to begin in early July 2025 using Borr Drilling’s jack-up rig.Akrake holds…

Equinor and Centrica Ink $27B Long-Term Gas Sales Agreement for UK

Jun 05, 2025

Equinor and Centrica have signed long-term gas sales agreement of 55 TWh of natural gas per year, or around 5 billion cubic meters – bcm, for a period of 10 years, to be delivered to U.K.Starting October 1, 2025 at terms reflecting market prices…

Petrobras Moves Ahead with Oil Exploration Plans off Ivory Coast

Jun 05, 2025

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has submitted a declaration of interest for exploratory blocks on the offshore areas of the Ivory Coast in West Africa.The Ivory Coast government, through its Council of Ministers, approved Petrobras' declaration of interest for nine blocks…

RWE and NBIM Complete Offshore Wind Transaction

Jun 04, 2025

RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) have closed the transaction, where NBIM acquired 49% equity stake in RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster and 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind projects.As part of the transaction, first announced in March and valued at approximately $1…

TotalEnergies and Shell Exchange Lipa and Gato do Mato Stakes

Jun 04, 2025

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Shell Brasil Petróleo to exchange its 20% non-operated interest in the Gato do Mato project for an additional 3% interest in Lapa, a producing offshore oil field.Through the agreement TotalEnergies…

Tullow Oil Lines Up Production Extension for Jubilee and TEN fields off Ghana

Jun 04, 2025

Tullow Oil and its partners have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ghana to extend the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) and Deep Water Tano (DWT) licenses to 2040, which cover the Jubilee and TEN fields off the West African country…

Shell Makes FID for Trinidad Offshore Gas Project

Jun 03, 2025

Energy producer Shell has made a positive final investment decision on its Aphrodite gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, the company said on Tuesday.The project is expected to produce first gas in 2027 and have a peak production of 18…

Wärtsilä to Supply Regasification Module for Egypt-Bound FSRU

Jun 03, 2025

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, has been contracted to supply a regasification module for Höegh Evi, which will be installed onboard the LNG carrier Hoegh Gandria to convert the vessel to a high-capacity floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)…

Sonardyne to Deliver Seabed Monitoring Kit for North Sea CCS Project

Jun 03, 2025

Sonardyne has secured a contract by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to deliver baseline environmental monitoring services for the U.K.’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) site.Sonardyne will provide environmental monitoring…

BMT Teams Up with McDermott for Woodfibre LNG Monitoring System

Jun 03, 2025

BMT has secured a contract by McDermott International to deliver an Integrated Marine Monitoring System (IMMS) for the Woodfibre LNG facility in Squamish, British ColumbiaWoodfibre LNG is poised to become the world’s first net zero LNG export facility…

ADES Secures Jack-Up Drilling Rig Contract in West Africa

Jun 03, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum, part of Sinopec Group, for its Admarine 510 jack-up drilling rig, which will be put to work offshore Cameroon in West Africa.The contract is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025…

Woodside Files Arbitration Proceedings Against Senegal

Jun 02, 2025

Australia's Woodside Energy, which operates Senegal's Sangomar oil and gas field, has filed a complaint with the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against the West African country over taxes, a spokesperson for the company said on Monday…

GLO Marine to Upgrade Hydraulic System on Bluewater’s FPSO

Jun 02, 2025

Retrofit specialist GLO Marine has secured hydraulic system upgrade job on Bluewater’s Haewene Brim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, following the successful delivery of the project’s first phase.The contract builds on…

CCS Partners Find Sweet Spot for CO2 Injection and Storage in North Sea

Jun 02, 2025

A wildcat well, drilled by Harbour Energy Norge and its partner Stella Maris CCS in the Havstjerne storage project, has confirmed a reservoir that is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).Well 9/6-1 was drilled in the North…

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