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Petrobras Moves Ahead with Oil Exploration Plans off Ivory Coast

9 hours ago

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.This is the first phase in the acquisition process for exploratory areas in the Ivory Coast, which is then followed by contractual negotiations of the exploratory blocks…

Vattenfall Names New Head of Wind Business

5 hours ago

Vattenfall has appointed Catrin Jung as the new Head of Business Area (BA) Wind, which encompasses the company’s offshore and onshore wind operations, as well as large-scale solar and battery projects.Currently leading the Offshore Wind business…

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

5 hours ago

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…

GHD Tackles Offshore Wind Noise Impacts with New Modelling Kit

6 hours ago

Engineering specialist GHD has unveiled a new subsea noise modelling program designed to mitigate the environmental impacts of offshore wind farms.GHD's solution, the RAT (R Acoustics Toolbox), has been developed to address challenges related to underwater noise by providing a bespoke…

OWC, Empire Engineering Secure Work on Scottish Offshore Wind Farms

7 hours ago

OWC and Empire Engineering have been selected to provide owner’s engineering services at the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms, supporting Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium composed of DEME, Qair and Aspiravi, from concept selection through to further design phases…

MODEC, Carbon Clean to Advance FPSO-Mounted Carbon Capture Tech

7 hours ago

MODEC and Carbon Clean Solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue the development and eventual deployment of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)-based offshore post-combustion carbon capture technologies…

Transocean Scoops $100M for Two-Well Drilling Job for Equinor

9 hours ago

Transocean has secured $100 million from two-well option exercised by Equinor for one of its harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rigs.Equinor has decided to extend Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible rig’s stay in Norway, with the latest option exercised by the company…

SBM Offshore Exits Equatorial Guinea with Aseng FPSO Divestment

10 hours ago

SBM Offshore has signed a share purchase agreement for the full divestment of its equity interest in the lease and operating entities of the Aseng floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to GEPetrol.SBM Offshore’s exit from Equatorial…

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…

Solstad AHTS Vessels Get Clearance for Work Offshore Brazil

Jun 04, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has informed that its two Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels, hired by Petrobras, have received approvals for work offshore Brazil.Solstad Offshore announced in April that its two AHTS…

Aker Solutions, PTAS JV Hooks Brownfield Services Extension off Brunei

Jun 04, 2025

PTAS Aker Solutions, a local joint venture between Aker Solutions and the Brunei company PTAS, has secured a two-year contract extension to provide offshore maintenance and modification services to Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP).The extension…

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…

ExxonMobil-Led Guyana Consortium Reports $10.4B Profit in 2024

Jun 04, 2025

An oil-producing consortium in Guyana comprising Exxon Mobil, Hess and CNOOC posted a 64% surge in 2024 profit to $10.4 billion, Exxon said on Tuesday, as facility updates allowed sustained output growth.Due to fast production expansion and relatively low government royalties and taxes…

Eco Atlantic Takes Operatorship of Orange Basin Offshore Block

Jun 04, 2025

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an Atlantic Margin-focused oil and gas exploration company, has completed the farm-in agreement in the Orange Basin block, securing the full operatorship and exploration rights offshore South Africa.Eco has now secured…

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