Odfjell Platform Drilling (Odfjell) has received the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority's Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Linus jack-up drilling rig. A granted AoC statement means that a rig is fit for operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
A Danish Baltic Sea island suffered a temporary power blackout on Monday as a local grid fault caused the transformer feeding electricity from Sweden to shut down, Energinet and E.ON said. Danish transmission system operator Energinet said…
The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has updated developers on the design of the tender process for seabed leasing for floating wind energy in the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea program is intended to provide 4GW of renewable energy capacity by 2035…
Aberdeenshire-based Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has announced major contracts and new jobs since introducing a redefined global business strategy.According to the company, following a major investment boost from Balmoral Group in 2019 the company has secured work from the nuclear…
i3 Energy has completed drilling operations on the Serenity appraisal well in the UK North Sea and said the results are disappointing.The 13/23c-12 Serenity appraisal well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 5,630 ft below sea level. The targeted Lower Cretaceous Captain sand…
Al Cook, Equinor's executive vice president for Exploration and Production International, has informed the Norwegian energy giant that he will resign to become CEO of a company outside the energy industry.'To secure a good hand over to his successor…
French oil major TotalEnergies has completed the offshore installation works at the Tyra II field redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea.The Tyra field is the largest gas condensate field in the Danish Sector of the North Sea. Due to seabed subsidence…
A U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft flew near the site of the ruptured Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea hours after the first damage emerged, according to tracking reviewed by Reuters, a flight Washington said was routine.Russia's Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines burst on Sept…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Thursday it would extend higher gas production from the Duva field in Norway, supplying enough gas to heat a further 550,000 UK households.In April, Norwegian authorities granted Neptune and the Duva license…
Cyprus expects natural gas from its seas to become commercially available by 2027, its energy minister said on Friday, adding that Europe's energy crisis had put a renewed focus on how to expedite the development of reserves in the east Mediterranean…
BP is targeting the North Sea and U.S. shale basins to boost oil and gas supplies in the short term in response to the global energy crisis, its head of oil and gas operations told Reuters.BP aims to cut its oil and gas output by 40%, or 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed)…
Oslo-listed offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International has secured a contract extension with Equinor for its Floatel Superior semi-submersible accommodation rig in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.As part of the Breidablikk project…
Norway has deployed a specialist vessel to inspect a subsea gas pipeline to Germany because of safety concerns after suspected sabotage last month on two Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany, according to sources and data.Norway…
A crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Europe found evidence of detonations, strengthening suspicions of 'gross sabotage', Sweden's Security Service said on Thursday. Swedish and Danish authorities have been investigating four leaks after the pipelines…
Britain on Friday launched its first oil and gas exploration licensing round since 2019 on Friday to try and boost domestic hydrocarbon output as Europe weans itself off Russian fuel.The British North Sea, home to the global Brent benchmark grade…