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OMV Hires Deepsea Yantai to Drill Eirik Well

Sep 19, 2022

Odfjell Drilling announced that on behalf of CIMC OFFSHORE AS, it has agreed a contract with OMV Norge AS for the use of the drilling rig Deepsea Yantai to drill one firm well Eirik in PL 817 in the North Sea, plus one optional well in 2023 or 2024…

Vaar Energi Flags $1.2 Billion Cost Jump for Balder X Project

Sep 19, 2022

Vaar Energi's Balder X oil and gas project will cost $1.2 billion more than previously expected with petroleum output delayed by about nine months to the third quarter of 2024, the company said on Monday, sending its shares sharply lower.The changes reflect increased work scope…

Partners Group Sells Stake in Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 19, 2022

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group said it has agreed to sell its 20% stake in Dutch offshore windfarm Borssele III / IV to Swiss Life Asset Managers.Borssele is a fully operational offshore windfarm located 55 kilometers from the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands…

Airbus Sees Helicopter Lift-off on Energy Crisis, Military spend

Sep 16, 2022

Airbus Helicopters expects new orders and deliveries to keep growing this year, its chief executive told Reuters, as a scramble for new energy supplies and higher military spending accelerate a recovery in the long-sluggish rotary-wing sector…

CBED's Wind Innovation SOV Extends Stay at German Wind Farm Project

Sep 16, 2022

Offshore accommodation company CBED has won a contract extension for its Wind Innovation service operations vessel Wind Innovation.Back in May, the company secured a contract for the vessel at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea…

FACTBOX-Who is Shell's New CEO Sawan?

Sep 15, 2022

Shell named Wael Sawan, head of its integrated gas and renewables division, on Thursday as the group's chief executive officer, replacing Ben van Beurden, with the energy major at the cusp of a transition to cleaner energy.Sawan, 48, currently oversees Shell's growth into low carbon energies…

PGNiG's Copernicus Well Offshore Norway Disappoints

Sep 15, 2022

Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has failed to unearth hydrocarbons at its Copernicus exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, Longboat Energy, a partner in the offshore license has informed.The company said that the Copernicus exploration well…

Gas Prices Lift Norway's August Trade Surplus to Record

Sep 15, 2022

Norway's trade surplus rose to a record 197.7 billion Norwegian crowns ($19.54 billion) in August, boosted by soaring prices for its gas exports to Europe, national statistics agency data showed on Thursday.With a daily output of around 4 million barrels of oil equivalent…

BV Sees Surge in Decommissioning Support Orders. Beats Its Full Year Target

Sep 15, 2022

Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore, the marine and offshore technical advisory branch of Bureau Veritas, saw a surge in the decommissioning support field orders in the first six months of 2022.The company said that new decommissioning support deals in the UK…

Five-well Contract for Maersk Drilling's Jack-up Rig

Sep 15, 2022

Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling and oil and gas company Petrogas E&P Netherlands have signed a five-well deal for the Maersk Resolute jack-up drilling rig.The duo has agreed to an amendment of the previously signed contract for the supply of the Maersk Resolute…

VIDEO: Loadout of TenneT's Hollandse Kust (North) Transformer Platform

Sep 14, 2022

From EQUANS' fabrication hall in Antwerp, Belgium, the topside for TenneT's Hollandse Kust (north) transformer platform was placed on a floating barge in the port on Monday. Following the load out, the steel structure weighing over 3,500 tons…

Iberdrola Sells 49% in German Offshore Wind Farm to EIP for 700M Euros

Sep 14, 2022

Spanish power company Iberdrola said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell to Swiss investment fund Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) a 49% stake in a German offshore wind farm for 700 million euros ($700 million). The sale of the Wikinger wind…

Shell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, Others Apply for Exploration Acreage Offshore Norway

Sep 14, 2022

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy said Tuesday it had received applications from 26 oil and gas companies in connection with APA (Awards in predefined areas) annual offshore acreage licensing rounds.Shell, Equinor, Inpex, TotalEnergies…

All Turbines Installed at France's First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 13, 2022

Jan De Nul has completed the installation of 80 sets of 6 MW wind turbine generators (WTG) at Saint-Nazaire, France's first commercial offshore wind farm.The company said Tuesday it had completed the project 'significantly ahead of schedule…

Van Oord to Install Foundations for Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 13, 2022

Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has confirmed it has been selected as the preferred contractor for the construction of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, 23 kilometers north of the Polish coastline. Van Oord will transport and install more than 70 foundations…

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