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Aker BP in Platform Supply Vessel Charters with Solstad, Eidesvik

Sep 29, 2021

Norwegian offshore oil and gas producer Aker BP on Wednesday awarded platform supply vessel contracts to vessel owners Solstad Offshore and Eidesvik Offshore.With Solstad Offshore, Aker BP signed a new contract for the platform supply vessel Far Solitaire…

TotalEnergies, Partners Bid to Build 2GW Offshore Wind Farm West of Orkney

Sep 29, 2021

TotalEnergies, a French oil major working to increase its involvement in the renewable energy industry, has with Macquarie’s Green Investment Group and Scottish developer RIDG, announced their bid for an offshore wind project in an area west of the Orkney Islands…

Brazil: Output from Manati Offshore Field Stopped Due to Gas Leak

Sep 28, 2021

Brazilian oil firm Enauta has said production from the Manati offshore field in Brazil was stopped preventively on Monday due to small gas leakage in the inland pipeline between the compression station and the gas treatment station. 'The operator is assessing the causes of this incident…

ADNOC Completes Bookbuilding for Drilling Branch IPO Raising Over $1.1B

Sep 28, 2021

State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) has completed bookbuilding for the initial public offering (IPO) of ADNOC Drilling, raising more than $1.1 billion, it said on Monday.The offering was oversubscribed, with total gross demand amounting to more than $34 billion…

Briggs Marine's Demarcation Buoys for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 28, 2021

Seaway 7, a renewables-focused subsidiary of offshore installation firm Subsea 7, has awarded Briggs Marine a contract to supply demarcation buoys and wave rider buoys for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm. 'These buoys will play a critical role…

German Power Usage from Renewables Falls on Lower Wind Output

Sep 28, 2021

Renewable energy's share of Germany's power consumption dropped to 43% in January-September from 48% a year earlier as wind output fell, preliminary industry data showed on Tuesday, demonstrating the impact of weather on supply security.Onshore…

Offshore Shipowner Awind Changes Name

Sep 28, 2021

Norway-based offshore shipowner Awind AS, a subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions AS, has changed its name to IWS Fleet. 'The name change reflects the ambitions of Integrated Wind Solutions to become a leading provider of integrated services and solutions to the offshore wind industry…

Equinor's Black Vulture Appraisal Well Disappoints

Sep 28, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has concluded the drilling of the Black Vulture appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, and the well came up dry.Using Seadrill's West Hercules offshore drilling rig, Equinor drilled the well approximately…

Jadestone Energy's Montara H6 Offshore Well Starts Production

Sep 28, 2021

Oil and gas company Jadestone Energy has tied the Montara H6 development well off Australia into the field facilities and the well has started production.Jadestone is the 100% owner and operator of the Montara field, located in Production Licences AC/L7 and AC/L8 in the Timor Sea…

Bahrain King Abolishes National Oil and Gas Authority

Sep 28, 2021

Bahrain's king issued a royal decree on Monday abolishing the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA), with all its functions to be undertaken by the oil ministry, the state-run Bahrain News Agency said.'All the financial appropriations allocated…

Floating Dreams: Portugal Bets on Offshore Wind, Solar Farms

Sep 28, 2021

From a colossal wind farm floating amid choppy ocean waves to hundreds of solar panels on the surface of a dammed reservoir, Portugal is exploring innovative ways to boost renewable energy.Mass use of such projects may still be too pricey, but…

DNO Makes Minor Oil Find at Gomez Prospect, Offshore Norway

Sep 28, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made a minor oil discovery on the Gomez prospect in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The exploration well, located 14 kilometers east of the Ekofisk field, encountered hydrocarbons in the primary target in the Våle Formation of the Paleocene Age…

Petrofac's Bribery Case Sentencing Hearing Delayed

Sep 27, 2021

Oilfield services firm Petrofac's bribery case sentencing hearing has been postponed for Friday.As previously reported, Petrofac said Friday it would plead guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent former Petrofac group employees from offering…

BW Energy: No Formal Decision on Petrobras' Assets Buy

Sep 27, 2021

Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy, responding to press speculation, said Monday it had not made any formal decision to buy any of Brazil-based Petrobras' assets.BW Energy said it had noted the press speculation regarding the possibility of BW Energy acquiring the Golfinho field in Brazil…

Equinor Adds Another Well to Deepsea Stavanger Rig Scope

Sep 27, 2021

Norwegian oil firm Equinor has exercised one additional well to be added to Odfjell Drilling Deepsea Stavanger rig's drilling contract.The well has been exercised under the Continued Optionality mechanism in the contract entered into between the parties in May 2020…

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