Equinor Low Carbon Solutions (Equinor) has drilled two appraisal wells in the North Sea which indicate that the reservoir is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).The wells, 32/7-1 and 32/4-4, were drilled in the North Sea about 20 kilometers east of the Troll A platform…
Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a contract with BP to provide drilling waste management services in the U.K. North Sea.The three-year agreement, which includes options for renewal, started in October 2024.The scope of work will utilize TWMA’s cutting-edge technologies…
U.K.-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has appointed Exceed as well operator for over 190 wells which will comprise Viaro’s One Gas West assets following completion of the acquisition from Shell and ExxonMobil.Exceed will manage all aspects of late life well operations…
Norway offered 76 new blocks to explore for oil and gas in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea on Friday in a so-called APA licensing round, an annual event awarding acreage in mature parts of the continental shelf, the energy ministry said…
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has moved its 1990-built semi-submersible rig to Caledonia field in the North Sea ahead of upcoming permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) operation.The rig, Paul B. Loyd Jr., has completed operations at Harbour Energy's Brodgar well…
Sentinel Subsea has completed the project for North Sea oil and gas operator, which involved the deployment of two WellSentinel Coral systems for well integrity monitoring operation.The project supported a large-scale drilling operation, with…
The construction of CO2 transit terminal at Port Esbjerg in Denmark has officially started marking another milestone in the development of Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.The terminal will feature six large holding tanks, each capable of storing approximately 1…
Glomar Offshore’s offshore supply vessel (OSV) Glomar Venture has reportedly hit the foundation of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, leaving two crew members injured in the accident.The Royal Dutch Sea Rescue Society (KNRM) received…
A number of multinational oil and gas companies including Chevron have exited their Red Sea oil and gas concession blocks after making no finds and have channeled their resources elsewhere in the country, the Egyptian petroleum ministry said…
Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a three-year cranes and lifting services contract for the Anasuria floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, east of Aberdeen in the central North Sea.Secured following a competitive tendering process…
Industrial data and engineering consultancy Imrandd has secured contract with Apache North Sea, expanding scope to include pipeline capability.The renewal extends Imrandd’s ongoing provision of integrity data analytics and onshore integrity…
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and MaDfly have deployed a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in open sea conditions, marking a breakthrough in offshore in-water surveys.The operation was conducted on the service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope next to the Hornsea 2 wind farm in England…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made a major oil field discovery of Huizhou 19-6 in the deep and ultra-deep plays of the South China Sea, which adds over a hundred million tons of oil equivalent in-place…
Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an important oil and gas discovery in Northern North Sea license PL1182 S, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig.The discovery was made in Paleocene injectite sandstones of excellent…
Seas Geosciences has completed the conversion of the BOS Princess into a multipurpose geotechnical drilling vessel that is now ready to serve the global offshore energy industry.With its 80-metre length and close to 19-metre beam, the BOS Princess…