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Valaris Lines Up Five-Well Drilling Job off West Africa for High-Spec Drillship

May 05, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a $135 million contract for its Valaris DS-15 drillship, which will be put to work offshore West Africa.The five-well contract with an undisclosed client is expected to start in the third quarter 2026…

Ørsted Completes $610M Farm-Down of UK Offshore Wind Farm

May 01, 2025

Ørsted has completed a 24.5% stake divestment in West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm to funds managed by Schroders Greencoat for approximately $610 million.Located approximately 14 km off the U.K. west coast, West of Duddon Sands has been operating since 2014 and has a capacity of 389 MW…

UK Firm to Deliver T&S Infrastructure for Liverpool Bay CCS Project

Apr 30, 2025

United Living Energy, a subsidiary of U.K. critical infrastructure provider United Living Group, has been selected as one of the primary contractors to deliver CO2 transportation and storage (T&S) infrastructure for Eni’s Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) project…

Eni, UK Gov Reach Financial Close for Liverpool Bay CCS Scheme

Apr 24, 2025

Eni has reached financial close with the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for the Liverpool Bay CCS project, where Eni is the operator of the CO2 transport and storage system (T&S) of the HyNet industrial Cluster…

Vestas, Ecowende Test Red Blades for Bird Safety at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 23, 2025

At Ecowende’s initiative, Vestas is supplying red blades for a new trial at Hollandse Kust West VI, to investigate whether the red color increases blade visibility to birds and helps reduce the risk of collisions, compared to the traditional grey blades…

EEW SPC Delivers First Monopiles for Thor Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 22, 2025

EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) has delivered first monopiles for Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, being developed by RWE.In March 2025, the first of 12 shipments for the Thor project was completed at the port of Rostock…

DOF Gets Subsea Mooring Installation Job in Asia Pacific

Apr 09, 2025

Norwegian offshore supply vessel operator DOF Group has secured a contract for subsea mooring installation services in Western Australia.Under the contract, DOF will use Skandi Hercules construction support vessel (CSV) with for moorings and installation subsea services…

Borr Drilling Bags Three New Assignments for its Jack-Up Drilling Rigs

Apr 08, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for three of its premium jack-up rigs, with other rigs in its fleet also preparing for drilling jobs across the world.Borr Drilling secured new contract awards for the rigs Thor…

Borr Drilling’s Rig Up for 120-Day Drilling Campaign off West Africa

Apr 07, 2025

Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International, has signed a contract with Borr Drilling’s affiliate Borr Gerd Limited for a jack-up drilling rig, which will be used in a campaign offshore Benin in West Africa.Lime Petroleum signed up the…

GHD Gets FEED Contract for 2GW Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 04, 2025

Engineering specialist GHD has been selected to provide the electrical front-end engineering design (FEED) for the initial phase of the Caledonia Offshore Wind Farm, a new development by Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Engie and EDPR.The…

Valaris Wins Drillship Contract in West Africa

Mar 31, 2025

Valaris has been awarded a two-year contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-10 that is expected to commence late in the second quarter or in the third quarter 2026.The total contract value for the firm term is $352 million, excluding the provision of additional services…

Glamox to Light Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Mar 24, 2025

Lighting specialist Glamox has secured a contract from ProCon Wind Energy to supply its LED marine lighting solutions for Thor offshore wind farm, being constructed by RWE offshore Denmark.The contract from ProCon Wind Energy will see lighting…

Eni to Sell Stakes in West African Oil and Gas Assets to Vitol for $1.65B

Mar 19, 2025

Vitol will acquire interests in certain assets owned by Eni, including including the Baleine project in Cote d’Ivoire and Congo LNG project in the Republic of Congo, for $1.65 billion.According to the agreement between the parties, Vitol will…

EU-Backed Project to Unlock Tidal and River Energy Potential

Mar 13, 2025

A new EU-funded project has brought together 14 partners across Europe to unlock the potential of harnessing tidal and river energy in the North-West Europe.The SHINES project, short fo Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty…

TMC to Deliver Equipment for Genting’s FLNG Unit

Mar 12, 2025

TMC Compressors (TMC) has secured a contract to deliver a large capacity marine compressed air system to the large floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit that Wison New Energies is building for Malaysia-based Genting.TMC will deliver its scope as a subcontractor to Jereh Offshore…

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