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  • Lloyd’s Register to class North Star’s two VARD-built methanol-ready CSOVs

    26 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK’s classification society, has been awarded a contract to class two methanol-ready commissioning service operations vessels (CSOVs) being built by VARD, a global designer and shipbuilder of specialized vessels, for North Star, the UK’s offshore infrastructure support vessel operator. The classification society will conduct the design appraisal and survey of the […]

  • Uniper advances renewable electrofuel project in Sweden

    1 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy

    German energy group Uniper has signed an agreement with Swedish power company Jämtkraft to secure access to land and electricity grid connection for its sustainable electrofuel project NorthStarH2 in Östersund, Sweden. The aim of this project is to produce e-methanol from renewable hydrogen and captured biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2). The planned facility will be set […]

  • Noble jack-up rig staying longer in North Sea

    14 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Noble Corporation has found more work for one of its jack-up rigs off the coast of the Netherlands, where the rig is currently carrying out drilling operations.

  • Siem Offshore’s vessel staying busy outside North Sea throughout 2024

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    An AHTS vessel from Siem Offshore has been hired for the rest of the year by an undisclosed firm, which is said to be an international oil major.

  • AquaVentus: Imminent start of North Sea auction is essential for hydrogen ramp-up

    22 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Jörg Singer, chairman of German offshore wind-to-hydrogen initiative AquaVentus has called for a timely tender for the expansion of offshore electrolysis, saying that the imminent start of the auction for the Noth Sea region SEN-1, a 100 km2 area in the North Sea designated for hydrogen production, is a central prerequisite for the ramp-up of […]

  • FPSO nearing completion but changes made to North Sea oil project’s start-up date

    13 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has revised its timeline for the first oil from a field life extension project in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • After Shelf Drilling rig hits gas in North Sea, production start-up on the cards by year-end

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has made a new gas discovery in the North Sea, using one of Shelf Drilling’s jack-up rigs.

  • TotalEnergies resumes gas flow from first field as North Sea project enters ‘core’ start-up phase

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    TotalEnergies is days away from bringing its redevelopment project in the Danish sector of the North Sea back online, as gas from one of the fields flows into the offshore facilities.

  • UK firm lands North Sea deal with Neptune

    13 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Plexus Holdings has won a rental contract with Neptune Energy for a plug and abandonment (P&A) project in the UK sector of the North Sea. 

  • N-Sea bolsters its subsea offering by prolonging charter deal for 2010-built vessel

    23 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    N-Sea has extended its long-term charter agreement for a 73.2-meter-long and 16.5-meter-wide DP2 survey vessel.

  • Italy’s Saipem gives out €300 million contract to compatriot company

    26 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Italy’s Rosetti Marino has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, said to be worth more than €300 million, with compatriot Saipem for work offshore Libya. Under the contract, Rosetti Marino is in charge of the construction of a gas recovery module (GRM) of approximately 5,000 tonnes which will be installed on the DP4 […]

  • Reach Subsea gets more work in North Sea and Americas amid growing demand

    22 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Reach Subsea has increased its order backlog by securing new contracts, extending existing ones, and receiving call-offs within current frame agreements in the North Sea and the Americas region. Reach Subsea has landed contracts worth more than NOK 570 million (around $55 million), mainly starting in Q1 and involving all aspects of its fleet and […]

  • North Sea assignment lengthened for another Noble jack-up rig

    19 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Noble Corporation has won a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs with Harbour Energy for operations in the UK part of the North Sea.

  • Wood finds more work at Equinor’s largest field outside Norway

    2 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wood has tucked a contract extension under its belt to deliver maintenance and modification solutions to assets at a field off Brazil.

  • British player gets work on two BW Offshore FPSOs in UK and Gabon

    16 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    THREE60 Energy has landed two contract wins with BW Offshore for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) services.

  • Stamp of approval for ConocoPhillips’ $1.2 billion North Sea project to come on stream

    28 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    ConocoPhillips has been given the green light to start production from a project tied to one of the fields in the Greater Ekofisk Area.

  • After drilling ops with Valaris rig, gas flows from North Sea well

    11 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Perenco has brought on stream a near-field discovery within the Ravenspurn South area of the Southern North Sea.

  • Lhyfe looking to build 20 MW green hydrogen plant in UK

    27 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has unveiled plans for its first UK plant, which, if approved, would have an initial capacity of 20 megawatts (MW), capable of producing up to eight tons of green hydrogen per day. According to Lhyfe, the plant, named Lhyfe Wallsend, aims to supply a range of organizations seeking to decarbonize their […]

  • Woodside awaits green light for drilling and subsea tie-back to gas platform off Australia

    1 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Woodside has submitted a revised environment plan for drilling, subsea tie-back, and production activities off the coast of Australia to boost hydrocarbon production.

  • Santos eyes drilling ops off Australia

    1 March 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Santos has submitted an environment plan (EP) for drilling activities off the coast of Australia to boost hydrocarbon production.

  • Drilling program and well intervention campaign on Serica’s 2024 agenda in North Sea

    5 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Serica Energy is preparing to kick off its four-well drilling campaign and work-over program in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Trendsetter delivers subsea equipment for Woodside in Gulf of Mexico

    26 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Texas-based oil and gas services company Trendsetter Engineering has completed the delivery of subsea equipment for Woodside Energy’s field in the Gulf of Mexico, recently brought on stream. Under the contract secured in 2021, the Houston-headquartered company delivered two subsea manifolds, two high integrity pressure protection systems (HIPPS), along with TCS clamp connectors to Woodside […]

  • MSC Cruises’ third LNG-powered ship hits construction milestone

    7 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    MSC Cruises, the cruise division of Swiss shipping giant MSC Group, has reached a new milestone in the construction of its third LNG-fueled cruise ship, MSC World America. MSC World America, which is currently being built by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, was fitted with LNG tanks, the cruise company shared in a brief social media update […]

  • Green light for Aker BP to kick off production from North Sea field

    27 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Aker BP has received consent to start production from a field in the North Sea, which will be tied back to an existing platform off Norway.

  • BP brings on stream first oil & gas tie-back to its UK North Sea hub in 20 years

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    BP has started production from a field in UK waters, which was developed by Neptune Energy and connected to the oil major’s 25-year-old Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) hub, reusing some existing subsea infrastructure.