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  • Puzzle coming together for Western Isles’ link to Scottish national electricity transmission network

    18 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission has submitted a planning application for a project that encompasses the construction of the converter station and substation for a subsea link that will connect the Western Isles to the national electricity transmission network for the first time. The planning application, submitted to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, is […]

  • BP shuts down production at offshore platform, Azerbaijan cuts off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Serbia

    11 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    A pipeline malfunction has forced BP, the UK-headquartered energy giant, to temporarily stop production from a platform at one of the world’s largest gas-condensate fields and the company’s largest gas discovery ever.

  • UK and Germany shake hands on offshore hydrogen pipeline

    22 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    German and UK transmission system operators (TSOs) GASCADE and National Gas have agreed to explore the feasibility of establishing a hydrogen corridor between the two countries in the North Sea through an offshore pipeline interconnection.

  • Odfjell Drilling rig secures more time with Equinor

    29 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has extended the contract of one of the rigs from compatriot Odfjell Drilling’s fleet.

  • STAX Engineering gets funding boost, launches carbon capture trials with Seabound

    27 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    STAX Engineering has secured a $70 million funding boost, alongside launching new carbon capture trials with Seabound.

  • Smooth seas ahead for Premier Alliance, FMC says

    7 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has cleared the Premier Alliance, a global shipping alliance between South Korea’s HMM, Singapore’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, for take-off. According to the FMC, the Premier Alliance will start on February 9, 2025. It will allow HMM, ONE and Yang Ming to […]

  • WATCH: Odfjell rig all spruced up for 5-year North Sea gig with Aker BP

    30 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    A semi-submersible rig forming part of Odfjell Drilling’s fleet has undergone maintenance ahead of its contract with Aker BP in the North Sea.

  • Sempra divesting ‘non-core’ assets to focus on US utilities

    2 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    North America’s energy company Sempra has decided to sell one subsidiary and divest a minority stake in another one to simplify its portfolio and support the growth of its Texas and California utilities.

  • Export cable installation to start at East Anglia Three offshore wind farm

    6 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    NKT, using its vessel NKT Victoria, is scheduled to start installing the export cable for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK this month. The vessel is expected to mobilize from the port of Karlskrona in Sweden on June 14 and work on the East Anglia Three site 24/7, conducting […]

  • North Sea wildcat coming up on Odfjell Drilling rig’s agenda in September

    23 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway’s coast, which will be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • NEO Energy and Repsol merging North Sea ops to bolster resilience in ‘tough’ UK conditions

    27 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration

    Aberdeen-based full-cycle energy business New European Offshore (NEO Energy) has reached an agreement with Repsol Resources UK, a subsidiary of Spanish energy giant Repsol, to combine their North Sea businesses.

  • Santos’ giant gas project off north Australia gets environmental nod

    29 April 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Australian energy player Santos has received authorization from the country’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to proceed with its gas project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.

  • North Sea operator makes a play for JAPEX’s UK arm to fortify its stake in BP’s oil asset

    25 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer, has set the wheels in motion to get its hands on JAPEX UK E&P (JUK) from Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX), which will enable it to boost its interest in a BP-operated oil field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • NEXTCHEM wins €210M contract for low-carbon methanol project in Mexico

    2 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    NEXTCHEM has been awarded about €210 million basic engineering and critical proprietary equipment supply contract for the low-carbon methanol project, Pacifico Mexinol, located in Sinaloa, Mexico.

  • Supply chain constraints push back UK’s $3B subsea electricity superhighway by 16 months

    10 April 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem is considering whether to grant a penalty exemption for the joint venture (JV) developing the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway due to a 16-month delay said to be caused by supply chain constraints. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable is being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) […]

  • Fresh rig deal marks new country entry as ADES broadens its West African horizons

    3 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    ADES has expanded its footprint in West Africa by securing a new drilling assignment for one of its jack-up rigs, which enables it to add a 13th country to its list of operational areas.

  • Alaska’s LNG project moves closer to reality after 10 years in the making, with Glenfarne as private investor

    10 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), the developer of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the U.S. northernmost state, has signed a framework agreement with compatriot Glenfarne to privately lead and fund the development of the project.

  • COSL rig spuds North Sea well as another awaits its turn in UK waters

    21 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Serica Energy has kicked off drilling operations at the next well in its multi-well drilling campaign and work-over program in the North Sea, with a rig from COSL Drilling Europe, which has one more well lined up with the British player on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Allseas on offshore pipelay duty as Porthos takes over North Sea gas assets for CCS revamp

    9 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Vessels

    Allseas is putting an offshore pipeline in place for a development that aims to become the first offshore CO2 transport and storage project in the European Union (EU).

  • TotalEnergies’ North Sea project ramp-up faces another delay

    28 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    TotalEnergies EP Danmark, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, has pushed back the date for reaching plateau production at its natural gas redevelopment project in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

  • Sea trials underway for ‘world’s first’ e-methanol-fueled SOV

    5 June 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    The “world’s first e-methanol-powered service operation vessel (SOV)”, built by Cemre Shipyard for Danish offshore services firm ESVAGT, is undergoing sea trials in Türkiye

  • COSL rig spuds last well on its North Sea list with Serica

    1 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Serica Energy is bringing its multi-well drilling campaign and work-over program in the North Sea to an end, as a rig from COSL Drilling Europe has started drilling the final well in this campaign on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • ExxonMobil upping gas exploration ante in Egypt’s Mediterranean blocks

    29 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has signed a preliminary MoU with ExxonMobil Egypt Upstream Limited to boost gas exploration.

  • Island Drilling sheds more light on $330 million Equinor contract win

    1 April 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian offshore rig operator Island Drilling has expounded on the permanent plug and abandonment (PP&A) assignment on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) it recently won with compatriot state-owned giant Equinor.

  • ‘Great’ oil & gas exploration appetite bears fruit as Norway awards 53 new production licenses

    15 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As part of the award in the pre-defined areas 2024 (APA 2024) round, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 53 production licenses to 20 oil and gas companies for further hydrocarbon exploration activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).