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  • Woodside seeks approval of FPSO ops revision, eyes two-well drilling campaign

    10 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Woodside has submitted a revised environment plan (EP) for an FPSO vessel’s operations activity, including a potential drilling program, off the coast of Australia.

  • €850 million award for UK’s cable connection project lands on Prysmian’s order backlog

    1 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Prysmian has tucked under its belt a contract win worth around €850 million for a high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable connection in the UK.

  • McDermott confirms pair of new deals for work on Qatar’s largest oil field

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

    McDermott has corroborated the award of two EPCIC contracts for the development of the next phase of the largest oil field offshore Qatar.

  • Liquid Wind applies for environmental permit for third eFuel plant in Sweden

    22 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation

    Swedish electrofuel (eFuel) developer Liquid Wind has submitted an environmental permit application for the company’s third commercial-scale green electrofuel facility, FlagshipTHREE, at the Land and Environment Court in Umeå, Sweden. According to Liquid Wind, once operational, FlagshipTHREE, located in Umeå, north-east of Sweden. will contribute to a 271,000-ton reduction of CO2 emissions annually. Its construction […]

  • Ulstein CEO to take the helm at Vard

    3 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Vard, part of Fincantieri, has appointed the current chief executive officer (CEO) of compatriot shipbuilder and designer Ulstein Group as its new CEO. Cathrine Kristiseter Marti, who will take over as the new CEO of Vard starting June 1, 2024, comes from the position of CEO of Ulstein Group and has […]

  • As UK pledges more oil & gas licensing opportunities, calls emerge to supercharge renewables instead

    7 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Britain’s government is putting the wheels into motion to embrace more hydrocarbons with open arms by opening new licensing opportunities to ensure energy security while hoping to unlock more green investments in the process.

  • Stena Drilling drillship goes to work in Morocco as Energean takes the helm at gas field

    12 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Stena Drilling has tucked a new drilling assignment under its belt, thanks to a drillship deal with Energean for drilling activities off the coast of Morocco.

  • Australia calling two Solstad Offshore vessels on subsea and oil & gas assignments

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

    Solstad Offshore has picked up work for one of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) and construction support vessels (CSVs) in Australia.

  • UK engineering start-up gets financial boost for new wind propulsion system

    19 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders

    UK-based maritime engineering start-up WingTek, in collaboration with the University of Bristol and the National Composites Centre, has won a £2.2 million ($2.7 million) innovation grant for the development of a new wind auxiliary propulsion (WAP) system.

  • Pipeline contract awarded for first Dutch CO2 storage project

    25 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Allseas has won a contract to construct the subsea pipeline for the Porthos CO2 storage project, the first such project in the Netherlands. The news comes shortly after the final investment decision (FID) was made for the project. Allseas’ work includes installation, burial and commissioning of the 16-inch carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline connecting […]

  • ExxonMobil CEO: World in need of plan to address climate change alongside energy needs

    20 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    ExxonMobil is taking several steps to slash its GHG footprint and its CEO believes that oil and gas industry can help the world curb emissions.

  • Welsh renewables organizations strengthen ties

    8 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Marine Energy Wales and Renewable UK Cymru have signed a memorandum of understanding, outlining their commitment to work together to accelerate the clean transition in Wales.

  • Noble rig drops anchor in UK’s newest harbor before work for Harbour Energy

    19 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Noble Corporation’s jack-up rig Noble Intrepid has arrived at the Port of Aberdeen before mobilizing for Harbour Energy’s field in the North Sea. Port of Aberdeen announced on October 17 that it had welcomed the Noble Intrepid to Aberdeen South Harbour, where it will undergo reactivation work scopes and Semco Maritime will provide quayside services throughout […]

  • Shell’s North Sea gas discovery seen as ‘regionally significant hydrocarbon accumulation’

    19 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    A recent competent person’s report (CPR) of Shell’s North Sea discovery has illustrated the commercial potential of the discovery.

  • Petrobras kicks off drilling ops in Brazilian Equatorial Margin

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

    Petrobras has embarked on drilling operations at a well, which marks the resumption of the company’s search for oil and gas in the Equatorial Margin.

  • Prep begins for Scottish subsea link’s converter station construction

    12 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Enabling work has started in Peterhead for the proposed converter station for the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea electricity superhighway between Scotland and England. The joint venture project between SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission will see around 440 kilometers of subsea HVDC cable connecting new converter stations planned for Peterhead and Yorkshire. […]

  • Dive into: Multi-million and billion-dollar deals, interconnectors, innovations, acquisitions, and vessel jobs

    4 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The maritime and offshore energy industries share a decarbonization drive and seek to develop long-term net zero solutions to combat climate woes.

  • 2017-built FPSO picked for redeployment at North Sea oil project

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

    Jersey Oil & Gas and NEO Energy have chosen an FPSO for work on their oil development project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • NSEC countries ‘unlikely’ to meet 2030 offshore wind target without immediate action on port development, study says

    20 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    A new report from the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) calls for “immediate action” on developing new port infrastructure and upgrading existing port facilities as the study behind the report found the joint offshore wind target of the nine NSEC countries for 2030 is unlikely to be met otherwise. In this article: The North Seas […]

  • ‘Major’ oil & gas OEM taps CRP Subsea for project in Angola

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    England-based CRP Subsea has secured multiple contracts with a “major oil and gas original equipment manufacturer (OEM)” to deliver equipment for a deepwater project in Africa. CRP Subsea will deliver integral buoyancy modules, hold back clamps, Uraduct and bend stiffeners for the umbilical project at the deepwater oil and gas field located offshore Angola. The integral […]

  • Northern Drilling’s CEO heads for the exit

    11 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital

    Northern Drilling is gearing up to disclose a successor to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position after its current CEO decided to step down from the role.

  • Argeo to deliver AUV survey for Woodside in Trinidad and Tobago

    17 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian marine survey contractor Argeo has secured a contract with Australian energy major Woodside Energy to deliver a survey for a deepwater field in Trinidad and Tobago. Under the signed contract, Argeo will perform the 2024 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey for the Calypso field in Trinidad and Tobago, starting in the third quarter of […]

  • After little acquisition activity in 2023, Norwegian firm gets $11.7M contract with Petrobras

    30 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) with a contract worth approximately $11.7 million to deliver a multi-client survey offshore Brazil. The contract represents EMGS’ first acquisition project offshore Brazil in almost ten years. The fully pre-funded multi-client survey is expected to start in late March or early April. “As […]

  • North Sea operator sanctions oil & gas field development and hands out work to Aker Solutions, Subsea7, and OneSubsea

    8 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    OKEA has made a final investment decision (FID) for the development of an oil and gas field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Eni clinches long-term LNG deal with QatarEnergy to strengthen Italy’s energy security

    23 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy and Italian energy major Eni have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of LNG from Qatar to Italy. Under the 27-year sale and purchase agreement (SPA), up to one million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG will be delivered to the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) […]