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  • Norwegian oil & gas firm gearing up to spud North Sea wildcat with COSL rig

    30 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Wellesley Petroleum has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Two new search and rescue choppers coming to work at Equinor’s North Sea assets

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

    Equinor has handed a five-year contract for two new search and rescue helicopters (SAR), which will carry out operations on the NCS.

  • 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.

  • TotalEnergies’ huge North Sea gas project back online following massive redevelopment

    22 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    TotalEnergies has restarted gas production from its giant redevelopment project in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

  • Ocean Harvesting raising €500K for InfinityWEC design update ahead of sea trials

    22 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Ocean Harvesting is raising €500,000 for a design improvement of the InfinityWEC wave energy converter and preparation for sea trials.  New investors are invited to join a €500,000 financing round for the 2024 activities, split into €120,000 for April–June and €380,000 for the rest of the year. Since 2017, Ocean Harvesting Technologies has been working […]

  • Discharge of scrubber water into the Baltic Sea causes multi-million euro damage, study shows

    8 May 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Discharge from ships equipped with scrubbers causes great damage to the Baltic Sea, a new study found.

  • Seven more wells lined up for Odfjell Drilling rig at North Sea field

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

    Equinor has exercised options to drill additional wells with an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, extending the rig’s backlog further and prolonging its stay on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • 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.

  • Delay on the horizon: TotalEnergies’ testing and commissioning being prolonged at giant North Sea project

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

    TotalEnergies is anticipating a longer testing program and commissioning plan for the achievement of full technical capacity at its gas project in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

  • Dutch player rolls out topside for offshore wind-powered North Sea gas platform

    16 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Transition

    HSM Offshore Energy has launched the topside piece of a gas platform, which will be deployed in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and run on offshore wind power.

  • Romanian oil & gas company plans to build 3 GW of offshore wind in Black Sea

    9 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Romania’s independent energy company Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) has completed an offshore wind feasibility study of potential areas in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. Last year, BSOG and its Midia Gas Development (MGD) partners revealed plans to use their existing MGD infrastructure to connect up to 3 GW of offshore wind […]

  • Six North Sea countries put subsea infrastructure security high on the agenda with joint declaration

    9 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Six North Sea countries have signed a joint declaration to cooperate on the protection of critical underwater energy and telecommunication infrastructure in the North Sea. At the North Sea Summit held in April 2023, national security advisers from nine countries met to discuss better cooperation on the security of energy and telecommunications infrastructure, which resulted […]

  • ABL company to evaluate Norwegian CO2 storage license

    13 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    AGR, part of energy and marine consultancy group ABL Group, has been appointed to perform an independent third-party storage evaluation of Wintershall Dea and Altera Infrastructure’s CO2 storage license offshore Norway. The two companies were awarded the carbon capture and storage (CCS) license to develop the Havstjerne CO2 storage site in the North Sea in late […]

  • Equinor, Aker BP and Vår Energi among applicants for Norwegian CO2 storage licenses

    30 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Eight companies have submitted their applications to the Norwegian Ministry of Energy for CO2 storage licenses for two areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Aker BP, Equinor Low Carbon Solution, Lime Petroleum, Northern Lights JV, OMV (Norge), PGNiG Upstream Norway, Vår Energi and Wintershall Dea Norge submitted their applications for the North Sea areas […]

  • N-Sea strengthens subsea activities with 60-meter-long vessel

    14 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea is strengthening its fleet and subsea activities with a 2012-built offshore support vessel. N-Sea Group entered into an agreement with Rederij Groen to long-term charter the Dutch-flagged vessel 4-WINDS. The company said that with the long-term charter, it was strengthening its footprint and position in the subsea service industry, following the expansion of […]

  • Shell gets rubber stamp to deploy Odfjell Drilling-managed rig for ops in North Sea

    5 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Shell has received the green light to use an Odfjell Drilling-managed rig for plugging and abandonment activities in the North Sea.

  • Hughes Subsea plays ‘pivotal role’ in topside and subsea work scopes for North Sea FPSO

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

    Hughes Subsea has won a contract to provide daughter-craft diving services for an FPSO vessel operating in the North Sea.

  • Polish firm closer to becoming the operator of only Barents Sea CO2 exploration license

    12 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    Horisont Energi and PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), part of Poland’s ORLEN Group, have signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) under which PUN acquires a 50% participating interest in the only CO2 exploration license in the Barents Sea and is willing to take over the operator role. Under the SPA, PUN acquires a 50% participating […]

  • North Sea oil project inching closer to FID as FEED work moves forward on schedule

    13 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Progress is being made in putting all the requirements in place to sanction NEO Energy’s redevelopment project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Navigating the new normal: Vessel rerouting spurs higher emissions as ships avoid the Red Sea

    22 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    In recent weeks, the Red Sea has become the epicenter of heightened tensions as Yemen’s Houthi group escalated their attacks on commercial vessels, sending shockwaves throughout the maritime industry. Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and Hong Kong’s OOCL joined on Thursday numerous shipping companies, including Maersk, MSC as well as oil major BP, in announcing that they would […]

  • Neglected at sea: Seafarer abandonment surges, showing once again that critical ‘S’ is missing in sustainability

    24 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    In a disheartening revelation, the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has unveiled alarming statistics regarding the abandonment of vessels in 2023. The figures reflect a worrying increase compared to the previous year, signifying an unsettling trend that demands urgent attention from the global maritime community. Rising tide of abandonments: A total of 132 abandonments were […]

  • TotalEnergies’ giant natural gas field in North Sea on track to come online this spring

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

    TotalEnergies is getting ready to bring on stream the Tyra II redevelopment project in the Danish sector of the North Sea in March 2024.

  • Maersk, MSC and other liner majors suspend Red Sea runs amid escalating attacks

    18 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Leading liner companies, including industry giants Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, HMM, and OOCL, have suspended trading on their Red Sea trade routes. This decision comes in response to a series of targeted attacks on merchant ships operating in the region, raising alarms within the global shipping community. The Red Sea, a critical maritime route connecting […]

  • Norwegian oil & gas player to spud North Sea wildcat with Odfjell Drilling-managed rig

    12 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian authorities have handed out a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway, which is expected to be spud this month using one of Odfjell Drilling-managed semi-submersible rigs.

  • After pipeline incident, JEF partners pool resources for subsea infrastructure protection in Baltic Sea

    5 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has embarked on an exercise in the Baltic Sea region to protect subsea infrastructure.