
A consortium – consisting of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) – has won a new assignment for offshore platform decommissioning activities on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), representing its third contract from the same North Sea operator in the past year.

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras is advancing its push into West Africa’s offshore oil and gas frontier, entering negotiations for exploration contracts covering four blocks in Ghana’s Keta Basin as the Brazilian major seeks to replenish reserves and expand its international exploration