Business & Finance

Equinor secures life extension for North Sea gas project
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety agency for the life extension of the Tune and Tune Sør developments located in the North Sea.

CMA CGM rides the trade recovery wave
French container shipping major CMA CGM posted strong business results in the third quarter of 2020 amid a recovery in demand for transportation of goods which was hit considerably by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of the year. CMA CGM reported a revenue increase of 6% year-on-year, reachin

AqualisBraemar to buy LOC in support of energy transition efforts
AqualisBraemar has entered into an agreement to acquire LOC Group, creating an even more complete service provider to the upstream oil and gas industry.

RWE sells 49% stake in Humber Gateway offshore wind farm
RWE has signed an agreement with Greencoat to sell a 49% stake in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK. With a 51% share in the project, RWE will remain the majority shareholder and will continue operating the 219 MW wind farm. The agreed cash consideration amounts to GBP 648 million. The

Aker Solutions gets maintenance and modifications job from Equinor in Brazil
Aker Solutions has won a framework agreement with Equinor to provide maintenance and modifications services at the Peregrino field, offshore Brazil.

Repsol Sinopec preparing for decommissioning of UK North Sea field
Repsol Sinopec has received approval from the UK authorities for preparation work scopes relating to the decommissioning of the Fulmar and Auk North installations.

Hafnia CEO: Further consolidation needed within the product tanker sector
Product tanker major Hafnia Limited believes that further consolidation is needed within the product tanker sector to fully unleash value and synergies from additional operational scale. Hafnia Limited was set up in January 2019, following a merger between BW Tankers with Hafnia Tankers, a fellow su

Osprey Group bags Moray East OWF contract
The Osprey Group has won a contract to provide handling and storage services for the spare export cable for the Moray East offshore wind farm. Under the contract, the company will receive and store approximately 2,500 metres of subsea cable and approximately 1,500 metres of HDD cable to be received

Seadrill boosts backlog with new deals but plans for recycling spree
Seadrill has added approximately $52 million to its backlog following the end of 3Q and is looking to manage its rig count by recycling some of its rigs.

BW Offshore avoids liquidation of New Zealand FPSO owner after gov’t agrees to cover the costs
FPSO owner BW Offshore has reached an agreement with the government of New Zealand to cover the costs of continued operations of the stranded FPSO Umuroa.

New managing director for Seatronics
Acteon’s marine technology company Seatronics has appointed Derek Donaldson as its new Group managing director. Donaldson joined Seatronics in 2008 as vice president Asia Pacific, where he established Seatronics Pte as the regions key supplier. Following this success, Seatronics promoted him into th

ORE Catapult invests in blade manufacturing facility
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is investing in a prototype blade manufacturing facility at its National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. The Additive Manufacturing for Wind Blades project will install an advanced manufacturing cell that aims to prove technologies that can reduce blade pro

Inpex extends Ichthys gig for Solstad vessel duo
Solstad Offshore has received a contract extension from Inpex for the provision of two AHTS to support drilling for the Ichthys LNG development.

Danica: Each crew change costing up to $2,000 more amid COVID-19 impact
Individual crew changes are costing up to an additional $2,000, doubling the price since last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Danish-managed crewing specialist Danica said. The crewing agency said that the figure resulted from analysing a combination of fully allocated additional costs an