The Finnish authorities are investigating the sudden power outage at the Estlink 2 interconnector between Finland and Estonia that occurred yesterday, December 25, the country’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said. Finland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid reported to the authorities the pos
Steelhead LNG is mounting one more legal challenge against an LNG project on Canada’s West Coast. Legal proceedings are underway against Pembina Pipeline Corporation and ARC Resources in connection with a floating LNG (FLNG) solution for this development.
Santos has received the thumbs-up for its revised environment plan (EP) from the country’s offshore regulator, which will enable it to bring online a new well off the coast of Australia to bolster gas production from existing assets.
Joint venture partners Viridien, previously known as CGG, and TGS have completed the multi-client Sleipner ocean bottom node (OBN) survey, as well as delivered the final processed data expected to be valuable to explorers operating in the area for years to come. The survey, the second of two dense m
Russia’s giant Gazprom has set its investment program and budget for next year at RUB 1.52 trillion (almost $15.22 billion), a drop of about 7% compared with the planned spending of RUB 1.64 trillion (nearly $16.43 billion) for 2024.
Scottish startup The Carbon Removers has secured what it says is a landmark deal for CO2 storage as part of Project Greensand in the Danish North Sea. The Carbon Removers announced the agreement on December 10 to permanently sequester 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year in a depleted oil field, 1,800 mete
Golar LNG has got its hands on ownership interests Seatrium and Black & Veatch held in a floating LNG (FLNG) unit, which enables it to take full ownership of the asset that recently lined up a 20-year assignment in Argentina.
TotalEnergies has given more work to a semi-submersible rig owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling.
CNOOC has begun oil production from a development project in Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea off the coast of China.
FORCE Technology Norway and Singapore’s Asia Offshore Solutions (AOS) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at delivering enhanced structural monitoring, subsea inspection, and cathodic protection services to Australia’s offshore sector. Under the agreement, signed in November 2024, AOS is
Harbour Energy has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons at its recently drilled prospect in the Central North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded ABL a contract to provide marine warranty survey services for the installation of three 2 GW export cable systems in the Netherlands. Under the contract, ABL will work on the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Ne
Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has shared its investment agenda for the next five years, with plans to focus on boosting production to increase the country’s energy security, among other things.
Japanese construction company Toyo Construction has purchased a trenching remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from underwater technology and services company SMD that will be deployed in the Japanese offshore wind sector. The ROV will form part of Toyo’s expanding fleet of assets, as the company had als
