Odfjell Drilling has agreed on a contract for the use of the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig for one well located in the Norwegian Sea, with further options. The company agreed on the contract with PGNiG Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s oil and gas company PGNiG, on behalf of CIMC Offshore. The
Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned rig for drilling at a field in the North Sea.
Oil & gas lease sales, held for acreage in Cook Inlet off Alaska, were welcomed by the government but came under fire from environmentalists.
Norwegian seismic player TGS, which has 40 years of experience in gathering data in the oil and gas sector, is making its way into renewables. Jaan Schoolmeesters, the company’s Executive Vice President, talks about how TGS is bringing approaches from oil and gas into the wind and other domains. Acc
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) plans to launch the construction of Wind Hunter, a hydrogen-producing vessel outfitted with multiple rigid sails, in 2024. The construction forms part of the company’s Wind Hunter project, which seeks new applications for hydrogen fuel and wind power
Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for one of its jack-up rigs, which will continue carrying out operations in Angola.
Volstad Maritime has awarded Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) with a contract for the delivery of a battery system for another subsea construction vessel. NES will provide the battery package and associated control system for battery charging to the Deep Cygnus in connection with a forthcoming vesse
Zenith Energy Netherlands, part of Canadian oil and gas company Zenith Energy, has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) with Austria’s OMV Exploration and Production to acquire OMV Yemen. Under the SPA, Zenith Energy Netherlands will, subject to certain conditions, acquire 100 per cent of O
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has completed the installation of the first Seawing, an automated kite system that harnesses wind power, on a Capesize bulk carrier at the end of 2022. The installation was in line with the previously announced schedule, as K Line had been pla
ONGC has welcomed the first oil flowing into a jack-up rig, which was recently converted into a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU).
Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices has won two contracts with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras for 4D seismic surveys, which together add eight months to the company’s order book. Shearwater GeoServices will deliver 4D seismic surveys for the Jubarte and Tartaruga Verde fields in the Campos Basin
China Shipowners’ Association (CSA) has become a full member of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) from 1 January 2023. The CSA will join the ICS Board, which oversees the policy positions ICS presents on behalf of shipowners worldwide with the shipping industry’s global regulators, includi
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has teamed up with Germany-based Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to establish a joint venture specializing in hydrogen storage, transport, and supply. At the heart of the 50-50 joint venture named LOHC Logistix will be Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LO
Uruguay’s state-owned oil and gas company ANCAP has awarded two offshore blocks in the second instance of the 2022 Open Bidding Round.
