Business & Finance

Saipem hires accommodation vessel for Mauritania/Senegal job
Offshore accommodation and services provider Edda Accommodation has secured a new contract with Saipem for operations in Mauritania/Senegal.

Offshore watchdog checks up on Equinor’s preparations for plug & abandonment ops in North Sea
Offshore regulator has found no irregularities following an audit pertaining to the permanent plugging of wells at Equinor’s North Sea field.

Sembcorp Marine delivers giant platform for Shell’s Gulf of Mexico project
Sembcorp Marine has completed the Vito Regional Production Facility (Vito RPF) for Shell’s deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

HII Group, Palantir jointly developing big data platform
South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)Group has teamed up with Palantir Technologies, a software company, to build a big data platform for HHI’s core businesses, including shipbuilding and offshore engineering.

Transocean drillship gets fresh drilling gig
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured a new contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships.

Flotel secured for Coral-Sul FLNG hook-up ops
Singapore’s Nortrans has secured a new flotel contract with Technip Energies for Eni’s Coral FLNG project in Mozambique.

BIFA urges UK govt to investigate container shipping market
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has called upon the UK government to investigate the state of competition within the current deep sea container shipping market.

Nordic Shipholding sells last three tankers in its fleet
Denmark-based shipowner Nordic Shipholding has decided to dispose of the remaining three tankers in its fleet.

Sabah govt and Petronas devise masterplan to pursue full potential of natural gas industry
Petronas and the state government have launched the Sabah Gas Masterplan, to guide further development of natural gas in this Malaysian state.

New OBN project on the horizon for Magseis Fairfield
Magseis Fairfield has received a conditional award of an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey contract from an undisclosed repeat customer. Start-up is expected in the third quarter of the year and the project will run for approximately two months. The Norwegian company did not reveal any other details ab

Busy year ahead for EnerMech as new deals spur headcount increase
EnerMech has kick-started 2022 expecting to have a busy year ahead with deals worth over $675.5 million secured through new awards in 2021.

Neptune Energy’s new digital twins to support Dutch carbon capture and storage project
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has developed new “digital twins” of two platforms in the Dutch North Sea.

Seaspan pockets $1.4 billion for newbuild LNG-fueled vessels
Hong Kong-based operator and owner of containerships Seaspan, a subsidiary of Atlas, has secured $1.4 billion in finances to build ten LNG-fueled vessels.

Carnarvon presses on with Buffalo drilling operations
Following the kick-off of drilling operations, Carnarvon Energy is pressing ahead with drilling operations at its Buffalo-10 well.