The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Island Wellserver vessel for well intervention in 2020.
Independent seismic data acquisition company Searcher Seismic has expanded its offshore data library with the completion of the Gulf of Papua prospectivity study in Papua New Guinea.
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell in cooperation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey.
A strong 2019 provided telltale signs that the industry was entering a new offshore investment cycle, stated Espen Erlingsen, head of upstream research at Rystad Energy.
The number of crew kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea increased by more than 50% y-o-y.
Three Norwegian oil and gas majors – Equinor, Vår Energi, and Aker BP – have been awarded the largest number of new offshore production licenses as part of Norway’s latest licensing round, the APA 2019.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 69 production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf to 28 oil and gas companies as part of the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2019.
Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea.
A full-scale prototype of DeltaSea, a new marine debris collection system, has been successfully tested in Vancouver, Canada.
Russia’s first liquefaction plant, Sakhalin 2, operated by Sakhalin Energy, has reportedly floated a tender seeking to sell two cargoes of the chilled fuel.
The Panama Canal is to implement a series of new measures beginning February 15 to sustain an operational level of water.
Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has, through its Industrial Solutions business area, acquired engineering group Signum Technology and its units Gall Thomson, KLAW LNG, KLAW Products, and Vee Bee Filtration.
Floatgen, the first wind turbine installed offshore France, more than doubled its power production in the second half of 2019 compared to the first semester, reaching an annual total of 6GWh. According to Ideol, the number was achieved because of a time availability exceeding 94.6% in the second sem
