
UK-headquartered shipping company Union Maritime has taken delivery of the first of two newbuild long-range (LR2) tankers equipped with liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel and wind-assisted propulsion solutions.

Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, has secured work assignments for a drillship and a jack-up rig off the coasts of Malaysia and Norway, alongside a contract extension for another drillship deployed in Brazilian waters.

Deutsche ReGas, Germany’s private operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, has embarked on a legal battle to challenge the European Commission’s approval of the €4.96 billion subsidy scheme, claiming that state aid for LNG terminals harms competition and weakens gas security.

Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has joined forces with Keystone, Norway’s supplier of planning and execution software for well operations, to advance a next-generation, automation-enabled well delivery model.

Equinor has unearthed a new gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.

In the wake of rising job losses across the oil and gas sector, nearly six in ten voters across Scotland have thrown their support behind the full development and extraction of North Sea oil and gas, according to new Scotland-wide polling.

BW LNG, part of BW Group, has held a naming ceremony for two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels at a shipyard in South Korea, Asia.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a new oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea, using one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs.

Vår Energi, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, has finished drilling an appraisal well related to an oil discovery in the Barents Sea, confirming reservoir quality and adding recoverable volumes.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) for a wildcat well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Wärtsilä has landed a multi-year lifecycle agreement for 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGC) with MOL Global Ship Management, a Singapore-based ship management company fully owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

Given its quest to come to grips with consent breaches on well decommissioning and excessive flaring and venting on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), Great Britain’s regulator, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has imposed a penalty of £350,000 (around $469,000) on CNR International and NEO.

Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 57 production licenses to 19 oil and gas companies for further hydrocarbon exploration activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), as part of the award in the pre-defined areas 2025 (APA 2025) round, which represents an uptick from the pre

France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, has scored a new integrated multi-client data project off the coast of Malta with the country’s government.