
Norwegian shipping company Avance Gas has made a number of changes to its management.

The worldwide offshore rig count in August 2020 dropped by 74 rigs year-over-year but is up 3 rigs sequentially, according to a report by Baker Hughes.

Premier Oil and Spirit Energy have added a total of 14 new blocks to their UK North Sea portfolio in OGA’s 32nd Offshore Licensing Round.

The festivities scheduled for OPEC’s 60th Anniversary, originally scheduled for later this month in Baghdad where the organization was founded, have been postponed.

The 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topside has been loaded onto its final resting place – the Dales Voe decommissioning pad at Lerwick Harbour.

Prosafe and oil major Shell have agreed to defer and amend the contract for the Safe Zephyrus to provide accommodation services in support of the Shearwater platform turnaround in the UK North Sea.

Wintershall Dea has completed another milestone for its operated Nova project, located offshore Norway, following the installation of the risers on the North Sea field.

The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the latest offshore licensing round.

Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has launched an investigation into challenges related to the completion of the hull and equipment for Equinor’s Johan Castberg FPSO.

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor tagged Aibel for the Hammerfest LNG plant modification front-end engineering and design (FEED) job.

Turkey is carrying on with its exploration attempts in a disputed area of the East Mediterranean until mid-September which tensed up the relationship between Ankara and Athens even further.

Allseas’ giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has delivered the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern platform topside to the Lerwick port in Scotland for decommissioning.

OMV Petrom has entered the Total-operated Han-Asparuh exploration block located in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has extended the contract for the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible offshore drilling rig until late 2021.