Norwegian assurance and risk management company DNV is expanding its subsea technology offering by buying Equinor’s wellhead fatigue software, which the compatriot energy giant has developed and used for the past 15 years.
The North Sea may be a mature oil and gas basin, but it is still yielding more discoveries, as highlighted by two Norwegian energy companies, Equinor and Aker BP, which have struck gas/condensate on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), underscoring the potential to find and develop additional reso
A consortium – consisting of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) – has won a new assignment for offshore platform decommissioning activities on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), representing its third contract from the same North Sea operator in the past year.
Norwegian authorities have approved drilling activities that Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with rigs owned by two offshore drilling contractors, Noble Corporation and Odfjell Drilling.
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed subsea tie-in work using diverless technology for an oil and gas development tied back to an existing floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Poland’s Orlen has secured up to a quarter of its crude needs through a new deal with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, which expands the duo’s strategic energy ties while ensuring the Polish player’s long-term access to Norwegian oil and strengthening European energy cooperation and securi
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP is set to expand its footprint in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea by obtaining stakes in two hydrocarbon discoveries, betting on tie-back potential around existing infrastructure on and near the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and U.S.-headquartered energy firm Chevron have established a strategic collaboration to advance next-generation seismic imaging technology. The companies plan to jointly invest in research and development across key technical domains, including Ela
Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling giant, has secured a new assignment for one of its jack-up rigs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Adura, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK-headquartered Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has confirmed the end of a public consultation period on the development of an oil and gas field in the North Sea. This project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is now awaiting the UK government’s f
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services company Saipem is carrying out completion work with its 2000-built drillship for compatriot energy giant Eni on a gas well off the coast of Sicily, with the campaign scheduled to run through to late September 2026, according to an Italian Coas
Netherlands-based heavy lifting and transport provider Mammoet has assisted Aibel, which is responsible for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a topside segment of an unmanned processing platform to be deployed at a gas development in the Norwegian North Sea, with critical heavy
Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has lined up multiple new assignments and extensions of existing deals for its rig fleet off the coasts of Vietnam, Malaysia, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), and the Netherlands.
The UK’s offshore energy regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has revealed that 56 North Sea wells returned to production last year, with more cost-efficient well interventions helping operators deliver 16 million barrels of oil (boe) from shut-in wells on the UK Continental Shelf (
