The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit to drill a wildcat well in the North Sea, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.The drilling permit is for wellbore 35/11-30 S in production license 090, which is operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has obtained environmental licenses to expand production in two offshore fields, and could have one vessel start production earlier than expected in one field, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters…
Norwegian offshore support vessel owner Havila Shipping has entered into contract with Peterson Den Helder for its platform supply vessel (PSV) Havila Borg.The contract, whose value was not disclosed, is for a firm period of two wells estimated to 200 days…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has started Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital operations at its offshore Satah Al Razboot (SARB) field, achieving 25% increase in production capacity with the help of advanced digital technologies…
Gasum and Equinor have launched a series of liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) bunkering operations in Norway's Port of Dusavik, with bio-LNG being bunkered to Equinor’s chartered platform supply vessel Island Crusader.The first bio-LNG delivery was successfully carried out mid-July…
CrossWind has awarded Fores Engineering, a subsidiary of the Rosetti Marino Group, a contract for the assembly of 2.5 MW offshore electrolyser for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm.The contract is for the assembly of a 2.5 MW Offshore…
Italian classification and marine engineering consultancy RINA has issued two certifications for Saipem’s methodology of qualification of the performances of subsea hydrogen pipelines.One of the challenges of transporting hydrogen through converted…
Harbour Energy, the largest British North Sea oil and gas producer, reported a net profit for the first half of the year from a year-earlier loss and narrowed its full-year 2024 total production outlook on Thursday.Following a spike in energy prices in 2022…
Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has signed a contract with Woodside for the construction of a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for the Trion deepwater oil field, located in the Perdido Belt of the western Gulf of Mexico…
Nigeria's oil output has risen to between 1.6 million and 1.7 million barrels per day after the government beefed up security to curb crude theft, Chief of Naval Staff Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla said on Tuesday.Crude production in Nigeria, a…
Equinor and ExxonMobil Corp said on Wednesday they have transferred their stakes in a deepwater oil and gas exploration block off Suriname to Hess Corp, with the Norwegian oil producer exiting the South American country.The exit aligns with…
Ørsted has started deploying heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCD) for the first time in an operational campaign at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm.The move marks a significant leap forward in operational efficiency and safety in the offshore wind industry…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has announced its deepwater Lingshui 36-1 gas field in the South China Sea boasts proven reserves of more than 100 billion cubic meters (bcm).CNOOC said the…
Scottish company Raptor Data has secured a contract from ConocoPhillips to manufacture and deploy a fleet of tools for the verification of plug and abandonment (P&A) operations, based on its acoustic telemetry technology, Pathfinder.The global contract will start with initial deployment in Norway…
deepC Store and Azuli International have been awarded Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permit (GHG Acreages) in the Bonaparte and Browse Basins off Australia, and have entered into a joint study agreement for a strategic partnership with Japanese company J-POWER…