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Valaris Nets Over $1B in Rig Contract Awards and Extensions

Jan 10, 2024

Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured approximately $1.14 billion in new contracts and contract extensions for its drillships and jack-up rigs across the Americas, Europe and Australia.The $1.14 billion worth contracts were awarded in the last two months of 2023…

TotalEnergies Increases Share in Southern Africa’s Oil Discovery

Jan 10, 2024

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Impact Oil and Gas Namibia to acquire an additional participating interest in two blocks being developed offshore Namibia, one of which contains the Venus discovery.TotalEnergies will acquire additional 10…

Galp Strikes Oil Offshore Namibia

Jan 10, 2024

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has reported the discovery of light oil in in an exploration well being drilled offshore Namibia with Hercules semi-submersible rig.The news follows Galp’s January 2 update informing about preliminary signs of hydrocarbon presence at the Mopane-1X well…

Eversource Energy Expects Up to $1.6B Offshore Wind Impairment Fee

Jan 09, 2024

Eversource Energy has informed about the expected impairment charge of up to $1.6 billion related to three offshore wind projects in the United States.The impairment the energy utility Eversource Energy expects is related to three projects it owns as part of two partnerships with Ørsted…

All Turbines from Vattenfall’s Danish Offshore Wind Farm Now Supplying Power

Jan 09, 2024

Every single turbine at Vattenfall’s 168 MW offshore wind farm Vesterhav Syd has now delivered power to the Danish electricity grid.The offshore wind farm is now completely connected to the Danish power grid, following the supply of power from the first turbines back in November 2023…

Eolmed Floating Wind Farm Starts Taking Shape in Mediterranean Sea

Jan 09, 2024

Bourbon Subsea Services has installed a floating electrical hub (FEH) at the Eolmed floating offshore wind farm in France, completing the first stage of the 30 MW project.The FEH for the pilot floating farm was installed off Portla-Nouvelle in southern France in fall 2023…

New Project to Tackle Barriers of HVDC Transmission in US

Jan 09, 2024

DNV has launched a joint industry project with ten offshore wind and transmission developers to identify changes to electrical standards and standardization needed to enable the connection of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission into the United States’ electric grid…

Offshore Energy Services Group Moreld Gets New Owner

Jan 09, 2024

Investment company McIntyre Partners has purchased the core business of Norwegian offshore energy and marine services provider Moreld Group, consisting of Moreld Apply, Moreld Ross Offshore and Moreld Global Maritime.McIntyre Partners has entered into an agreement with HitecVision…

Energos Acquires Two FSRUs from Dynagas

Jan 09, 2024

Offshore LNG infrastructure company Energos Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) from the affiliates of Greek Dynagas.The two 174,000 m3 closed-loop FSRUs, built in 2021, will be renamed Energos Force and Energos Power…

Noble Resilient Jack-up Rig Set to Work in Danish North Sea

Jan 09, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has been awarded a contract with Wintershall Noordzee for its harsh environment jack-up rig Noble Resilient.The work scope will cover plug and abandon of two wells in the Danish North Sea, Noble Corporation said…

First Oil Flows from India’s Bay of Bengal Field

Jan 08, 2024

India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has announced the successful start of oil production from the deep-water KG-DWN-98/2 Block, located off the coast of Bay of Bengal.ONGC had successfully executed Phase 1 of the project in March 2020…

Libra Consortium Reaches FID for Mero Field’s Innovative Subsea Tech

Jan 08, 2024

Libra Consortium has taken the final investment decision (FID) to develop an innovative natural gas and CO2 separation and reinjection facility for the Mero 3 project in the Brazilian deep offshore pre-salt.The pilot unit, using a pioneer high pressure subsea separation technology (HISEP)…

Petrofac Gets Multi-Million Contract from BP for West Africa Ops

Jan 08, 2024

Oilfield services company Petrofac has secured a four-year operations services contract from BP for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas project in Mauritania and Senegal.The multi-million-dollar Master Services Agreement covers a wide scope of services…

PTTEP and Inpex to Study CCS Potential in Gulf of Thailand

Jan 05, 2024

Thai oil and gas giant PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) and its Japanese counterpart Inpex have teamed up to conduct a study on carbon capture and storage (CCS) potential in the Northern Gulf of Thailand.The study is expected to lay a…

Noble and Petronas Agree Rig Swap Offshore Suriname

Jan 05, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation and Malaysian oil company Petronas, through its subsidiary Petronas Suriname E&P, have agreed to rig swap for extended scope offshore Suriname.Based on an existing contract option, Noble and Petronas…

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