Chevron will proceed with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess, after it prevailed in a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the largest oil discovery in decades.Shares of Chevron were up 3.6% in premarket trading, with Hess gaining nearly 7.4%. Exxon shares were up 0.3%.CNBC first reported the arbitration outcome. An Exxon Mobil spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that Chevron prevailed in the mediation over Guyana oil assets…
Seaturns, a French wave energy start-up, has completed manufacturing of its first full-scale floating wave energy converter and launched the initial phase of operational testing at the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire.Built in just six months, the…
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has issued a certification for the recently inaugurated 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project, developed and owned by EDF Power Solutions, Enbridge and CPP Investments.BV has been involved in Provence Grand Large project journey since 2017…
Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling) has officially taken ownership of Noble Corporation’s Noble Highlander jack-up rig, which has been renamed to PV DRILLING IX.The rig has been transferred to PV Drilling’s technical team in Denmark…
Eni, together with its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project partners, Vitol and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has signed a Memorandum of Intent with the Government of Ghana, targeting the country’s oil and gas production increase and new sustainable initiatives…
French seismic firm Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partner TGS, has started the Megabar Extension Phase I survey in the Barreirinhas Basin offshore Northern Brazil.The 5,300 sq km multi-client 3D seismic survey will be acquired…
Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has initiated the multi-million dollar revitalization and life extension scheme as part of the Baúna project, comprising Baúna, Piracaba and Patola fields, offshore Brazil.Karoon has reassessed the Reserves and Contingent Resources for the Baúna project…
Kent has been awarded a new technical advisory services contract by the Australian Government to support the permanent plugging and abandonment of the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea.The contract also includes advisory services…
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is sending a selection of experts to take the stage at Offshore Europe 2025, leading sessions on a wide range of topics from electrification to spatial planning.The event, which brings together upstream energy professionals from around the world…
JERA and BP have completed the formation of JERA Nex bp, their new 50-50 owned joint venture, with the new company’s portfolio of operating assets and development projects has a net potential generating capacity of 13 GW.The portfolio includes around 1 GW of installed net generating capacity…
Shell and other leading energy groups have abandoned a six-year-long attempt to define a net zero emissions strategy after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gas fields, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday…
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Dutch offshore equipment supplier SMST has been selected by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment, with an option for a third set, for service operation vessels (SOVs) ordered by Vattenfall.The Telescopic Access Bridges (TAB-L1)…
Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has secured a contract from Equinor to provide its plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the Oseberg East field on Norway’s continental shelf.Baker Hughes’ Mature Assets Solutions team will lead the integrated P&A campaign planning phase…
Noble and Green Yard have entered into a contract for a scheduled yard stay for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean GreatWhite, owned by Noble Corporation.The rig will enter the yard for maintenance, demobilization and upgrades after it has completed its job west of Shetland…