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KOTUG Vessels Support ENI Congo LNG Project

Aug 27, 2024

KOTUG International B.V.won a contract for ENI Congo to deliver critical marine services for the Congo LNG project. This project, situated offshore the Republic of Congo, includes the Tango FLNG and the Excalibur Floating Storage Unit (FSU)…

Woodside Reduces Unit Production Costs Despite Inflationary Environment

Aug 27, 2024

Woodside Energy has released its half-year financial highlights citing a net profit after tax of A$1,937 million ($1.3 million) and underlying net profit after tax of A$1,632 million ($1.1 million).Operational highlights include the delivery of 89…

Full Output Resumes at Liza Unity in Guyana

Aug 26, 2024

An Exxon Mobil consortium's crude output in Guyana has been fully restored at two floating production facilities after workers completed a natural gas pipeline tie-in, a company spokesperson said on Monday.Output had fallen to between 400,000 and 500…

Østensjø Rederi Orders Offshore Support Vessel from Gondan

Aug 26, 2024

Norwegian-headquartered offshore vessel owner Østensjø Rederi has placed an order with Spanish shipbuilder Gondan for a new offshore support vessel (OSV).The 120-meter vessel was designed by Salt Ship Design of Norway and will be built at Gondan's facilities in Asturias…

Ammonia Fuelled Platform Supply Vessels to Cut GHG Emissions 70%

Aug 26, 2024

Eidesvik Offshore will refit its platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Energy with an ammonia dual fuel engine, targeting 2026 as the year that the vessel will operate on ammonia for Equinor, effectively cutting GHG emissions by 70% or more.Viking Energy will switch to ammonia operations…

Equinor Bullish on Offshore Oil

Aug 26, 2024

Equinor plans to invest 60 billion-70 billion crowns ($5.7 billion-$6.7 billion) per year offshore Norway towards 2035 as it expects continuing strong demand for oil, it said on Monday.Norway is Europe's largest gas supplier and a major producer of oil…

CNOOC Advances High-Pressure Development

Aug 26, 2024

Test output at China National Offshore Oil Corp's Deep Sea No. 1 A-12 offshore gas field reached 830,000 cubic meters per day, state media said on Monday.State-run CCTV said the project was China's first deepwater high-pressure natural gas development project…

New Zealand to Reverse Oil and Gas Exploration Ban This Year

Aug 26, 2024

New Zealand said on Monday it would pass laws by the end of this year to reverse a ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, and take urgent steps to remove regulatory hurdles to import LNG amid energy shortages.The law would end the ban, in place since 2018…

GE Vernova Turbine Blade Fails at UK's Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 23, 2024

GE Vernova's shares fell nearly 7% on Friday following a turbine-blade failure at an offshore wind farm in the UK, the latest in a string of incidents involving the power service firm's equipment.The incident was reported at the Dogger Bank A project…

OMV Gas Discovery Could Extend Life of Aasta Hansteen Hub

Aug 23, 2024

OMV (Norge) has successfully completed drilling of a deepwater exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with preliminary estimated total recoverable gas volumes of between 30 and 140 million barrels of oil equivalent (mn boe).The deepwater wildcat…

New Theory Could Boost Turbine Design and Control

Aug 22, 2024

Engineers at MIT have developed a comprehensive, physics-based model that accurately represents the airflow around rotors even under extreme conditions, such as when the blades are operating at high forces and speeds, or are angled in certain directions…

Cheramie Marine OSV Repowered

Aug 22, 2024

Louisiana-based Cheramie Marine's offshore support vessel (OSV) Mary Cheramie has been refitted with a pair of new Mitsubishi engines, power solutions provider Laborde Products announced.The vessel's two new Mitsubishi Tier 3 S12R engines, each delivering 1…

US Moving Forward with Second Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Sale

Aug 22, 2024

The United States is advancing plans for a second regional offshore wind energy auction in the Central Atlantic.On Wednesday, the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it will issue a Call for Information and Nominations for the Central Atlantic 2 sale…

Britoil PSV Pegged for Geotechnical Drilling Conversion

Aug 22, 2024

Seas Geosciences announced  a multi-year agreement with Britoil Offshore Services (Britoil) to charter and convert the platform supply vessel (PSV) BOS Princess into a geotechnical drilling vessel that will be available to the market starting in January 2025…

North Sea O&G Licences Trigger Oceana UK Legal Action

Aug 22, 2024

Britain's decision to issue dozens of new oil and gas exploration licences is being challenged in court by a marine conservation organization, which argues ministers unlawfully failed to consider the impact on marine life.Oceana UK is taking…

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