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Equinor Hires BW Offshore and Altera Infrastructure for Bay du Nord FPSO Job

Jan 23, 2025

Equinor has awarded pre-FEED study contracts to BW Offshore and Altera Infrastructure for the Bay du Nord floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, planned for deployment offshore Canada.The Bay du Nord project consists of several oil discoveries in the Flemish Pass basin, some 500 km northeast of St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The first discovery was made by Equinor in 2013…

Solstad Offshore Scoops Multiple Vessel Contracts

Jan 24, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured contracts with undisclosed clients for three of its offshore support vessels.The vessels that have been hired are Normand Jarstein, Normand Australis, and Normand Scorpion.Normand…

ExxonMobil Kicks Off Exploration Drilling Off Cyprus

Jan 24, 2025

ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy on Friday began exploratory drilling for natural gas in a prospect west of Cyprus, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said on X.The east Mediterranean has yielded some major gas discoveries in recent years, and…

Greece About to Launch Gas Exploration Tender

Jan 24, 2025

Greece will launch a tender for new gas exploration rights in its southwestern waters on Friday after an expression of interest by U.S. oil producer Chevron, the Greek energy minister said.Chevron submitted its non-binding interest to explore…

All Set for Construction of RWE’s Offshore Wind Control Center in Germany

Jan 23, 2025

RWE has started progressed work on a new office in Jemgum, in Germany’s East Friesland region, which will serve as a base for round-the-clock monitoring and control of its existing and future wind farms in both Germany and continental Europe…

Harbour Energy Targets Output Increase in 2025

Jan 23, 2025

Britain's Harbour Energy on Thursday said it expects higher production in 2025 compared with last year, driven by the full-year's contribution from its purchase of oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea's assets.Harbour acquired the non-Russian oil and gas assets of the German company last year in an $11…

EnQuest to Acquire Harbour Energy's Vietnamese Assets

Jan 22, 2025

British energy group EnQuest is to acquire Harbour Energy's business in Vietnam, it said on Wednesday, as the North Sea-focused company moves to expand further outside its home market in response to higher UK taxes.The deal is valued at $84 million including debt…

Sumitomo, Van Oord Land Shetland 2 HVDC Link Job

Jan 22, 2025

Sumitomo Electric Industries, together with consortium partner Van Oord, has signed Capacity Reservation Agreement (CRA) with SSEN Transmission, encompassing the supply and installation of a second 525kV HVDC cable link between Shetland and the Scottish mainland…

UK: Twelve Companies Get Offshore Wind Financial Boost

Jan 22, 2025

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched a new $2.45 million Development Grant competition and announced a combined $3.7 million in funding awarded to 12 companies from their 2024 funding calls.OWGP’s Development Grant program aims to support UK supply chain companies to scale up…

Solstad Plans Oslo Stock Exchange Listing

Jan 22, 2025

Norwegian vessel owner and services provider Solstad Maritime Holding has outlined plans to apply for a listing of its shares on Euronext Oslo Børs during the second quarter of 2025.The listing is in line with the company’s previously expressed…

Orlen Drills Dry Well in Norwegian Sea

Jan 22, 2025

Orlen Upstream Norway has drilled a dry well as part of exploration campaign in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6305/10-1 was the first exploration well in production license 1055, which was awarded in 2020 (Awards in predefined areas (APA) 2019)…

Aker Solutions Inks Long-Term Offshore Maintenance Deal with Vår Energi

Jan 22, 2025

Aker Solutions has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Vår Energi to deliver maintenance and modification services for its operated assets and projects offshore Norway.The partnership also includes Honeywell and StS-ISONOR and builds…

DeepOcean Extends Charters for Three Subsea Construction Vessels

Jan 21, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has cemented its subsea offering with the extension of its charter agreements with Østensjø Rederi for three vessels.DeepOcean’s most advanced subsea vessel, Edda Freya, will remain part of the fleet through 2026…

OMV Gets North Sea Drilling Permit

Jan 21, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/6-6 in production license 1109.OMV (Norge) is the operator of the license with 30% interest, with partners DNO Norge (30%)…

Serica Energy Set for 2025 Production Increase

Jan 21, 2025

U.K. North Sea-focused oil and gas company Serica Energy expects a 15.6% increase in 2025 production, helped by improved reliability of its assets, it said on Tuesday.Serica has expanded production through acquisitions and investments in the last few years…

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