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TGS Nets First 3D Streamer Job for 2025 Summer Season

Nov 12, 2024

Norwegian seismic company TGS has secured its first 3D streamer contract for the 2025 Northwest Europe summer season.Acquisition is scheduled to begin in May with a total duration of approximately 35 days, according to the company.TGS said it…

Dutch Court Dismisses Climate Ruling Against Shell

Nov 12, 2024

A Dutch court on Tuesday accepted Shell's appeal against a landmark climate ruling, dismissing the order for the oil and gas company to sharply reduce emissions.The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its absolute carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels…

Dutch Court Set to Decide on Shell’s Appeal Against GHG Emissions Ruling

Nov 11, 2024

A Dutch court will decide on Tuesday whether to uphold a landmark climate ruling against Shell, which in 2021 ordered the oil and gas company to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The ruling by The Hague district court ordered Shell to…

AGR Concludes Technical Review of Aker BP’s CCS Licenses Off Norway

Nov 11, 2024

AGR’s reservoir management and subsurface team has delivered technical peer review of two carbon storage licenses in the Norwegian North Sea to Aker BP.The review's main goal was to ensure the evaluation of the two CO2 storage licenses has been…

Orlen Gets Permit for Norwegian Sea Drilling Ops

Nov 11, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Orlen Upstream Norway a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6305/10-1 in production license 1055, operated by Orlen Upstream Norway with 60% working interest…

RWE Picks Home Port for Construction of Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 08, 2024

RWE has selected Thyborøn Port as the offshore construction base for its 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in the North Sea.Thyborøn will be the home port for the project’s service vessels and the control center for managing marine logistics and traffic throughout the offshore construction phase…

Türkiye Offshore Wind Roadmap Outlines Up to 7GW Potential by 2040

Nov 08, 2024

World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Republic of Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has launched a new roadmap today which outlines the opportunities and challenges to deliver viable offshore wind projects in Türkiye…

Entrion Wind Secures US Patent for Deepwater Monopile Tech

Nov 08, 2024

Entrion Wind has secured a U.S. patent for its Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopile, which extends the range of traditional offshore wind monopile technology up to 100 meters water depths.Entrion Wind’s FRP monopile design integrates proven…

Vårgrønn Enters German Offshore Wind Market with Baltic 2 Acquisition

Nov 07, 2024

Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 27.4% stake in the operational Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in Germany from PGGM Infrastructure Fund.Following the closing of the deal…

Sval Energi Sells Norwegian Sea Development Share to Equinor

Nov 07, 2024

Equinor has signed an agreement to acquire Sval Energi’s 11.8% share in the Halten East Unit, increasing its ownership to 69.5%.Halten East is an ongoing offshore development located in the Kristin-Åsgård area in the Norwegian Sea.The development comprises six gas discoveries and three prospects…

Seaway7 Secures Inter-Array Cabling Work for East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 06, 2024

Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has secured a ‘substantial’ contract from ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the East Anglia TWO offshore wind project.Seaway7’s scope of work for East Anglia TWO includes the engineering…

Vaisala Expands Offshore Wind Offering with New Acquisition

Nov 06, 2024

Measurement instruments and intelligence services company Vaisala has acquired UK-based software, weather monitoring systems and services company Nevis Technology, expanding its offer to offshore wind industry.The acquisition enables Vaisala…

Akastor Buys Mitsui’s Stake in AKOFS Offshore

Nov 06, 2024

Norwegian company Akastor has signed an agreement for the transfer of all of Mitsui’s interests in AKOFS Offshore, a provider of vessel-based subsea well construction and intervention services, for $22.5 million.The agreement is entered into…

Brent Field Decommissioning Project Enters Next Phase

Nov 05, 2024

Mammoet has completed the load-in of the last and heaviest of the Brent oil and gas field topsides, Brent Charlie, which has been skidded onto the quayside for decommissioning operation.The Brent field, one of the largest oil and gas fields in the North Sea…

Green Marine UK Scales Up Environmental Monitoring Services for Offshore Wind

Nov 05, 2024

Orkney-based marine services firm Green Marine UK has expanded its environmental monitoring offering for offshore wind to deliver ‘full-scope’ projects following a surge in contracts with Scotland's Marine Directorate.This follows 18-months of continuous work…

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