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ADES Gets Its First Jack-Up Contract Offshore Nigeria

Jan 24, 2025

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a $21.8 million drilling contract with Brittania-U for its Admarine 504 jack-up drilling rig, marking its first entry to the Nigerian offshore oil and gas sector.ADES and Admarine 504’s current client in Saudi Arabia have mutually agreed to suspend the rig’s operation in the country, while retaining the remaining backlog value with the group’s client by way of extending the original term of the temporarily suspended contract…

Kuwait Strikes Oil and Gas at Al-Jlaiaa Offshore Field

Jan 22, 2025

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has made a discovery of hydrocarbon resources with large commercial quantities at the Al-Jlaiaa offshore field, estimated at 800 million of medium-density oil barrels and 600 billion standard cubic feet of associated gas…

GMS Brings Backlog to $483M with Latest Jack-Up Contract Extension

Jan 21, 2025

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels for the global energy industry, has secured a contract extension for one of its large-class vessels operating in the Persian Gulf region.The latest extension to an existing contract is for 171 days…

Qatar Bolsters Safety of Offshore Assets with Vissim’s Monitoring System

Jan 20, 2025

Norwegian technology company Vissim has been hired to deliver a Centralized Vessel Monitoring and Alerting System (CVMAS) to Qatar.The system is designed to enhance safety and security for offshore assets, improve efficiency in vessel logistics…

Israeli Firm Hires Assistance to Advance Portuguese Wave Energy Project

Jan 13, 2025

Eco Wave Power has engaged Portuguese engineering firm MOQ Engineering to perform the final design and load calculations for its wave energy project in Portugal’s city of Porto.The collaboration with MOQ will focus on delivering the final civil…

Abu Dhabi's NMDC Group Gets $1.1B Subsea Gas Pipeline Job in Taiwan

Jan 09, 2025

Abu Dhabi-based integrated energy and marine services, engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm NMDC Group has secured a major contract from Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) to design and install offshore gas pipelines in Taiwan…

Vantage Drilling Names New COO

Dec 31, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has appointed William Thomson to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO).Thomson will assume the additional role of COO with effect January 1, 2025, reported Ihab Toma, Chief Executive Officer…

ADES’ Fourth Suspended Jack-Up Rig Gets Work Offshore Thailand

Dec 30, 2024

Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a contract with Thailand’s state-owned PTTEP for its offshore jack-up drilling rig, marking a fourth redeployment of rigs that were suspended by Saudi Aramco earlier in 2024.The contract in the Gulf of Thailand…

ADNOC Drilling Welcomes Two New Rigs to Its Fleet

Dec 27, 2024

Al Jurf and Dana jack-up rigs (Credit: ADNOC Drilling)Abu Dhabi’s offshore drilling contractor ADNOC Drilling has boosted its offshore drilling rig feet with the arrival of two new high-specification jack-up rigs.The new jack-up rigs, Al Jurf and Dana…

Shelf Drilling Permanently Retires Jack-Up Rig

Dec 19, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has entered into agreement to sell its Main Pass I jack-up rig for $11 million and retire it from drilling operations.Shelf Drilling said the Main Pass I rig will be permanently retired from drilling operations…

Saudi Aramco Engages Subsea7 for Pipeline Replacement at Abu Safah Field

Dec 12, 2024

Saudi state-owned oil giant Aramco has hired Subsea7 for the replacement of pipeline at its Abu Safa field, offshore Saudi Arabia, under contract worth up to $300 million.The contract scope includes the decommissioning of existing subsea facilities as well as engineering…

Israeli Firm Launches Middle East’s First Grid-Connected Wave Energy Plant

Dec 09, 2024

Eco Wave Power has officially switched on wave energy power plant, developed in collaboration with EDF Renewables IL, at Tel Aviv’s Port of Jaffa.The EWP-EDF One project has 100 kW installed capacity and is comprised of 10 wave energy floaters…

Deal in Place for Construction of Saudi Aramco’s CCS Hub in Jubail

Dec 05, 2024

Saudi oil and gas giant Aramco has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Linde and SLB paving the way for development of a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) hub in Jubail that is expected to become one of the largest globally.Under the terms…

Gulf Marine Services Nets New Contract for Jack-Up Vessel

Dec 03, 2024

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels for the global energy industry, has secured a new contract for one its small-class vessels.The contract spans a total of 18 months, including optional extensions, in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region…

Energean Pushing for More Oil and Gas Exploration Licenses Off Israel

Nov 29, 2024

The CEO of Israel-focused gas producer Energean on Thursday urged Israel to issue new offshore oil and gas exploration licences to meet rising demand in the region.Speaking to Reuters, Mathios Rigas also called on governments to develop new export routes from Israel to neighbouring Egypt and Cyprus…

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