UK-headquartered energy giant BP has hired U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes to support new well development and production optimization across its North Sea operations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
MISC Group, a member of the Petronas Group of Companies and an owner and operator of offshore floating assets and provider of energy-related maritime solutions and services, is weighing a role in a potential consortium that could take Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Yinson, an energy infrastructure compa
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor is scaling up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) ambitions with its first cargo from the U.S. Gulf Coast under long-term supply agreements with Texas-headquartered Cheniere, as the company works to double its global LNG portfolio by 2030.
The 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) Challenger, owned by a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi, has completed its first fully remote project. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV in March 2024, following the order from the joint venture com
Asia-focussed oil and gas explorer Tetragon Energy has upgraded the potential of its gas portfolio off the coast of the Philippines, more than tripling the mid-case prospective resource estimate for a key exploration prospect to 8 trillion cubic feet (tcf), a boost that could strengthen the value of
Film-Ocean, a UK-based subsea contractor providing ROV inspection and intervention services, has taken delivery of another remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, completing a major fleet investment program. This comes as Film-Ocean took delivery of two Quantum 250-hp heavy-duty work-class ROVs in
Australian energy giant Woodside is forging a path with Mexico’s state-owned petroleum heavyweight Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to hunt for potential deepwater hydrocarbon plays in the Gulf of Mexico under a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU).
An integrated project team comprising Smulders HSM, a provider of multidisciplinary offshore platform solutions, SPIE, a multi-technical services provider, and offshore installation partner Scaldis, has been tasked with handling the next phase of a gas project in the Dutch North Sea, with a new comp
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the UK-based classification society, and the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) have unveiled a tri-fuel-ready tanker concept designed to give owners flexibility to pursue liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, or ammonia as fuel technologies, infrastructure
Offshore operations bring together vessel crews, client representatives, contractors, and project teams. Nobody ever disagrees on the goal of the project. The disagreement happens the moment the question shifts from “what needs to be done?” to “is it safe to do it now?”
French energy giant TotalEnergies and Portugal’s Galp have closed a deal that reshuffles their positions across several offshore Namibian blocks, with the former taking over operatorship of one license, while the latter retains a stake and picks up interests in two others.
Edinburgh-headquartered Flotation Energy and London-based Harbour Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on assessing opportunities for powering oil and gas assets in the North Sea with floating offshore wind energy.
Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Proserv’s ECG Business Unit will deploy its advanced monitoring technology to provide continuous visibility of cable and terminati
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has set the wheels in motion to add two new exploration prospects to its global portfolio, one in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) and the other in Brazilian waters, through deals with compatriot energy major BP. The Brazilian prospect is expected to be d
