Offshore surveys are now underway at the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm in Wales following the project securing a contract for difference (CfD) in the UK’s seventh allocation round (AR7). RWE said the work marks the first package of contracts placed since the CfD award, with contractors Geo and TGS c
French geophysical services company Viridien has begun a multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Central North Sea, spanning the UK and Norwegian sectors. The dense multi-client OBN survey covers 645 km2 in the Frigg area, with the final processed deliverables to be available in the third
Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player with its corporate base in Bermuda, has secured 13 contracts year-to-date, enhancing its backlog by adding 2,250 days and $274 million in jack-up rig deals.
Japan’s exploration and production (E&P) company Inpex has shed light on the progress made in advancing discussions for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline gas offtake deals from a planned LNG project in Indonesia’s Masela block, which is seen as a way to fortify Southeast Asia’s energy securit
UK-headquartered energy giant BP and its partners have penned three production sharing contracts (PSCs) for oil and gas blocks off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. The British player is also participating in another offshore block, which Japan’s Inpex offshore Eastern Java in Indonesia.
Oceaneering has won an integrated offshore installation contract with Burullus Gas Company, a joint venture of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Shell Petroleum, for a gas field development project offshore Egypt. The contract was awarded to the company’s Offshore Projects Group for
Two Norwegian energy players, Equinor and Aker BP, have forged a strategic alliance to augment future production and value creation across selected parts of their oil and gas portfolios on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), enabling them to better align ownership interests, support coordinated d
Following what was described as the world’s first type approval (TAT) and factory acceptance testing (FAT) for this type of engine some three months ago, Swiss marine power company WinGD has completed another FAT for its ammonia-fueled two-stroke marine engine. Built by Yuchai Marine Power (YCMP), t
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem is pooling resources with Brazil’s state-owned energy player Petrobras to look into enhancing solutions for decommissioning activities across the South American country’s oil and gas fields, subsea systems, and associated infrastr
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired to support the subsea decommissioning and disconnection of an undisclosed floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK sector of the North Sea.
China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) has awarded Wood with a contract for the design of an optimized solution for a pipeline network at QatarEnergy’s hydrocarbon redevelopment project. Wood has been put in charge of the design of 25 pipelines, including ensuring safe interaction where pi
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing marine renewable energy and ocean technology in Massachusetts, has deployed a wave-measuring device at a newly established test range in this U.S. state. SOFAR Ocean’s SOFAR Spotter Buoy collects real-
Norway-headquartered energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured three new contracts in the Norwegian North Sea, with the first having started immediately. TGS is set to mobilize in June for an ocean bottom node (OBN) assignment that will take approximately 25 days, while under another, 4D
With the first phase on track for start-up in 2028, an oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB) is looking into expediting a capacity boost through the development of subsequent phases in the Falkland Islands.
