On a mission to support carbon capture and storage (CCS), Metropolitan CCS, a joint venture (JV) between Inpex Corporation and Kanto Natural Gas Development, has secured the green light from Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to undertake exploratory drilling offshore Kujukuri along the
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has won a new tank design job for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier (LNGC) with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries.
Given its aim to increase oil and gas output on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), reporting to Norway’s Ministry of Energy, has spotlighted the use of advanced methods as a solution to curb production decline.
Sweden-based NoviOcean is exploring the options for the deployment of its hybrid offshore renewable energy platform, which combines wave, wind, and solar energy technologies, in Costa Rica. NoviOcean has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MIR Green Energy to explore the deployment of th
Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi has handed out a revised plan for development and operation (PDO) of a project in the Barents Sea to Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to enable higher production for longer from an offshore field.
Belgian shipping company Exmar has started the conversion works for a new floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) destined for the expansion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Netherlands.
Norway’s AF Gruppen is acquiring Aberdeen-headquartered Claxton, a provider of technology-driven services and engineering primarily within offshore decommissioning, from the UK-headquartered Acteon Group for an agreed enterprise value of £63.5 million (around €72.8 million). The transaction comprise
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of Finland’s technology group Wärtsilä, has been hired to supply certain equipment for two new very large ethane carrier (VLEC) vessels being built at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard.
Japan’s Toyo Engineering Corporation and OneSubsea, a joint venture established in 2023 by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities in carbon capture and storage (CCS). Initially, the partners plan to explore opportuniti
Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has won a potential long-term job with an undisclosed oil and gas player for one of its semi-submersible rigs.
Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has made a final investment decision (FID) for another development in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin off the coast of Brazil. Dutch giant SBM Offshore is in charge of two floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels that will enable production f
Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has obtained a multimillion-dollar contract extension for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.
U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has sealed an asset swap deal with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and its subsidiaries to consolidate focus on strategic assets in Venezuela.
Honeywell, a U.S.-based technology firm, has been hired for work at a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Texas, United States (U.S.).
