
Norway’s oil and gas company Aker BP has kicked off production from three fields in the Norwegian Sea, bringing the developments on stream a year ahead of schedule and adding around 120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent to the resource base on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

With three decades under its belt, a giant gas project is getting a new lease of life, as the latest phase of its development begins production ahead of schedule, accelerating the delivery of 55 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to Europe.

Flex2Future, a Norwegian technology company developing floating offshore energy systems that combine wind, wave and solar power on a single platform, has wrapped up an extensive model testing campaign in Norway, putting its floating wave, wind and solar energy platform concept through simulated offs

Spirit Energy, a North Sea operator, has finished a multimillion-dollar decommissioning campaign in the UK sector of the North Sea, plugging and abandoning (P&A) three gas wells that have reached the end of their productive lives and removing more than 234 tons of subsea infrastructure.

Arabian Drilling, described as Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore and offshore drilling contractor by fleet size, has expanded its footprint in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with a multi-well assignment off the coast of Oman.

Navitas Petroleum, an Israeli oil and gas producer and developer that operates a project under development in the North Falkland Basin, is stepping up plans to expand its oil field project in the Falkland Islands through the acquisition of a second floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO)

France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, has kicked off the first-ever combined streamer and sparse ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Asia-Pacific region.

BW LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company that is part of Singapore-based BW Group, has shed more light on its move that pushes LNG carrier capacity beyond the conventional 174,000-cubic-meter (cbm) design with a new 177,000-cbm, three-tank configuration, described as being able to carr

Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS is staying longer on a seismic acquisition campaign off the coast of Indonesia, which extends work aboard its 2008-built vessel and reinforces the company’s revenue visibility.

U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) assignment for a gas development project off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), enabling it to deliver one of the Middle East’s heaviest offshore topsides.

Japan’s MODEC has announced the arrival of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Guyanese waters ahead of its deployment on a project in the Stabroek block, as the development moves closer to first oil expected later this year.

Norway-based energy services provider Aker Solutions has joined forces with Microsoft to accelerate carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects across the globe, aiming to cut execution risks and help developers move projects toward final investment decisions (FIDs).

Three of Norway’s biggest oil and gas players – Equinor, Aker BP, and Vår Energi – are joining forces to search for the next batch of major hydrocarbon discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), targeting up to 25 high-impact exploration prospects over the next few years.

Australia’s energy giant Woodside is moving its liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in Louisiana closer to the targeted first cargo in 2029 with a new construction milestone at the project site in the Pelican State, United States (U.S.).