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.
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has confirmed the naming ceremony for a newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel, which is destined for an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, operated by LNG Canada, a joint venture company encompassing Shell, Petron
Singapore’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson, has opened the doors of its new office in Shanghai to fortify and support closer collaboration with shipyards, suppliers, fabrication partners, and technology providers in China, wh
Abu Dhabi-headquartered MCS Group has been appointed to support the installation of a subsea pipeline for the FIRST Integrated Gas Supply System (FIGSS) development in Nigeria. The project’s EPCIC contractor, Marine Platforms Limited (MPL), selected MCS Group for the work on behalf of FIRST Explorat
Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has obtained a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which is slated to be drilled next month using a semi-submersible rig owned by Italy’s Saipem.
The fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier destined for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been christened in China. Northern Purpose has been custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It was buil
Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has signed on the dotted line to get a stake in a block off the coast of South Africa by exercising an option to farm into the block with Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Atlantic Margin.
Adura Operations, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK’s Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has selected Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices to perform ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition at its field in the UK North Sea. Shearwater’s scope covers approximately 220 km2 of seismic acquisi
Oslo-listed oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) player BW Energy is embarking on an oil production expansion push by making a final investment decision (FID) for a project off the coast of Gabon and pursuing an infill well campaign in Brazilian waters.
