Norwegian authorities have given their blessing for exploration drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a semi-submersible rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured more work for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).
Clippership, a U.S.-headquartered company developing autonomous wind-powered ships, has signed a construction contract for its first 24-meter class zero emission autonomous wind-powered cargo vessel with Dutch shipyard KM Yachtbuilders. The vessel features twin, foldable rigid wings for primary wind
South Korea’s SK Earthon, the energy exploration and production (E&P) subsidiary of SK Innovation, has expanded its offshore acreage in Indonesian waters with a stake in a block, which is expected to see drilling activity before the year ends.
Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a UAE-headquartered provider of self‐propelled, self‐elevating support vessels for the offshore energy sector, has landed a new long-term assignment for one of its large‐class vessels in the Middle East.
Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has given its green light to Woodside Energy for permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) and well intervention activities for subsea wells associated with a gas project situated on the country’s northwest coa
Sable Offshore, a Texas-headquartered oil and gas company, has received an emergency special permit for Santa Ynez pipeline system segments.
Petronas LNG, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas heavyweight Petronas, and CNOOC Gas and Power Singapore Trading & Marketing, an affiliate of Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), have expanded their existing relationship by striking a
CB&I, a designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks, and terminals owned by a consortium of financial investors led by Mason Capital Management, has made a play for Petrofac’s Asset Solutions business, a provider of operations, maintenance and decommissioning services for onshore and offshore
Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices is set to deploy its high-end vessel SW Duchess for a two-month multi-client seismic survey offshore Nigeria at the end of the year. The survey will provide high-resolution subsurface data across the Western Niger Delta Basin, supporting exploration decisions and fut
Chevron Cyprus, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered oil major Chevron, and its partners, BG Cyprus (Shell) and NewMed Energy, have decided to move forward with a front-end engineering design (FEED) work for an offshore gas field reservoir in Block 12, located in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterra
U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions has secured a multi-year contract for riserless plug and abandonment (P&A) operations on up to 34 subsea wells in the UK North Sea. The award came from a “major operator”, as Helix said, and includes the flushing and disconn
Italian cabling giant Prysmian and Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Italian energy giant Eni, have established a strategic partnership to give new life to plastic cable scrap through an innovative chemical recycling process. Srinivas Siripurapu, Chief Sustainability, Innovation and R&D Officer a
Japan’s shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has struck a finance deal for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), which will be deployed in Singapore, Asia.
