Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Barents Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.
Floatel International, an offshore accommodation provider, has won a new assignment for a ten-year-old semi-submersible accommodation vessel off the coast of Norway.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has struck a new multi-year agreement with the Capital City of Prague’s gas and electricity company, Pražská plynárenská, to supply gas to the Czech Republic. The ten-year deal, which has enabled gas supplies to the Czech Republic, will last until October 1
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 secured a contract extension for one of its units with Oil India Limited, an exploration and production company, for operations off
Finland-headquartered propulsion specialist Steerprop has been entrusted with equipping a new subsea rock installation vessel with a complete propulsion package. Once constructed, this ship is destined to join the fleet of Jan De Nul, a dredging and offshore contractor.
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has bolstered its oil and gas portfolio in African waters by striking an asset exchange deal with Conoil, which enables it to up its stake in an offshore license in Nigerian waters.
Seatrium has hired Sulzer, a Switzerland-headquartered sustainable flow control innovation player, to provide pump packages for two next-generation floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, destined to be deployed at assets operated by Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has secured 12 more months of work off the coast of Australia with Woodside, an Australian oil and gas operator.
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and partners have closed the world’s first fund for vessel retrofits with a pay-as-you-save repayment mechanism, securing total commitments of up to $35 million and exceeding its initial target.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two exploration wells in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which will be drilled using a rig managed by KCA Deutag, operating under the umbrella of Helmerich & Payne (H&P).
U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player NOV has secured its second assignment on an offshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in the Gulf of San Matías, off the coast of Argentina.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has revealed a proposed notice of sale for the next offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the second of thirty Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico) oil and gas lease sales required by this legislation.
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired for a subsea tie-back assignment related to a hydrocarbon field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has secured a contract extension with Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP for a 2019-built semi-submersible rig, which is on a drilling assignment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
