Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor is retaining Aker Solutions as its inspection services provider across more than 15 onshore and offshore facilities in Norway, thanks to a multi-year contract extension.
The China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard has begun the construction of a DP 2 cable-laying vessel (CLV) ordered by Greece’s Asso.subsea for the offshore wind market. The steel-cutting ceremony for Althea was held today, November 5, at the CMHI shipyard on Mazhou Island, Shenzhen, China. “The firs
Suriname’s national oil company (NOC) Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie), Malaysia’s energy titan Petronas, U.S.-based oil major Chevron, and Qatar’s state-owned oil & gas giant QatarEnergy have signed up for two blocks off the coast of Suriname that were secured as part of a consortium d
The UK National Grid is about to begin a marine survey of a damaged section of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The survey of the IFA 2000 submarine cable is scheduled to begin today, November 5, approximately 3 nautical miles offshore Folkestone, Kent,
U.S. science, technology, and engineering player KBR has been hired to handle a detailed engineering assignment for a hydrocarbon redevelopment project operated by Qatar’s state-owned oil & gas giant QatarEnergy off the Persian Gulf state’s coast.
Allseas has secured a contract for the installation of a new deepwater export pipeline for Shell that is set to significantly enhance oil transport capacity, flexibility and efficiency in the central part of Gulf of America (the U.S. Gulf of Mexico). The contract was awarded by pipeline operator She
ADNOC Drilling has widened its footprint in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, thanks to a deal to obtain a majority stake in MB Petroleum Services (MBPS), a drilling and oilfield services (OFS) provider with operations in Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron have signed a three-year capacity agreement for marine streamer and ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition services. The parties plan to collaborate on seismic acquisition projects using TGS streamer and OBN
In a bid to strengthen its position in the Baltic Sea, Swedish ferry company Stena Line has acquired Wasaline.
Foreseeing no financing woes to hinder its progress, Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson, is eyeing refinancing opportunities for two floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units with new project bonds on t
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has struck a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) offtake deal with Shell International Trading Middle East Limited FZE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UK-based Shell, for its low-carbon LNG project, currently under development in the United Arab Emirates (
Inpex Idemitsu Norge, a subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex, has completed the acquisition of three assets in Norwegian waters from Norway’s oil and gas company Pandion Energy.
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has signed a heads of terms agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Jana Marine Services to establish a joint venture company that will offer integrated subsea solutions to the offshore energy industry in the Middle East. To be named JADE Subsea Services, the joint ventur
XRG, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which includes Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) and global investment firm Carlyle, has set the wheels in motion to join Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) CJSC, which delivers gas resources from the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian S
