UK-headquartered Global Marine Group is acquiring a Solstad Maritime (SOMA) construction support vessel (CSV) that has been supporting company operations since 2020. SOMA announced today, December 12, that Global Marine Group, the current charterer of CSV Normand Clipper, has declared its purchase o
Valaris has landed a new rig deal with Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant, which will enable one of its drillships to carry out drilling activities at an oil and gas development off the coast of Brazil.
London-listed oil and gas company Harbour Energy has taken a step to bring into its fold all subsidiaries of Waldorf Energy Partners Limited (WEPL) and Waldorf Production Limited (WPL), currently in administration, for $170 million. This move will bolster Harbour’s portfolio in the UK sector of the
Shortly after disclosing the final investment decision (FID) for the project, U.S. oil & gas company Chevron has awarded TechnipFMC with a contract for the delivery of subsea production systems for the third stage of development for its giant gas project offshore Western Australia. As part of the co
BP has put into production mode an expansion project in the U.S. Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), as its seventh major upstream project that started up this year and the fifth to come online earlier than planned.
UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has booked a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, for drilling activities off the coast of Namibia, Africa.
Given the growing zest for specific routes where vessels employ low-emission propulsion, a new study has assessed the technical and commercial feasibility of introducing a green shipping corridor between Newcastle and Amsterdam.
TechnipFMC has delivered its 100th Subsea 2.0 tree to UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, the company that placed the first order for the subsea product platform. The subsea tree was manufactured, assembled, and tested at TechnipFMC’s dedicated facility for Subsea 2.0 in Nusajaya, Malaysia, and wil
OMV Petrom, Romania-headquartered affiliate of Austria’s OMV, has provided insight into its drilling plans in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, where several wells remain on the list to be drilled using a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean.
Italy’s energy giant Eni has shed some light on its new gas discovery in the Kutei Basin about 50 kilometers off the coast of East Kalimantan in Indonesia, Southeast Asia.
Japanese Sumitomo Electric Industries has officially been contracted to supply and install 140 kilometers of subsea cable for a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk in the UK, after having the preferred bidder status since July. The contract secured
Houston-based energy player Vaalco Energy has begun its 2025/2026 drilling program off the coast of Gabon with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling player.
A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed in Scotland, marking what is said to be the first time these three technologies have been integrated into a single energy system. The demonstration integrated Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine, v
UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of Prax Upstream, a subsidiary of compatriot Prax Exploration & Production, expanding its hydrocarbon portfolio on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
