Norway’s Reach Subsea has acquired Subvision AB, a Swedish company founded in 1993, focused on the design of equipment for subsea environments. According to Reach Subsea, Subvision has extensive experience from military and offshore development projects and has, over the years, developed several adv
BP has taken steps to expand its natural gas arsenal in the Mediterranean Sea by striking a deal with Egypt for a multi-well drilling campaign, which is expected to yield new finds that will prolong the lifespan of existing production facilities in the West Nile Delta.
Norway’s VARD has cut the first steel for an offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) it is building for Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO). The 121.3-meter-long vessel of VARD 3 39 design is said to be a highly versatile platform designed and equipped for subsea operation duties, offshore wind
Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has moved forward with its plans for an oil field in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil, thanks to the completion of financing for the refurbishment of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit and a short-term lease of a developmen
ConocoPhillips has struck a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Houston-headquartered NextDecade Corporation, enabling the operator to secure sufficient commercial agreements for a positive final investment decision (FID) on the fifth train at its LNG export project in Texas, United Sta
Monkey Island LNG (MILNG), a private company addressing the global energy crisis and growing demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the development of U.S. natural gas infrastructure, has hired McDermott, a U.S. offshore engineering and construction player, on a master services agreement (MS
ELIRE Infra, part of the UK’s ELIRE Group, and its consortium partners have secured £1 million (around €1.152 million) in UK Government funding to develop hydrogen floating power hubs aimed at decarbonizing port operations and supporting the UK’s transition to net zero.
Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b offshore wind project in Taiwan will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026 instead of later this year due to a damaged export cable. The 300 MW offshore wind farm is part of the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project, currently under construction 35-60 kilometer
Expro has shed light on its recent cementing technology milestone in deepwater well construction, which was achieved with the deployment of a casing string, said to be the heaviest to date, at a significant project in the Gulf of America/U.S. Gulf of Mexico for an undisclosed company described as a
Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has opened a new entity in the Middle East, described as a strategic initiative as part of the company’s expansion plan, aimed at strengthening its operational capacity in a “region of crucial importance for the oil & gas sector”. Next Geosolutions Middle East (FZ
As Adura, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) of the UK’s Shell and Norway’s Equinor, continues making progress in securing regulatory approvals, the two energy heavyweights have unveiled the name of the JV’s chosen Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Marco Polo Marine has contracted Norway’s Salt Ship Design to develop what the Singapore-based company says is a next-generation commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV), dubbed CSOV Plus, set to serve offshore wind and oil & gas markets. The new vessel is expected to enter service in 2028. Th
Finland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transport of CO2 from Finland, whose soil is unsuitable for permanent CO2 storage, to Norway for geological storage under the seabed. The MoU was signed on September 4 by the Finnish Minister of Climate and the Envir
In the aftermath of the Western Cape High Court’s decision to scrap environmental authorization for oil and gas offshore drilling activities, which two energy giants, France’s TotalEnergies and the UK-based Shell, planned to undertake in Block 5/6/7, along South Africa’s southwest coast, Shell and t
