Aker Solutions has signed a contract with OKEA for the Draugen electrification project in the Norwegian Sea, following a Letter of Intent (LoI) from December 2022. Aker Solutions has been appointed as the main contractor for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) and the sco
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has called on the Federal Government to consider adding investment in new gas supply and emissions reduction measures in the 2023-24 Federal Budget, as well as to set up a national carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) roa
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2023, Europe’s premier meeting point for the offshore energy sector, has opened the floorplan for this year’s event. In 2023, as in the years before, OEEC will bring together professionals from oil & gas, offshore wind, floating wind, marine energy, hyd
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has been awarded two offshore licenses to explore CO2 storage potential in the Danish North Sea.
Norwegian regulator has conducted an audit of the management of emergency preparedness and helidecks at Equinor’s two North Sea platforms.
The North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) is calling on the Scottish and UK Governments and the oil and gas industry to cooperate to better effect and ensure the sector takes a balanced, long-term approach to the energy transition. The move comes in respon
The court hearing for the controversial Bay du Nord offshore oil project was expected to kick off last week, however, this was not the case. What does this mean for the project? Is the hearing cancelled or just postponed until a later date?
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with Ithaca Energy for operations off the UK.
DOF Subsea has secured an engineering, preparatory works, removal, transportation, recycling and disposal (EPRD) contract with Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor. The contract is for the Heimdal subsea decommissioning works and includes the recovery and disposal of approximately 2,000 tons o
The Sunrise Joint Venture (SJV), comprising operator Woodside Energy (33.44%), TIMOR GAP (56.56%), and Osaka Gas Australia (10.00%), have committed to undertake a concept select program for the development of the Greater Sunrise fields. Woodside said the SJV will consider all of the key issues for d
Aker BP has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.
Baker Hughes’ rig count report: The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped for the third week in a row, slipping to 12 units last week.
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Supply has granted the country’s first-ever permits for full-scale CO2 storage in the North Sea. In the first round of tenders for storing CO2 in the Danish North Sea, three permits have been awarded, two to TotalEnergies EP Danmark, and one to a consortium
Westwood dives into upstream oil and gas trends in 2022, predicting that 2023 will also be marked by oil and gas price volatility.
