
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has brought together leading companies in the FPSO sector to address the safety challenges produced by an ageing fleet.

The hull for the Prosperity FPSO, the third production unit to operate offshore Guyana once completed, has arrived at the Keppel yard in Singapore.

Offshore engineering solutions provider Aquaterra Energy has completed the engineering design for a renewable-powered Sea Swift offshore platform for DeNovo Energy.

Oil and gas company Deltic Energy has entered into a binding, conditional farm-out agreement concerning five of its Southern North Sea gas licences with Cairn Energy.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol the consent for the start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream.

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured a letter of award (LOA) for one of its jack-up drilling rigs from an undisclosed operator in Malaysia.

Only a day after Aker BP announced it installed the Hod B platform topsides offshore Norway, Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors shared photos of the process.

Oil major BP has agreed to settle a $29.3 million outstanding commitment to drill an exploration oil well in Gambia’s offshore A1 block.

Africa-focused oil and gas firm Tower Resources has signed an agreement to farm-out a 49 per cent non-operating working interest in its Thali PSC offshore Cameroon to Beluga Energy.

Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International, has signed an agreement with Aker BP to acquire 20 per cent interests in the PL867 and PL867B licenses in the North Sea.

Norwegian oil and gas company DNO has spud the Gomez exploration well in production license 006C in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Swedish oil company Lundin Energy has started production from the extended well test (EWT) at its Rolvsnes offshore field – the first subsea tie-back development for the Edvard Grieg platform.

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has installed the Hod platform topsides in the North Sea, offshore Norway, just one year and two months after the first steel cut.

The Climate Leadership Council has suspended one of its founding members ExxonMobil several months after a firm’s lobbyist told an undercover activist it only backed a carbon tax as a PR stunt.