Jan De Nul has named its new trenching support vessel Isambard Kingdom Brunel, after a 19th-century British engineer, who the company describes as one of the key figures of the Industrial Revolution. Jan De Nul announced on March 10 that it was expanding its fleet with the addition of two trenching
The Hague-based Wave Energy Collective (Weco) has teamed up with Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, to test its wave energy converter (WEC) capable of generating power even in very small sea states. Weco reported today, April 23, that it had been deve
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has won a contract to deliver integrated topside process services across a portfolio of offshore assets on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The multi-year contract was awarded by a “leading UKCS operator”, EnerMech said on April 22. The
Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill and U.S.-headquartered LLOG Exploration Company (LLOG), a subsidiary of London-listed oil & gas company Harbour Energy, have expanded their more than decade-long collaboration with contract awards for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Wes
Norway’s state-owned energy firm Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well off Norway in the North Sea, in a production license awarded in August 1985. Following the drilling permit awarded in January, the wildcat well 34/8-A-37 H was drilled in production licence 120, 140 kilometers west of
DeepOcean has secured a contract for the installation support of inter-array cables at the TPC offshore wind farm phase 2 (TPC-II) offshore Taiwan. The Norwegian company’s scope encompasses the installation of inter-array cables, as well as engineering and project management services. The offshore w
Canadian oil & gas company Valeura Energy has chartered a jack-up drilling rig owned by UAE-based Shelf Drilling for multi-year work in the Gulf of Thailand. The Enterprise jack-up rig has been chartered for a three-year term which runs until December 31, 2029. Valeura Energy has an option on the st
Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has secured a new offshore contract with ExxonMobil in Guyana, covering the operator’s eighth oil discovery in the Stabroek block. Worth around $150 million, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited awarded Saipem with a limited notice to procee
Portland Port in the UK has received full approval to carry out liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship (STS) transfers, adding to its existing oil and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) transfer services. At the port based in South Dorset, STS operations can be performed alongside one of the berths or
Oceaneering has performed the first piloting operation of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on a drilling rig offshore Brazil from its onshore remote operations center (OROC), for Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras. The company’s Subsea Robotics segment and Brazilian subsidiary Marine Production Sy
Norway’s VARD has completed upgrades of DOF Group’s 2018-built subsea vessel Skandi Minder to strengthen its capabilities and extend service life. The repair and conversion described as “major” were performed at Vard Langsten and included a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/LARS upgrade with installat
Australia’s energy giant Woodside has revealed award allocations of over $1 billion to Louisiana suppliers for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in the Pelican State, United States (U.S.).
Norway’s energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured an extension to a multi-year ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition contract in the Gulf of America. The contract has been extended for an additional three-year duration, with a “major producer in the Gulf of America”, TGS said. Kristian Joh
