Norwegian seismic companies PGS and TGS are merging their businesses to create what they say will be a full-service geophysical data company, pursuing potential in new energy with complementary technology offerings for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. TGS and PGS agreed on the pri
Last week’s G20 summit in India concluded with mixed progress on environmental issues. The leaders hailed the ambitious new renewable energy goal to “pursue and encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally” by 2030. However, the gathering was marked with lingering disagreements and
Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry, an affiliate of Wison Offshore & Marine, and Genting Oil & Gas Limited (GOGL), via its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary PT Layar Nusantara Gas (PTLNG), have entered into a limited notice to proceed agreement (LNTP) to purchase $43.04 million of long lead items for a 1
Equinor has submitted a plan for the development and operation (PDO) for a gas discovery in the North Sea.
U.S. ammonia producer CF Industries Holdings and South Korea’s steelmaking and energy trading company POSCO Holdings have announced that they are evaluating a joint venture to construct a low-carbon clean ammonia plant at CF Industries’ Blue Point Complex in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, U.S., along
OPEC, a permanent intergovernmental organisation of 13 oil-exporting developing nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its members, is convinced that the recent assertions about the fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas – demand peaking before 2030 are not supported by “consisten
A total of 14 companies have been awarded 21 licenses in the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing round – said to have the potential to store almost 10% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) announced on 15 September that 14 companies had accepted licenses in
Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has started its new maintenance and upgrade assignment on a jack-up barge, which was awarded by the UAE-headquartered Gulf Marine Services (GMS).
Dolphin Drilling has emerged as the lowest bidder in Oil India Limited’s rig tender for a long-term drilling contract offshore India.
SBM Offshore has joined forces with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) to offer a CO2 capture solution for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels while they produce oil and gas from offshore reservoirs.
Transocean has secured a new long-term contract for a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, which will enable the rig to work with a national oil company offshore Brazil.
Nauticus Robotics, a U.S.-based developer of ocean robots and artificial intelligence for autonomous services to the offshore industries, has entered into a service contract with energy giant Shell for the use of its subsea robot. The initial scope of work covers inspection services on Shell’s subse
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has notched new emissions reduction milestones, thanks to two of its giant fields in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin recording emissions below the world average last year.
Prysmian has begun horizontal directional drilling (HDD) works that will allow the subsea cables for the first-ever energy link between the UK and Germany to be brought on land. Led by global investors Meridiam, Allianz Capital Partners, Kansai Electric Power and TEPCO, NeuConnect will become one of
