
Oil and gas company Lundin has decided to exercise its option for an additional well for an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has awarded two front end engineering design (FEED) contracts to a JGC-Samsung Heavy Industries consortium and to SAIPEM for a nearshore LNG project in Sabah.

Africa-focused Chariot has revealed that the Stena Drilling-owned Stena Don rig has started its mobilisation to Morocco.

Maersk Drilling and Petrogas have agreed to exercise the previously agreed option to employ a jack-up rig to drill a well in the UK North Sea.

Neptune Energy has awarded Maersk Supply Service (MSS) with a decommissioning contract for the removal of subsea infrastructure at the Juliet field in the UK.

Orcadian has received no objection from the OGA for the development concept designed for the Pilot field in the North Sea.

Singapore LNG (SLNG) and Linde Gas have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore options of a CO2 liquefaction and storage facility at the SLNG terminal on Jurong Island.

Floatel expects the overall utilisation of the accommodation fleet to remain at modest levels in the near term.

FPSO operator SBM Offshore has signed contracts with Petrobras for the 22.5 years lease and operation of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão.

Italian transmission system operator (TSO) Terna has awarded Prysmian and Nexans with contracts for the supply of cables for the Tyrrhenian Link that will connect Sicily with Sardinia and the Italian peninsula.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and Scottish Power Transmission (SPT) have agreed to pay a redress package of £158 million for delays to the Western Link Project, following an investigation by energy regulator Ofgem.

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has issued a tender process to re-establish a maritime passenger link between Cyprus and Greece.

Chinese piped-gas operator China Gas has entered into a deal with Three Gorges Investment, a subsidiary under China’s biggest clean energy group, to develop new energy systems with wind, solar, hydropower, and hydrogen as the core.

Vattenfall has awarded Fugro with a contract to carry out a geoscience survey and subsequent data processing and reporting for a proposed pipeline route between Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and Aberdeen Port.