After news about awards in the Atlantic and North America regions, Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has revealed the win of two contracts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The first is for a three-year frame agreement for the provision of subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services wit
Norway’s Reach Subsea has received all necessary regulatory and classification certifications in Australia for its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and Remote Operations Centre, enabling full operational deployment in the country’s waters. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a Ce
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured several new contracts in the Atlantic region, as well as a multi-year contract in the North America region for Shell. The contracts in the Atlantic region have a combined value of over $60 million, excluding optional work, and will be executed primarily u
Subsea7 and Equinor have agreed on an extension of their existing frame agreement covering subsea inspection, maintenance and repair services (IMR) delivered by a 2013-built subsea vessel. Under the terms of the extension of an agreement first signed in 2018, Seven Viking will carry out IMR services
Denmark has issued its first-ever approval for a full-scale CO2 storage facility, clearing the Greensand Future project to store CO2 in the Nini West field in the North Sea. The Danish Energy Agency reported today, December 18, that the licensees behind Greensand Future, INEOS E&P, Harbour Energy an
Fugro has secured a contract with UAE-headquartered energy company Mubadala Energy for the delivery of advanced soil investigations at a deepwater gas development offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia. Under the contract defined as large and awarded by Mubadala Energy (South Andaman) RSC Limited, Fugro
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean and Norway’s oil & gas player Vår Energi have extended their decade-long subsea collaboration by signing a new long-term inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) frame agreement. DeepOcean’s scope includes subsea work across all Vår Energi’s operated asset
Ocean Infinity has taken delivery of the 14th and final vessel in its Armada fleet, ordered in 2020 as a fleet of next-generation robotics-equipped, low-emission vessels for geophysical and geotechnical surveys. The latest delivery completes the 86-meter class of Armada vessels, following the introd
Norway’s state-owned oil & gas company Equinor and compatriot ocean services provider DeepOcean have agreed on an extension of their existing frame agreement for subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services, taking their collaboration to 30 years. DeepOcean will deploy specialized IMR v
The Northern Lights joint venture (JV), encompassing oil majors Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has issued the first storage certificates for CO2 permanently stored in the Aurora reservoir in the North Sea, documenting the quantities of CO2 transported and stored. The first CO2 volumes were trans
A new seismic reimagining program is scheduled to be performed over Angola’s offshore Block 22 in support of the country’s upcoming licensing round. French geophysical services company Viridien, formerly CGG, announced today, December 10, a new multi-client seismic reimaging program over Angola’s “h
Australian energy player Santos has proposed to spud up to seven exploration and/or appraisal wells in the Commonwealth waters within the Bedout Basin, off the coast of Australia, in search of more hydrocarbons.
As its proposed merger with Sintana Energy continues to run in the background, Challenger Energy Group (CEG), the Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company, has expressed enthusiasm over the permits for seismic acquisition that have been issued in Uruguay, as the firm is convinced that this will
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has opened its second carbon storage licensing round, offering 14 locations offshore Scotland and England for exploration and appraisal, with the stores offering up to 2 gigatons of additional CO2 storage capacity. The round, opened today, December 9, offers
