Norwegian Businesses See Rise in Wind Industry-Offshore-Renewables.com
Onshore wind companies provided the largest revenue stream for the Norwegian renewables industry from sales…
Month: October 2020
MODEC Sets Out to Reduce Cost of Floating Wind-Offshore-Renewables.com
(Image: MODEC) Japanese FPSO specialist MODEC says it is working with partners to reduce the…
Total Keeps Dividend But Cuts Investment Target-Offshore-Renewables.com
Total trimmed its 2020 investment target on Friday after a sharp drop in third-quarter net…
Unique Floating Offshore Wind Design Gets DNV GL-Offshore-Renewables.com
(Photo: DNV GL) A unique double rotor floating wind turbine concept has earned a statement…
Eidesvik Offshore Nets Vessel Charters with
Viking Princess – Credit: Paul Misje/MarineTraffic.com Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik offshore has this week…
Brownfield Development: Tyra pieces falling into-Offshore-Renewables.com
Tyra – Denmark’s largest gas and condensate field and main gas processing hub – was,…
Exxon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as Pandemic Hits Oil-Offshore-Renewables.com
ExxonMobil Corp said on Thursday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including…
Offshore Equipment Hydraulic Maintenance-Offshore-Renewables.com
Image: Bosch Rexroth Tip #5: Condition Monitoring – If it isn’t broken, let it be…
Three60 to Deliver Duty Holder Services for DNO’s-Offshore-Renewables.com
Schooner and Ketch .- Credit: DNO Offshore oil and gas services company Three60 Energy has…
Carbon Trust Launches New Stage of Offshore Wind-Offshore-Renewables.com
Consultancy the Carbon Trust on Monday launched the fourth stage of its Offshore Wind Accelerator…
Keppel O&M, EMA Award Grant for
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Keppel Offshore & Marine have jointly awarded a research…
Lundin Gets Approval for North Sea Wildcat
West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig – Credit: Daniel Seljebø/Lundin Energy Norway Swedish oil firm Lundin…
Offshore Driller Launches “Wide range of
The UK-based offshore drilling company Awilco Drilling on Monday said it would launch a “wide…
Chevron Bets on Middle East Gas Riches and-Offshore-Renewables.com
After years of focusing on U.S. shale, Chevron Corp is staking its natural gas future…
Oceaneering Names Head of Business Development for-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Oceaneering Oceaneering, mostly known as a provider of subsea services to the international oil…
Shearwater Secures Five-month Extension for
Seismic survey services company Shearwater GeoServices has won a five-month contract extension for CGG’s Brazil…
Wintershall Dea Starts Development Drilling at
West Mira – Credit: Wintershall Dea Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started drilling…
HeliService Wins Two North Sea Gigs-Offshore-Renewables.com
Illustration – Image by dragancfm German offshore helicopter transportation company HeliService has won offshore wind-related…
Submersible Linear Position Sensors for Offshore
Image: NewTek Sensor Solution NewTek Sensor Solutions offers new, custom designs of Submersible Linear Position…
Number of Offshore Exploration Wells in Norway at
Oil firms are expected to drill just 30 exploration wells off the coast of Norway…
Eni Posts 3Q Loss. Output Drops but Full Year-Offshore-Renewables.com
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi – (File Photo: Eni) Italian energy group Eni’s balance sheet remains…
FSO Nabarima Is ‘Upright’ but Crude Transfer Could
A Venezuelan floating oil facility that had been listing in recent weeks is upright and…
Borr Drilling Sells Cold-stacked Jack-up Rig
Illustration – A Jack-up drilling rig / Credit: Bomboman/AdobeStock Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has…
Aker Solutions EBITDA Boosted by One-Off Gain from-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norwegian offshore engineering and equipment provider Aker Solutions reported a drop in revenue in the…
GC Rieber Shipping Nets W2W Gig in Offshore Wind
Credit: GC Rieber Shipping Norwegian offshore vessel owner GC Rieber Shipping has won a short-term…
IRClass Classes India’s First LNG-FSRU
Credit: IRClass Ship classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has classed India’s first LNG-FSRU….
Israel, Lebanon Hold Second Round of Sea Border-Offshore-Renewables.com
© Oleksii / Adobe Stock Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday held a second round of…
Total Makes Another Major Discovery Offshore South
French oil major Total has struck another major gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa. The company…
Malaysia: Petronas Launches Investigation into-Offshore-Renewables.com
Malaysian oil and gas giant said Thursday it was investigating the cause behind the incident…
Cash Buyers All Jacked-up for Rig Recycling
As the old saying goes, one man’s misery is another man’s fortune. This could not…
PHOTO: Heerema Installs P11-Unity Platform
Credit. Heerema Marine Contractors Dutch offshore installation services firm Heerema Marine Contractors has installed one…
Karoon Gets ANP Approval to Take Over-Offshore-Renewables.com
Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy said Friday that the Brazilian national oil regulator…
Trump, Biden Clash Over Climate, Oil Industry in-Offshore-Renewables.com
Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed over the country’s response to…
Cenovus Energy to Buy Rival Husky Energy-Offshore-Renewables.com
Cenovus Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal…
Floaters Set for Another Round
Up to a quarter of the active floating drilling rig fleet – drillship and semi-submersibles…
We Should Look at All-Offshore-Renewables.com
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Monday the world should be looking at all options…
ConocoPhillips Hires Prosafe Flotel for 2022 Work
Safe Boreas accommodation rig – Credit: Prosafe Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe said Monday…
Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying Vessel Nears Project Hub
© Je Roe / MarineTraffic.com Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy, expected to be used…
Emerson’s Automation Tech for BP’s Caspian Sea-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Emerson Engineering services giant Emerson has won a $14 million contract to provide automation…
Archer Nets Two-Year Extension with ‘Major’ North
Credit: Archer Oilfield and drilling services firm Archer said Thursday it had secured a two-year…
Tanker Approaches Listing FSO Nabarima to Load
The FSO Nabarima listing in the Gulf of Paria on October 16 (Photo: Fishermen and…
ABS Grants Approval in Principle for DSME Floater-Offshore-Renewables.com
Maritime and offshore classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted Approval in Principle…
Norway Rig Incident: Drilling Won’t Resume Until-Offshore-Renewables.com
Drilling at the West Bollsta offshore rig, where a 26-ton pipe accidentally dropped on the…
Europa Oil & Gas Granted License Extension
Europa Oil & Gas has received an extension of its Inezgane Offshore Permit in Morocco,…
Third Straight Quarterly Loss for Baker Hughes-Offshore-Renewables.com
Baker Hughes Co reported a third straight quarterly loss on Wednesday, as a coronavirus-induced slump…
Offshore Equipment Hydraulic Maintenance-Offshore-Renewables.com
The human body’s organs and blood could be compared to individual components and the fluid…
Heerema’s Sleipnir Crane Vessel Installs
Dutch offshore installation contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has installed two jackets for wind farm developer…
Reach Subsea Nets Vessel Deal in Gulf of Mexico
Olympic Challenger – Credit: Paul Misje/MarineTraffic.com Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea has said…
Huisman to Deliver Giant Skyhook Crane to Norway-Offshore-Renewables.com
Dutch crane specialist Huisman has signed a letter of intent with Norway-based Wergeland and PSW…
MENCK Assembles Pile Driver for-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Acteon Germany-based MENCK, an Acteon offshore engineering firm specializing in hydraulic pile-driving services,…
GE’s Giant Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine
The world’s largest offshore wind turbine in operation, GE’s Haliade-X prototype, has been upgraded, or…
Nexans Aurora Fitted With Cable Lay
Photo: Maats Norwegian offshore shipbuilder Ulstein, constructing the Nexans Aurora cable layer for Nexans,…
USCG Performs Rescue Drill on Wind Turbine-Offshore-Renewables.com
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard) As the U.S. offshore wind industry begins to build up,…
Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Joins McDermott Board-Offshore-Renewables.com
File Photo – Neil Bruce (Credit. SNC-Lavalin) Offshore installation firm McDermott has appointed Neil…
Equinor Gets Clearance to Drill Barents Sea-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has received approval to drill a wildcat well in the production…
Pacific Drilling Can’t Appeal Samsung Drillship
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling can’t appeal the ruling under which it was in January…
Turkey May Work with Foreign Companies to Bring
Turkey may cooperate with foreign firms to bring online its giant gas find in the…
Digitizing Risk-based Integrity Management of-Offshore-Renewables.com
Industries are adapting to an increasingly digitalized landscape. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)…
Bangladesh Cancels LNG Import Tender over High
Bangladesh is canceling another tender to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December, as it…
Former Petronas Exec to join EnQuest Board-Offshore-Renewables.com
(File Photo: EnQuest) UK-based, the North Sea and Malaysia focused, oil and gas company…
BW Offshore Liquidates Subsidiary after FPSO Stuck-Offshore-Renewables.com
Oslo-listed FPSO leasing specialist BW Offshore is liquidating its New Zealand subsidiary operating the FPSO…
The Digital Oilfield is Arriving Sooner-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Coronavirus and a surge of available connectivity means take-up of new E&P technologies is…
OHT’s Offshore Wind Vessel to Feature Kongsberg
Credit; Kongsberg Kongsberg Maritime, under a contract with maritime services and solutions provider MacGregor,…
CNOOC Hires Stena Drillship to Drill Offshore
Stena Forth – Credit: Oleksandr Bochalovsky/MarineTraffic.com Chinese oil company CNOOC has signed a contract…
PNOC, CNOOC to Start Offshore Exploration Venture
Credit; Jadestone Energy The president of the exploration arm of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)…
PDVSA Plans to Offload Oil from Tilting FSO
Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) plans to offload crude from the Nabarima…
Equinor Starts Onshore Prep Works for Northern-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norwegian energy company Equinor has signed a contract with Skanska for building site preparation and…
Cadeler Nets Hornsea 2 Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore wind farm installation company Cadeler, until recently known as Swire Blue Ocean, has signed…
Maersk Drilling’s Drillship to Drill More Wells
Credit: Maersk Drilling Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has secured more work for…
Turkey Raises Size Estimate of Giant Black Sea Gas
Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast…
Harvey Gulf Equipping Four More PSVs for Tri-fuel
U.S. offshore support vessel company Harvey Gulf International has ordered Wärtsilä’s energy storage system for…
Offshore Surveyors OFG, EMGS Enter CSEM Tech Pact-Offshore-Renewables.com
Schematic view of a controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey. A horizontal electric dipole (HED) is…
Lounsbury Joins Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions
LaDawn Lounsbury (Photo: Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions) U.S.-based Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions said it…
Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig Contract Suspended
Illustration: Jack-up rig being towed – Credit: bomboman/AdobeStock Jack-up rig drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has…
Eni CEO Should Be Acquitted in Nigeria Graft Case,-Offshore-Renewables.com
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi ( Credit: Eni – File Photo) Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi…