Falklands Oil Explorer in Board Changes-Offshore-Renewables.com
Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkand…
Month: December 2020
Enquest, Qualimar to Remove Northern Producer
Oil and gas company Enquest, and Qualimar, the owner of the Northern Producer offshore oil…
SSE Sells North Sea Gas Fields to Viaro Energy.-Offshore-Renewables.com
Scotland-based energy company SSE plc has agreed to sell all of its interests in its…
Petrobras Divests Sete Interest
Illustration: An offshore rig in Brazil /lazyllama Brazilian oil company Petrobras has divested its stake…
Battered Energy Sector Could get Reprieve from-Offshore-Renewables.com
Energy, Wall Street’s worst-performing industry in 2020, could see its fortunes improve in the new…
The Digital Oilfield is Arriving-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Coronavirus and a surge of available connectivity means take up of new E&P technologies…
Ocean Yield’s Dry Bulk Vessel La Loirais Sold
Image by – . rainville/MarineTraffic French shipping firm Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has sold the “La…
BP’s Closely Watched Ironbark Offshore
BP’s closely watched Ironbark exploration well offshore W. Australia, which partners had hoped could unearth…
Lukoil’s North Caspian Sea Fields Hit Oil Output-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Lukoil Russian oil giant Lukoil said Tuesday its cumulative production of oil had exceeded…
Japan’s Green Growth Strategy to Help Hit Carbon-Offshore-Renewables.com
Japan laid out a “green growth strategy” last Friday that includes a goal to replace…
Nord Stream 2 Completes Pipe Laying Works in
The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 consortium said on Monday it has completed laying pipes for…
Awilco Drilling Terminates Rig Building Contract
Offshore driller Awilco Drilling said Monday it had terminated its offshore rig construction order with…
Baker Hughes Flexible Pipe: Reinventing the-Offshore-Renewables.com
In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion…
ZPMC Launches JSD 6000 Deepwater Heavy-lift
Credit: Ulstein China’s ZPMC has launched the Ulstein-designed JSD 6000 deepwater heavy-lift pipelay vessel at…
Karish FPSO Mooring System Installation
Credit: Jumbo Dutch offshore installation services company Jumbo has shared a video of its recently…
Borr Drilling Names New CFO
Illustration only – Prospector 5 drilling rig – Image by Huw Gibby – MarineTraffic Offshore…
HMDC to Get Financial Support from Gov’t for-Offshore-Renewables.com
Andrew Furey, Premier of Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced financial support for the…
Shell Completes Acquisition of Offshore Blocks in
Illustration; Deepwater drillship – Image by nikkytok – AdobeStock Colombian oil and gas company Ecopetrol…
Brazilian Oil Firm Buys Offshore Drilling Rig for
Credit: MarineTraffic Brazilian oil company PetroRio has signed an agreement to buy a 1974-built semi-submersible…
Fortuna Pipelayer Leaves Nord Stream 2 German-Offshore-Renewables.com
The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna has left the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction site…
SBM Offshore, Shell Extend Brazil FPSO Term. SBM-Offshore-Renewables.com
Oil giant Shell has extended the contract for the lease of SBM Offshore’s Espirito Santo…
Cairn Energy Wins $1.2 B Tax Arbitration Case-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit; Cairn Energy Cairn Energy said on Wednesday it had won an international arbitration case…
Petrobras Finds ‘Excellent Quality’ Oil at Buzios-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Petrobras Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has said it has confirmed oil of excellent quality…
North West Shelf Partners Execute 3rd-Offshore-Renewables.com
For illustration; North Rankin Complex, North West Shelf Project, Western Australia – Credit: Woodside (File…
U.S. DOE Grants $21M for Offshore Wind Tech-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Fokke/AdobeStock The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently granted $21 million in funding…
Santos Nabs Exploration Permit Offshore W.
Credit: NOPTA Australian oil and gas company Santos has been granted an offshore exploration license…
MMA Offshore Wins Two Contracts for MMA Privilege
MMA Privilege – Credit:_Sir Steve/MarineTraffic Australian offshore vessel operator MMA Offshore has recently secured two…
U.S. Readying Fresh Round of Sanctions Against-Offshore-Renewables.com
The United States is urging European allies and private companies to halt work that could…
Dayang Enterprise to Maintain Shell’s Topsides in
Illustration – Shell’s Gumusut Kakap Platform in Malaysia – Credit: Ika Prasetyawan/MarineTraffic.com Malaysia’s Dayang Enterprise…
ABS Rubberstamps MODEC’s New FPSO Hull Repair-Offshore-Renewables.com
Illustratoin only -An FPSO – Credit: Igor Kardasov/AdobeStock Japanese FPSO contractor MODEC’s new offshore repair…
Rockhopper Eyes ‘Significant monetary damages’ in-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit:MichaelJBerlin/AdobeStock Rockhopper Exploration on Thursday said that a ruling on its arbitration against Italy over…
Wison’s FLNG Designs Get ABS AiP
Illustration only – An FLNG Unit by Wison – Credit: Wison Wison Offshore and Marine’s…
Pacific Drilling Set to Emerge from Bankruptcy as
Pacific Drilling drillships – Credit: Rab Lawrence/Flickr under CC BY 2.0 license Offshore drilling contractor…
Rem Offshore Nets Long-term Charter for Newly
Credit: Rem Offshore Rem Offshore, a Norwegian offshore vessel owner which last week ordered an…
Atlantis Delivers Tidal Power Equipment to Japan-Offshore-Renewables.com
Illustration only – Credit:Alexandr Mitiuc/AdobeStock Tidal energy developer Atlantis said Tuesday its Scottish-made tidal generation…
ConocoPhillips Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery
Leiv Eiriksson – Credit: MarineTraffic ConocoPhillips on Tuesday announced a “significant” new oil discovery in…
Eni, PTTEP Grab Hold of Giant Offshore Block in
Italian oil and gas firm Eni and Thailand’s national oil company PTTEP have been awarded…
Nord Stream 2 to Start Laying Gas Pipes in Danish
The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 consortium is expected to start laying gas pipes in Danish…
EMGS Nets Gulf of Mexico Survey Gig
Atlantic Guardian – Credit: EMGS Norwegian offshore survey services company EMGS has secured a contract…
Heerema’s Thialf Removes Sable Offshore
Credit: Heerema Marine Contractors Credit: Heerema Marine Contractors Credit: Heerema Marine Contractors Credit: Heerema Marine…
Huisman Crane for First Jones Act Wind Turbine-Offshore-Renewables.com
Dutch offshore equipment provider Huisman has signed a contract with Keppel AmFELS for the delivery…
Esvagt SOV Rescues Injured Fishermen in the North
Last Tuesday, the crew of the service operations vessel (SOV) Esvagt Njord helped save seven…
Woodside Wraps Buy of Cairn’s Interests Offshore-Offshore-Renewables.com
Australian oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has completed the acquisition of Cairn’s stake in…
GE to Deliver Giant 14MW Wind Turbines for Dogger-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Dogger Bank GE Renewable Energy has been confirmed as the preferred turbine supplier for…
ONGC Taps Shearwater for Offshore Seismic Survey
SW Vespucci – Credit: Shearwater Offshore seismic data acquisition services company Shearwater GeoServices has secured…
MHWirth to Deliver $80M Drilling Equipment Package
Drilling solutions provider MHWirth has secured an order to deliver a drilling equipment package for…
Shelf Drilling Sells Jack-Up Rig to ADNOC for
Credit: Gusto Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has agreed to sell a jack-up drilling…
Trident Energy Books Vantage Jack-Up for E. Guinea
Credit: Vantage Drilling Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has won a two-well contract for its…
Aker Solutions to Integrate Ormen Lange Phase 3-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Shell Norwegian energy services company Aker Solutions has won a letter of intent with…
Bahia Grande to Keep Solstad Offshore Vessel Until
Credit: Solstad Offshore Norway-based offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore said Monday it has secured a…
Weir to Deliver 1,800 Sets of Wellheads and Trees
Credit: Weir Oil &Gas Oilfield equipment supplier Weir Oil & Gas has signed a five-year…
GMS Bags Extensions for Jack-Up Duo-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: GMS Gulf Marine Services, a provider of jack-up service vessels for the offshore energy…
Edison Chouest Inks Deal for Battery-equipped PSV-Offshore-Renewables.com
© Peter Dieter Jansen / MarineTraffic.com Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has entered into a contract…
Scorpio Bulkers to Exit Dry Bulk Sector in 2021 to
Credit: Scorpio Bulkers Following a string of bulk carrier vessel sales and a plan to…
BPC Spuds Perseverance #1 Offshore
Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has started drilling at its maiden offshore well in the Bahamas,…
UK, Norway Offshore O&G Sectors to See Modest Rise
After a turbulent 2020 for the oil and gas industry, 2021 is expected to see…
Greenpeace Loses Norway Supreme Court Case over-Offshore-Renewables.com
Norway’s supreme court upheld government plans for Arctic oil exploration on Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit…
Solstad Nets North Sea, Suriname Charters for
Credit: Solstad Offshore Norway’s Solstad Offshore said Thursday it had secured contracts for three platform…
Iberdrola Breezes Into Polish Offshore Wind-Offshore-Renewables.com
Iberdrola’s chairman and CEO Ignacio Galán at an offshore wind farm (Credit: Iberdrola) Iberdrola said…
Polarcus, Sovcomflot in Seismic Survey Deal in Far-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: Polarcus Oslo-listed marine seismic company Polarcus has signed a memorandum of agreement with Sovcomflot…
Ammonia Fuel Cells for Deep-Sea Shipping: A Key
Interest in ammonia-powered fuel cells for the maritime sector is growing, but stakeholders have been…
Heerema’s Aegir Installs Module on
Drone photo during installation Transit from MMHE to Pluto Dutch offshore installation services company Heerema…
Danish Firm Working on ‘World’s largest’ Wave-Offshore-Renewables.com
Denmark-based clean-tech company Floating Power Plant (FPP) said Friday it was building what it said…
Flurry of Charters for DOF Subsea
Offshore vessel operator DOF Subsea has said it has secured several new contracts in the…
Seadrill Names New COO, CTO
Offshore drilling company Seadrill has appointed Reid Warriner as Chief Operating Officer and Leif Neilson…
Havyard Delivers Offshore Wind Service Vessel to-Offshore-Renewables.com
Caption: ‘ESVAGT Schelde’ doing a test run on the Sognefjord. Photo: UavPic/via Havyard Norway’s Havyard…
Odfjell Drilling Nets Four-year Term on
Image Credit: Wintershall DEA Offshore drilling services company Odfjell Drilling has won a four-year extension…
Siem Offshore Loses Offshore Vessel Contract in
Siem Pilot/ Credit: Dean Porter – MarineTraffic Norwegian offshore vessel operator Siem Offshore has seen…
Equinor Adds Two Wells to Deepsea Atlantic Rig
The Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig. (Photo: Marit Hommedal / Equinor ASA) Norwegian oil and gas…
Cadeler’s ‘Wind Orca’ to Sport New Crane for
Offshore wind turbine installation company Cadeler, until recently known as Swire Blue Ocean, has ordered…
Reliance, BP Start Production from Ultra-Deepwater-Offshore-Renewables.com
Credit: BP India’s Reliance Industries and the British oil major BP on Friday announced the…
Aker BP to Develop Gray Seal Discovery via Skarv
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has decided to develop the Gråsel (Gray Seal)…
Norway Approves Neptune’s Gjøa Field Expansion-Offshore-Renewables.com
Further development of Gjøa yields additional resources of around 15 million barrels of oil equivalent….
Van Oord Orders ‘Green’ Cable Layer for Offshore
Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord has ordered a “green” cable-laying vessel from the Norwegian shipbuilder…
First Results Are In: Maersk Drilling’s Hybrid
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling’s Maersk Intrepid jack-up drilling unit, recently converted to a hybrid,…