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Van Oord Installs 109 Cables at Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 08, 2025

Van Oord has completed the laying, burial, termination and testing of 109 array cables at the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. The Sofia project marked the first operational deployment of cable-laying vessel Calypso. Purpose-built to install cables for offshore wind projects worldwide…

Shell and Equinor Name CEO for UK Oil and Gas Joint Venture

Sep 08, 2025

Equinor and Shell have appointed Neil McCulloch as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Nicoletta Giadrossi as Chair of their offshore U.K. incorporated joint venture, Adura.The appointments mark a key step in establishing Adura as the U.K. North Sea’s largest independent oil and gas producer…

Giant Jack-Up Vessel Newbuild Starts Decom Work for Perenco in North Sea

Sep 08, 2025

Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jack-up vessel, named Obana, has started decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco.Obana is working on the decommissioning of the Galahad platform, after which it will move to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D…

COSLPioneer Semi-Sub Delivers Second Well for Vår Energi at North Sea Field

Sep 05, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has completed the drilling of second well at the Balder field in the North Sea using COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.COSLPioneer delivered the second well, BT-4, at the Balder field for Vår Energi…

NKT to Deliver Cables for Bornholm Energy Island Interconnection

Sep 04, 2025

Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has signed a contract with Energinet to deliver a HVDC power cable system for the offshore interconnector linking the Bornholm Energy Island to the power grid on Zealand.Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator (TSO)…

UK Approves 1.5GW Morgan Offshore Wind Project in Irish Sea

Sep 03, 2025

The U.K. has granted development consent for the 1.5 GW Morgan offshore wind farm, being developed jointly by JERA Nex bp and and Germany’s EnBW in the Irish Sea.The project is expected to generate enough electricity to power around 1.5 million homes once its 96 turbines become operational…

Skyborn Hires Contractors for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 02, 2025

Skyborn Renewables has secured contractors for all major packages of the 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, set for completion in 2028.The preferred supply agreements (PSAs), completed over the summer of 2025, include…

Delek, Eni Scoop $143.2M from Ithaca Energy Share Sale

Sep 02, 2025

Israeli energy investor Delek Group and Italian oil and gas explorer Eni have raised about 106 million pounds ($143.2 million) by selling their shares in UK's Ithaca Energy, a bookrunner said on Tuesday.The top two shareholders of Ithaca offloaded 49…

Equinor’s Barents Sea Wildcat Fails to Deliver

Sep 01, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Deimos prospect in the Barents Sea.The wildcat well 7117/4-1 was drilled in production license 1238, 135 kilometers west of the Snøhvit field and 260 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest…

Rotterdam's Offshore CO2 Pipeline Completed

Aug 31, 2025

The installation of the approximately 20-kilometer-long offshore pipeline for the Porthos CO2 transport and storage project has been completed. The pipeline will transport captured CO₂ from the Rotterdam port industry to storage reservoirs under the North Sea…

NKT Installs Cables for TenneT’s BorWin5 Offshore Grid Connection

Aug 28, 2025

Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has installed the HVDC power cable system for Tennet’s BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany.NKT said it completed the installation of the 320 kV HVDC system, completing the pull-in works…

OKEA Farms Into Aker BP-Operated North Sea License

Aug 28, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has entered into an agreement with Harbour Energy Norge to farm-in to a 20% working interest in Alpehumle license, located north of Gjøa, offshore Norway.OKEA’s position in the greater Gjøa area is strengthened by the farm-in of Alpehumle…

Borr Drilling Scoops $43M in New Jack-Up Rigs Deals

Aug 27, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured new contract commitments for two of its premium jack-up rigs and confirmed the start of operations for one of its rigs offshore Mexico.In the North Sea, Borr Drilling’s Prospector 1 jack…

BP Picks Bilfinger for Inspection Services Across North Sea Assets

Aug 26, 2025

Industrial services provider Bilfinger has secured a contract to provide inspection services using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) across all of BP’s North Sea assets.This contract follows the recent three-year extension of Bilfinger’s existing insulation…

Equinor Picks OneSubsea All-Electric Subsea Production System for North Sea Field

Aug 25, 2025

OneSubsea, a joint venture formed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor for a 12-well, all-electric Subsea Production System (SPS) in the Fram Sør field, offshore Norway…

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