Eni has exercised an option to keep a semi-submersible rig from Ventura Offshore Midco, a subsidiary of Brazilian offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore, operational offshore Indonesia.This is the second of four optional wells exercised by Eni in Indonesia for the semisubmersible drilling rig, SSV Catarina.SSV Catarina is Ventura Offshore’s 6th generation 10,000-ft semi-submersible drilling rig…
Combifloat Group of the Netherlands and Poseidon Barge of the United States, with the backing of Marine Equipment Solutions (MES), have launched a new joint venture (JV) under the name of Poseidon Jackup to bring ‘world-class’ modular jack-up technology to North America…
Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a decommissioning contract by BP for the Engineering, Preparation and Removal (EPR) of the Andrew platform’s topside and jacket.The scope includes the removal, transport and offloading of the topside, comprising the Flare and Kinnoull Module…
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract extensions with BP and Petrobras for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships.In aggregate, the fixtures represent approximately $243 million in firm contract backlog.In the U.S. Gulf of America…
Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul has ordered a rock installation vessel, specifically built to strengthen the protection of offshore energy and subsea data infrastructure.The vessel, named George W. Goethals, will be the company’s largest rock installation ship to date…
Aesen Pte. Ltd. (Aesen) and Dutch Offshore Contractors Holdings B.V. (DOC) formed Aesen DOC Cable Logistics Pte. Ltd., a joint venture to address the growing global demand for subsea cable transport, storage and logistics solutions.With global…
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has signed a new contract with Amni International Petroleum Development Company in Ghana for the Noble Venturer drillship.The contract is expected to start once the rig is released from its current…
Ørsted has signed a lease agreement for up to 100,000 square meters at the Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports, to support the development of its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.The site, located at Tyne Clean Energy Park in South Shields…
DEME, through its Taiwanese joint venture CDWE with CSBC Corporation, has secured a contract for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, covering the transport and installation of 35 foundations and the offshore substation, as well as the scour protection works…
Bowdun offshore wind farm, developed by Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), has launched an initiative to unlock a $1.35 billion (£1 billion) offshore wind opportunity for Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies to diversify into renewables.Bowdun…
MCS Group’s Photo Realistic 3D Cloud (PRC) technology has been deployed in the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) gas field development offshore Egypt, improving accuracy and reducing subsea survey time for Burullus Gas Company, a joint venture between…
Exxon Mobil, Brazilian state-run Petrobras and oil services provider TechnipFMC petitioned the country's antitrust regulator Cade to intervene in a merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, public documents seen by Reuters show.In filings submitted on Thursday…
Norway’s offshore industry safety watchdog Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has given Equinor consent to use the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible rig for operations in the North Sea.The rig will be used for plugging, drilling and completion of wells on the Visund Sør field…
Offshore energy industry suppliers Ocean Geophysics has partnered with EdgeTech, a specialist in underwater technology solutions, to deliver advanced data processing software for EdgeTech’s newly launched eBOSS (Enhanced Buried Object Scanning System)…
Lighting specialist Glamox has secured contracts from electrical contractors working for three yards to provide connected marine lighting and light management systems for 11 offshore High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter platforms.The…
