Europe's gas market could tighten further ahead of the winter season as storage levels remain well below last year and the continent faces competition from Asia for LNG shipments, the CEO of Norway's Equinor told Reuters on Wednesday.Europe's…
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has extended the expiration date for the conditional letter of award (CLOA) for its Platinum Explorer ultra-deepwater drillship, agreed with an undisclosed client.The 90-day validity period of the…
Canadian exploration and production company Central European Petroleum (CEP) has made a significant oil discovery in its fully owned and operated Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, located in the Baltic Sea, offshore Poland.The WE1 well was drilled using…
OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy, the partners in Han Asparuh block in the Black Sea, have hired Noble Corporation’s Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship to drill two exploration wells offshore Bulgaria.The two wells will be drilled on the Han-Asparuh Block…
Dutch offshore contractor Marine Masters has completed its offshore scope for the decommissioning of the South Angsi Alpha (SAA) platform, operated by Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia, marking a major milestone in the repurposing of retired offshore infrastructure…
Singaporean shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered next-generation Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) to new client Yeosu Ocean for offshore wind farm operations in South Korea.The 27-meter-long CTV is based on the StratCat 27 design, developed in close collaboration with BMT…
The New York State Public Service Commission has terminated its offshore wind transmission planning process due to stalled federal permitting, to protect state ratepayers from premature infrastructure costs, it said on Thursday.This halts the…
Equinor has selected CHC Helicopter, a crew transportation and search and rescue operations specialist, for a three-year contract to support its Mariner and Rosebank fields in the North Sea.CHC will provide sole-use S92 support for Rosebank for three years…
Taihan’s cable laying vessel (CLV), PALOS, has successfully completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind farm in South Korea.The project, being developed Nakwol Blue Heart, is located near Songido…
U.K.-based oil firm EnQuest has been awarded a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block C, offshore Brunei, by the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam (PABD).EnQuest EP BV, a subsidiary of EnQuest, will initially be the sole operator of the PSA with the intention to subsequently…
Oil and gas firm OMV has drilled a dry wildcat well in the Hoffmann prospect in the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6606/4-1 S was drilled in production license 1194, which was awarded in 2023 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2022).OMV is the operator of the license with 40% working interest…
China's state-owned oil and gas firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made a ‘major breakthrough’ in the exploration of metamorphic buried hills in the deep plays in the South China Sea for the first time, as it makes an oil and gas find in Beibu Gulf…
Singapore-based mooring and anchoring specialist Mooreast Holdings has partnered with Norway-based GeoProvider to strengthen capabilities in offshore data analysis and enhance its value proposition to the floating offshore renewable energy market…
Fugro has secured a seven-year framework agreement with EirGrid, Ireland’s state-owned electricity transmission operator, to deliver a full suite of geo-data surveys for the 'Powering Up Offshore - South Coast' project.The initiative will develop…
The U.K. Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, with the consent decision now expected within the next six months…
