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Denmark Receives Offshore Wind Bids as Tender Scheme Rebounds

May 22, 2026

Denmark has received bids for two offshore wind areas in the North Sea and Kattegat designated for at least 1.8 GW of offshore wind capacity, the Danish Energy Agency has informed.The bids cover the Nordsøen Midt (Central North Sea) and Hesselø offshore wind areas. The deadline for submissions expired on May 20, 2026.The projects are being tendered under a state support scheme guaranteeing offshore wind developers a fixed electricity price…

Equinor Taps DeepOcean for Norwegian Continental Shelf Subsea Work

May 28, 2026

DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea contract package by Equinor covering multiple fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, including projects in the North Sea and Barents Sea, with offshore work planned across the 2027-28 seasons.The contract…

TDI-Brooks Survey Vessel Gyre Arrives in Liberia

May 27, 2026

TDI-Brooks, in collaboration with GeoPartners Ltd and the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), has secured a contract for a multi-client multibeam echo sounder (MBES) and seep sampling survey for offshore Liberia. The project will provide…

CRP Subsea Secures Cable Protection Contract for Offshore Wind

May 27, 2026

CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has recently secured a substantial contract from Seaway7 involving supplying cable protection systems for ScottishPower Renewables East Anglia TWO wind project, located in the North Sea.Under this agreement, CRP Subsea…

Well-Safe Expands Into Well Operatorship with First UK North Sea Job

May 26, 2026

Well-Safe Solutions has secured its first contract to provide full well operatorship and asset execution services for an unnamed client in the UK North Sea.The contract expands the company’s service offering into integrated well lifecycle services…

Brent Jumps 2% After US Strikes in Iran Rattle Oil Markets

May 26, 2026

Brent crude futures rose more than 2% on Tuesday after the U.S. military carried out strikes in Iran, keeping markets on edge as a deal to end the war and open up the Strait of Hormuz remained elusive.Brent futures LCOc1 were up $2.36, or 2…

Unity Wins North Sea Decom Contracts, Expands Overseas

May 22, 2026

Unity has secured more than $8 million (£6 million) in new contracts, including a multi-million-dollar North Sea well decommissioning project, as the Aberdeen-based well integrity specialist expands internationally.The company said the North…

Eni Inks Long-Term Indonesia LNG Supply Agreements

May 22, 2026

Eni has signed three long-term agreements with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sellers of the South Hub and North Hub gas projects in Indonesia to purchase LNG, strengthening its global LNG portfolio and expanding supply from the Southeast Asian country…

UK Moves to Close Tax Loophole Used by Oil and Gas Firms

May 22, 2026

British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Thursday she would stop multinationals, including oil and gas firms, from reducing their tax liability by using corporate structures that involve foreign branches.Reeves made the announcement in…

DeepOcean Lines Up North Sea FPSO Decom Job

May 21, 2026

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been engaged to support the subsea decommissioning and disconnection of an undisclosed floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit currently located in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.DeepOcean’s…

Sea Lion Partners Eye Major Offshore Expansion with Second FPSO

May 21, 2026

Rockhopper Exploration has informed that the operator Navitas Petroleum is studying an accelerated expansion of the Sea Lion offshore oil development north of the Falkland Islands after signing a memorandum of understanding for a second floating production…

TGS Secures OBN Survey Contract off Norway

May 21, 2026

Energy data and intelligence specialist TGS has secured of an ocean bottom node (OBN) contract in the Norwegian North Sea.Mobilization will start in June, and the contract has a duration of approximately 25 days.'We are very pleased to secure…

Equinor and Aker BP Swap Stakes in Norwegian Offshore Fields

May 21, 2026

Equinor and Aker BP have agreed to swap stakes in several oil and gas fields offshore Norway, as part of a strategic collaboration aimed at increasing production and value creation across selected areas.The companies said the agreement focuses initially on the Troll-Fram…

PALFINGER to Supply Cranes for North Sea HVDC Platforms

May 20, 2026

PALFINGER has secured a contract to supply davit cranes for five offshore converter platforms in the North Sea, expanding its presence in the offshore wind market as Europe accelerates grid infrastructure development tied to renewable energy projects…

Aker BP Cleared to Drill Wildcat Well in North Sea

May 20, 2026

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 15/6-17 in production license 979.The license is operated by Aker BP with 60% working interest, while Equinor holds the remaining 40%…

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