Wood to help boost gas integration at Equinor’s Snorre field
New US$27 million EPCI contract with Equinor in the Norwegian North Sea.
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This spotlight session reviews and discusses Nanoprecise’s recent article for Oilfield Technology, entitled ‘Powering Oil and Gas Operations with AI’
Kongsberg Maritime secures LARS contract with Sea1 Offshore
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a major contract with Sea1 Offshore to deliver Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) for the company’s four new offshore construction vessels. Each vessel will be equipped with two advanced LARS units, supporting subsea construction and ROV operations.
Rapid development extends the lifetime of Norne
With reserves of 36 million bbls of oil, Verdande helps extend Norne’s production beyond 2030.
West Africa’s grid transformation to take centre stage at MSGBC 2025
Regional leaders will examine grid integration, regulatory reforms and investment opportunities shaping West Africa’s evolving power market.
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Acteon inks three-year Petrobras contract for enhanced mooring asset integrity
Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has been awarded a three-year contract by Petrobras, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston in May 2025.
AkerBP celebrates 10 years of Edvard Grieg
The Edvard Grieg field celebrates ten years of production and introduces a new area name: Eiga.
Organic Oil Recovery technology achieves breakthrough sampling contract in key South America market
Hunting PLC, the precision engineering group, today announces that Hunting Energy Services Production Technology, Inc., Hunting’s recently acquired business which aims to optimise oil reservoir performance and recovery rates, has secured its first sampling and testing contract award in Brazil.
Shell and Equinor complete formation of Adura, which will be the UK’s largest independent North Sea producer
Shell UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Shell plc and Equinor UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA have completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company. Adura will be the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea.
TotalEnergies strengthens its global collaboration with Chevron
Further to an ongoing discussion of global exploration opportunities between TotalEnergies and Chevron, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria has signed a farmout agreement to sell to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, a 40% participation in the PPL 2000 and PPL 2001 exploration licenses, offshore Nigeria.
Kongsberg Discovery and MacArtney partner for turnkey ROTV surveying and inspection capability
The agreement, signed today at Kongsberg Discovery’s facility in Horten, Norway, was lauded as “a natural partnership”.