Offshore news
Neptune Energy welcomes contract award for Snøhvit Future project
Neptune Energy has welcomed Equinor’s announcement, on behalf of the Snøhvit partnership, to award a major contract for the Snøhvit Future project in Norway to Aibel. ?
Unity in development of an additive manufactured well control component
The new technology is a result of a collaborative research and development project with Net Zero Technology Centre and Spirit Energy.
Offshore workers balloted for strike action
Unite the union has announced that offshore workers employed by Petrofac on the FPF1 platform, and the Wood Group UK Limited on TAQA platforms are being balloted for strike action, as a growing wave of industrial unrest hits the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).
BiSN awarded key North Sea contract
The contract requires BiSN to use its proprietary Wel-lok™ alloy barrier technology to safely and efficiently plug and abandon oil and gas wells in the North Sea.
Equinor makes new discovery by North Sea Troll field
The company has made an oil and gas discovery close to the Troll field in the North Sea. This is the seventh discovery in this area since the autumn of 2019.
NSTA’S Energy Pathfinder highlights business opportunities in the North Sea
Initially launched as an oil and gas portal in 2010, Pathfinder has been regularly updated to meet changing needs and now features projects including well decommissioning campaigns, offshore wind and carbon capture and storage opportunities.
OEUK comments on Shell profits announcement and calls for new windfall taxes
Offshore Energies UK says calls by politicians to impose UK windfall taxes on companies’ global profits risked misleading voters and consumers.
Keppel Shipyard Ltd to deliver FPSO to SBM Offshore
This is the third FPSO that Keppel Shipyard is delivering to SBM Offshore and will be chartered to the consortium of ExxonMobil, CNOOC, and Hess to operate in offshore Guyana.
Transocean Ltd. announces contract award for ultra-deepwater drillship
The company has announced that the ultra-deepwater drillship, Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2, has been awarded a 910-day contract by a national oil company for work offshore Brazil.
Saipem awarded two offshore contracts for total of US$900 million
The first contract, in partnership with Aker Solutions do Brasil, has been awarded by Total Energies, for the LAPA Southwest (LAPA SW) Development Project, a deepwater oilfield in the Santos Basin in the South Atlantic.