General – 4D Campaign
TGS announced the award of four 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, three in the North Sea and one in the Barents Sea.
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Equinor awarded 27 new production licenses
Fossil Energy – Production Licenses
The Ministry of Energy of Norway has awarded Equinor 27 new production licenses in this year’s Awards in Predefined Areas (APA).
[Read more…] about Equinor awarded 27 new production licensesVattenfall signs contract for wind farm service vessels
Wind Energy – Service Operation Vessels
Vattenfall has signed a contract with French ship owner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs for up to three large Service Operation Vessels to be used at existing and planned offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
[Read more…] about Vattenfall signs contract for wind farm service vesselsSLB awarded multi-region deepwater contracts by Shell
Fossil Energy – Drilling
Shell has awarded Global energy technology company SLB a series of major drilling contracts to support capital-efficient energy development across its deep- and ultra-deepwater assets in the UK North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago, the Gulf of Mexico and others.
[Read more…] about SLB awarded multi-region deepwater contracts by ShellTrump calls for North Sea to be reopened and wind turbines removed
General – Politics
Donald Trump wants the North Sea to be reopened for oil exploration and wind turbines removed.
[Read more…] about Trump calls for North Sea to be reopened and wind turbines removedDraft tender regulation IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I-A announced
Wind Energy – Tender
RVO has published the tender scheme for the plots IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I.
[Read more…] about Draft tender regulation IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I-A announcedWell-Safe Solutions signs North Sea contracts worth US$25 million
Fossil Energy – Decommissioning
Well-Safe Solutions was awarded two new contracts totaling $25 million for well decommissioning activity in the UK Continental Shelf for Spirit Energy and an additional global operator using the Well-Safe Protector jack up and Well-Safe Defender semisubmersible.
[Read more…] about Well-Safe Solutions signs North Sea contracts worth US$25 millionPetrogas makes first gas discovery in UK North Sea
Fossil Energy – Discovery
Omani operator Petrogas has announced its maiden offshore gas discovery in the UK North Sea following a recent drilling campaign.
[Read more…] about Petrogas makes first gas discovery in UK North SeaGroundbreaking soil research helps design new offshore wind farms
Wind Energy – Soil Research
Commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), a large three-dimensional Ultra High Resolution Seismic (3D UHRS) soil survey was conducted in the North Sea for the first time from mid-June to the end of August 2024.
[Read more…] about Groundbreaking soil research helps design new offshore wind farmsNorth Star adds to EnBW deal with contract for CSOV
Wind Energy – CSOV Contract
UK-based North Star has secured a contract for a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) from EnBW, a deal that follows another with the German developer for a service operation vessel (SOV).
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