Norwegian semi-submersible rig owner Dolphin Drilling has secured as new contract with Ineos Energy on the Norwegian continental shelf. The work is scheduled to commence during the third quarter of 2021, and is for the drilling of the Fat Canyon well in the Norwegian Sea. The company will be utilising 1977-built rig Borgland Dolphin and the […]

Neptune Energy has announced the award of integrity management and fabric maintenance contracts for its operated gas production platform, Cygnus, to Oceaneering and Stork, to the value of approximately $6.5 million.  Oceaneering will supply integrity management services covering pressure systems, structural, pipeline, erosion management and offshore inspection services. Oceaneering will work closely with Stork which […]

Equinor has been awarded 17 new production licences by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in the 2020 Award in Predefined Areas (APA) – 10 licences as operator and 7 licences as partner. “We are pleased about the awards that will be an important supplement to our exploration portfolio and form the basis for future […]

TechnipFMC has announced that it has resumed plans to split the business into two publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies. The company announced the separation plan last year, however the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the process. TechnipFMC believes the separation would enhance both companies’ focus on their respective strategies and provide both improved flexibility and growth […]

Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and ADQ, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Abu Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance. The Alliance partners will collaborate to establish Abu Dhabi as a trusted leader of low-carbon green and blue hydrogen in emerging international markets. They will also […]

Based on the previously announced  Conditional Letter of Award, Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for the deepwater rigs Maersk Valiant and Mærsk Developer from Total E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch, for Total’s exploration and appraisal project in Suriname’s Block 58. Mærsk Developer and Maersk Valiant will be employed for an estimated combined total duration of […]

DNV GL, the assurance and risk Management Company, will change its name to DNV on 1 March 2021. The move comes after a comprehensive review of the company’s strategy as it positions itself for a world in which many of DNV’s markets are undergoing fundamental change. The present name has been in place since the […]

SAP SE  and DNV GL, one of the largest independent management and quality assurance experts, said they have teamed up to deliver a new industry cloud solution, Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Manager, designed to tackle a major problem facing the integrity of oil and gas plants. Corrosion Under Insulation Manager is one of the latest […]

Exports of LNG from West Africa’s four producers showed impressive resilience in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on gas demand generally, an analysis of S&P Global Platts Analytics data showed.  Total LNG exports from the four exporting countries in the region — Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria — totaled 39 Bcm, […]

Wintershall Noordzee B.V. (a 50:50 Joint Venture of Wintershall Dea GmbH and Gazprom EP International B.V.) has started up the production of the D12-B3 well, the Sillimanite South field discovery well. This gas field was discovered last year following the completion of the second Sillimanite development well which was taken into production in June last […]