Saipem has been awarded two new contracts for E&C offshore activities in Europe, specifically in Romania and in Germany, with a total value of approximately 1.8 billion euro.

Shelf Drilling, Ltd. announces that a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling (North Sea), Ltd has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited for operations at the Golden Eagle platform in the UK Central North Sea. The firm term of the contract is two wells, approximating to between four and five months.

The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) announces the publication of two new guidance documents that provide a pathway for qualified companies to receive recognition for their commitments toward enhancing safety and environmental performance in offshore operations.

Koil Energy Solutions, Inc., an international specialist in subsea energy equipment and services, today announced the receipt of $4M worth of orders for flying leads and distribution manifolds directly from operators.

The oil and gas industry has relied on traditional computers to tackle their mathematical challenges for decades. Despite the significant improvements in the speed and precision of classical supercomputers, they can sometimes fall short when calculations involve multiple variables. This limitation could be overcome with quantum computers, which, in theory, can perform some of the most complex computations, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

bp and OMV have signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) covering supply of up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year for 10 years from 2026.

Aberdeen-based process safety firm, Salus Technical, has successfully launched a working prototype of its artificial intelligence (AI) tool, HAZOP AI, which is designed for Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP).

In a first for the business, EnerMech has been awarded a five-year contract to provide its specialist offshore crane operation and maintenance services in Malaysia – a first for the firm in Asia.

Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the CNS, SNS and East Irish Sea.

C-Kore Systems has successfully completed a decommissioning campaign offshore Australia, using C-Kore Sensor Monitor units to interrogate the wellhead pressure and temperature sensors on the subsea oilfield. With their automated test routine, the C-Kore Sensor Monitor units quickly and repeatedly tested and data-logged the information allowing the Operator to complete their offshore campaign swiftly and safely.

Danos has been awarded a contract allowing the energy services provider to perform work across bp’s five assets in the Gulf of Mexico. The three-year agreement includes planning and estimating, fabrication, installation and maintenance repair.

Wellesley Petroleum AS (“Wellesley”) notes the NPD announcement of the drilling results of exploration well 35/10-10 S and appraisal sidetrack well 35/10-10 A, operated by Wellesley. Drilling took place in license PL1148 (Wellesley 50%, DNO 30%, Equinor 10%, AkerBP 10%) with the Deepsea Yantai rig. The wells were targeting the Carmen prospect and resulted in a commercial hydrocarbon discovery.

TechnipFMC has received a significant⁽¹⁾ award by Azule Energy to supply flexible pipe for its Ndungu project, offshore Angola.

Leading provider of inspection, expediting, auditing and technical staffing services, Fulkrum, has been awarded a seven-figure contract for the provision of third-party inspection services on Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG (PALNG) Phase 1 project in Port Arthur, Texas.

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI) has awarded well integrity and well control specialist Add Energy funding to develop a method to standardize blowout event consequence analysis to support consistent risk measurement of unwanted well control events.

PGS is currently processing over 2 000 sq. km of new broadband 3D seismic data for offshore Côte d’Ivoire Data, for delivery in August 2023. The data benefits from the latest KPSTM processing to image prolific Cretaceous reservoir targets.