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November 21, 2024
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded its largest contract on record, a long-term subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) contract by Equinor. The eight-year contract will set a new benchmark for digitalized and environmentally friendly IMR operations.
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November 19, 2024
Eni's HPC6 supercomputer has achieved a debut ranking of No. 5 in the new TOP500’s list. HPC6 is the world’s first industrial-use supercomputer and the only non-U.S. system among the top five in the world.
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November 18, 2024
Paradigm has announced an expanded Aberdeen facility which will house its growing workforce and asset base, enabling it to deploy technologies that lower the carbon impact and cost of traditional oil and gas exploration and production operations.
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November 13, 2024
EnerMech has won a multi-million-pound contract to become the preferred provider of Flexible Hose Assembly (FHA) and Small Bore Tubing (SMT) management services for a major E&P organization’s U.K. assets. 
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November 12, 2024
INEOS and Royal Wagenborg have signed a landmark agreement on the delivery of CO2 transportation. This multi-year agreement will see Royal Wagenborg supply a newly built CO₂ carrier dedicated to Project Greensand, led by INEOS with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden.
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November 11, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services has successfully completed what is believed to be the largest vessel-based U.K. North Sea decommissioning campaign in history. The project spanned two years and involved the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of 21 wells.
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November 11, 2024
AGR’s reservoir management and subsurface team were selected by Norwegian E&P company Aker BP to conduct an independent third-party technical peer review of two carbon storage licenses in the Norwegian North Sea. 
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November 07, 2024
Camilla Salthe, Equinor’s Senior Vice President of Exploration & Production International UK is the latest industry leader to join the Board at Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) as the sector focuses on delivering homegrown, cleaner energies to the U.K.
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November 07, 2024
nexos, formerly known as Global E&C, has won an HVAC contract with energy transition operator EnQuest to provide services to their offshore assets in the U.K. Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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November 06, 2024
The latest data from this year’s OEUK Decommissioning Report being published later this month show a challenging picture of spiraling costs, political uncertainty and competition for the specialist equipment needed to dismantle oil and gas platforms and seal abandoned wells.
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October 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government went no further in toughening up the tax regime for North Sea oil and gas producers than measures already announced, keeping capital allowances in the windfall tax following protests from the industry. 
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) campaign by Vår Energi for 2025. The scope also includes additional light construction work to be completed within the same year.
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October 29, 2024
(WO) — TotalEnergies announces that the Harald East Middle Jurassic nearby exploration well (HEMJ-1X) has discovered additional gas condensate resources in the Harald field, in the Danish North Sea.
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October 28, 2024
(WO) — WPC Energy, the World Forum for Energy Transformation, has announced the appointment of Burcu Canci Gunal as Director General (CEO), effective January 1, 2025
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October 28, 2024
Vantage Drilling International announces the first day of trading its shares on Euronext Growth Oslo. The listing follows a series of value accretive transactions, including the previously announced MoU with TotalEnergies.
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October 25, 2024
Film-Ocean Ltd, a leading ROV specialist based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, has announced the appointment of Mr. Merv New as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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October 25, 2024
(WO) — Leading trade body Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) urges the Chancellor to use next week’s Autumn Statement to back the U.K.’s homegrown offshore energy sector and make the U.K. an irresistible place for energy investment.
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October 24, 2024
(WO) — Eni and KKR have signed an agreement under which KKR will take a 25% stake in Enilive’s share capital, for a total of $3.2 billion. The transaction brings together both companies' expertise to strengthen their energy businesses.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — Operators need to plug 200 North Sea oil and gas wells a year to meet targets. OEUK's 2024 report shows that a stable government can keep decommissioning jobs in the U.K. and prevent contracts being won by European rivals.
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October 15, 2024
OMMICA has supplied portable testing kits to one of Saudi Arabia’s leading oil and gas producers, a landmark achievement after almost 15 years utilizing its in-house chemical testing methodology.
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October 15, 2024
Elementz, a next-generation name in subsea asset integrity management software, has exceeded early expectations by securing work worth more than £500,000 in its first three months of operation.
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