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December 20, 2024
READ (including subsidiaries READ Cased Hole and ANSA) has announced a new chapter in their corporate evolution within global well-integrity services and solutions.
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December 19, 2024
Expro has won a contract valued at over $10 million for the provision of a well decommissioning solution. The solution combines subsea safety systems and surface processing design to enable both safe well entry and effective fluids management.
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December 19, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd has set a new industry benchmark for North Sea decommissioning. Across the course of 2024 the Aberdeen-headquartered company successfully plugged and abandoned (P&A) 30 wells in the UK North Sea using the Island Valiant vessel.
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December 17, 2024
Elementz, a new Aberdeen-based company specializing in subsea asset integrity management software, has unveiled the board of directors that will oversee its goal of achieving turnover of £2 million in year one.
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December 16, 2024
Following an announcement that the UK and Norway governments have agreed to support a new Green Industrial Partnership that will combine their capabilities on clean energy and drive economic growth, OEUK published a response.
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December 12, 2024
TechnipFMC has been given full notice to proceed with the previously announced contract for the first all-electric integrated project by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), a joint venture between bp, Equinor, and TotalEnergies.
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December 11, 2024
Offshore Energies UK has announced that international disaster recovery specialist Lucy Easthope will provide the keynote speech at its 2025 Health, Safety and Environment Conference.
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December 10, 2024
INEOS with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, has made a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the first commercial phase of Project Greensand, with storage operations set to begin at the end of 2025/early 2026.
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December 10, 2024
Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) has announced development of the UK's first CCS project in partnership with TotalEnergies. NEP, in which TotalEnergies holds a 10% shareholding interest, will permanently store up to an initial 4 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
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December 09, 2024
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its operated Trym field in the Norwegian North Sea is back on production after a five-year shutdown during which TotalEnergies redeveloped the Tyra field infrastructure.
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December 05, 2024
Equinor and Shell will combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer, the companies’ UK subsidiaries have announced.
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December 04, 2024
OEG Energy Group has moved into a new global HQ in Dyce, Aberdeen, following a seven-figure sum investment in a multi-year lease. This marks a significant milestone in the organization’s 50-year journey, serving as a launch for its global expansion goals.
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December 04, 2024
Kent has secured a three-year global Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCm) framework contract by bp (P&O Projects). The framework covers the full scope of EPCm services, supporting bp’s asset lifecycle, from small and large projects to minor modifications.
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December 03, 2024
SLB Capturi has completed construction of the carbon capture plant at Heidelberg Materials’ cement facility in Brevik, Norway. The facility will reduce emissions by up to 400,000 metric tons of CO2 annually for Heidelberg Materials.
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December 02, 2024
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has completed its scope of work as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support the successful transport and re-installation of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Toscana, off the coast of Livorno, Italy.
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December 02, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) says Scotland’s new hydrogen export strategy can build on the nation’s industrial strengths and unlock a £93 billion export opportunity if firms are now backed with a clear action plan to attract investment and talent.
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November 26, 2024
(Bloomberg) – A harsh winter would push Asian and European consumers into competition for the same gas as supplies of the fuel are stretched, according to Equinor ASA. Plans for oil production from the Norwegian continental shelf remain unchanged, says Equinor.
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November 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) - The U.K. government expanded its sanctions against Russia’s energy industry on Monday, blacklisting dozens of tankers responsible for moving the nation’s oil as well as two insurers involved in the trade.
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November 22, 2024
Oil States has introduced an industry-first Low Impact Workover Package (LIWP). The LIWP is engineered to empower operators to safely and cost-effectively plug and abandon aging subsea wells while minimizing wellhead loads and streamlining operations.
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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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