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August 29, 2025
In response to the growing requirement to accurately measure and reduce methane emissions from offshore assets, IKM Testing UK has developed and launched its patent-pending technology, Source Level Identification and Quantification (SLIQ).
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August 28, 2025
Two SLB OneSubsea™ subsea compressor stations recently came online at Ormen Lange, the second largest gas field in Norway. The subsea compressor stations will help Shell unlock 30–50 billion cubic meters of additional gas reserves for export to Europe.
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August 28, 2025
Borr Drilling has announced contract awards for two of its premium jack-up rigs to operate in the North Sea as well as offshore Congo, West Africa. The contracted work will span over 300 days and represent more than $43 million in contract revenue backlog, Borr Drilling said.
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August 28, 2025
Odfjell Technology has signed a two-year contract with Vercana GmbH, Vulcan Group’s drilling subsidiary, to provide tubular running services (TRS) to Vulcan Group’s Phase One Lionheart Project in Germany.
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August 27, 2025
Xodus founder Steve Swindell is stepping down from his role as CEO after 20 years with the global energy consultancy, with Stuart Holley of Subsea7 set to take over as Xodus CEO starting October 1.
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August 26, 2025
STRYDE has announced the sale of multiple Mini Seismic Systems, including ~2,000 nodes, to support a groundbreaking new initiative in UK academic research. The investment is led by the University of Cambridge and backed by six other leading institutions.
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August 26, 2025
International industrial services provider Bilfinger has secured a contract to provide inspection services using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) across all of bp’s North Sea assets.
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August 25, 2025
Ace Well Technology, in collaboration with Expro and Archer, has successfully completed the first well deployment of the Ace Control Line Clamp (ACLC) using Expro’s Remote Clamp Installation System (RCIS) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
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August 25, 2025
OKEA ASA has announced oil discoveries made in the Cook and Statfjord formations of Norway's Brage Field. The discoveries are considered commercial with preliminary estimates of gross recoverable resources in the range of 16 to 33 million MMboe.
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August 25, 2025
TotalEnergies and its partners, Equinor and Shell, announce that the first CO2 volumes were successfully transported to the Northern Lights facilities in Øygarden. They were then injected 2,600 m below the seabed into the storage facilities, offshore Norway.
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August 25, 2025
SLB announced today that its OneSubsea™ joint venture has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor for a 12-well, all-electric Subsea Production System (SPS) in the Fram Sør field, offshore Norway.
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August 21, 2025
Kent plc has signed a binding agreement to acquire Exceed (XCD) Holdings Limited, a leader in well management, subsurface and decommissioning engineering services. The acquisition marks Kent’s strategic expansion in the fast-growing global decommissioning market.
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August 21, 2025
Aker BP has completed its Omega Alfa exploration campaign in the Norwegian North Sea, resulting in a significant oil discovery that adds substantial new resources to the Yggdrasil area. The recoverable volume is estimated at 96-134 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe). 
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August 20, 2025
Norway’s monthly oil production jumped to the highest in over a decade last month, following the ramp-up of Equinor’s new Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.
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August 19, 2025
Fulkrum has announced the successful launch of its Legal Intern Program, a new initiative developed in partnership with the University of Southampton Global Legal Clinic. The program offers two law students a five-week placement with Fulkrum’s internal legal and compliance teams.
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August 13, 2025
ConocoPhillips has contracted Halliburton to deliver comprehensive well stimulation services to improve well performance and reservoir productivity. The contract spans five years and includes three optional extension periods.
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August 12, 2025
DNV Inspection has secured a three-year contract to provide site inspection and quality assurance for the UK's Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP).
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August 11, 2025
Lime Petroleum AS (LPA) has published a production update on the Brage and Yme fields, located in the Norwegian North Sea. According to LPA, for the full month of July 2025, production at the Brage and Yme Fields combined was 11,941 boed.
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August 11, 2025
Tampnet has deployed a Private Multi-Access Edge Compute (PMEC) with 4G/5G capabilities on Vår Energi’s Jotun FPSO, the first installation of its kind on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO).
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July 24, 2025
Acteon, through its Marine Foundations business line, MENCK, has secured a contract to supply advanced pile-driving equipment and operational services for the installation of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.
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August 05, 2025
Halliburton has secured a contract to provide completions and downhole monitoring services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) system in northeast England’s East Coast Cluster (ECC).
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