A liquefied natural gas (LNG) shutdown has led Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas giant QatarEnergy to issue a contractual force majeure notice to LNG buyers. The post LNG production freeze pushes QatarEnergy to invoke force majeure appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Three players – Seadrill, an offshore drilling contractor, Kongsberg Maritime (KM), a technology player, and Hanwha Drilling, a provider of offshore drilling services – have forged an alliance to develop the next generation of remote dynamic positioning (DP) technology to establish new standards for offshore drilling safety, efficiency, and centralized operations. The post Seadrill, Kongsberg Maritime, and Hanwha set on ushering in next gen remote DP tech for offshore drilling appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) has finalized a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Argentina’s Southern Energy (SESA) against the backdrop of rising energy security concerns that are looming over Europe and the globe in the wake of the U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran, which decided to close the Strait of Hormuz.    The post Germany’s SEFE nails down 8-year LNG offtake with South American firm appeared first on Offshore Energy.

CHC do Brazil, part of CHC Helicopter that serves as a provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy sector and search and rescue (SAR) operations, has landed a new assignment with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor at a huge pre-salt field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The post CHC Helicopter scores new gig at Equinor’s giant field offshore Brazil appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying […] The post Japanese long-distance cable-laying vessel receives general design approval appeared first on Offshore Energy.

CNOOC (Shenzhen) International Marine Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and CLPe, a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings, have wrapped up Hong Kong’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship-to-ship bunker operation for a very large crude carrier (VLCC). The post Hong Kong sees first LNG ship-to-ship bunkering for very large crude carrier appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Subsea7 has secured an extension to the contract with Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center […] The post Subsea7’s scope at Türkiye’s largest natural gas field further extended appeared first on Offshore Energy.

IKM Testing UK, an integrated solutions provider within the IKM Group, has got hold of a new offshore assignment with Aberdeen-headquartered Dana Petroleum (E&P) for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit working in the UK sector of the North Sea. The post Dana Petroleum puts IKM Testing UK on FPSO shutdown duty in North Sea appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Dutch-Norwegian SolarDuck has launched an advisory board to support the integration of its offshore […] The post SolarDuck: Advisory board to help integrate floating solar tech within CCS and offshore energy sectors appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Given the large quantities of oil and gas in so-called tight reservoirs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), reporting to Norway’s Ministry of Energy, has shed light on ways to speed up the oil and gas production from tight reservoirs off the coast of Norway. The post Cooperation, cost cuts, and new tech keys to unlock oil & gas from tight reservoirs appeared first on Offshore Energy.