Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has confirmed the arrival of offshore equipment in Altamira, moving a multibillion-dollar ultra-deepwater oil development project closer to its installation campaign off the coast of Mexico. The post $10.4B oil project nears offshore installation as key equipment reaches Mexico appeared first on Offshore Energy.

A consortium – consisting of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) – has won a new assignment for offshore platform decommissioning activities on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), representing its third contract from the same North Sea operator in the past year. The post Heerema, AF Gruppen take on 35,000-ton North Sea platform removal and recycling project appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras is advancing its push into West Africa’s offshore oil and gas frontier, entering negotiations for exploration contracts covering four blocks in Ghana’s Keta Basin as the Brazilian major seeks to replenish reserves and expand its international exploration portfolio. The post Petrobras targets West Africa offshore frontier with four-block talks in Ghana appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Canada-headquartered oil and natural gas exploration player Sintana Energy has taken steps to position itself for the next phase of Namibia’s offshore oil story, by acquiring a stake in Maravilla Oil and Gas, a privately held Namibian company focused on high-impact opportunities in West Africa, which enables it to secure an indirect interest in petroleum exploration license 37 (PEL 37) ahead of potentially significant exploration activity across the Walvis Basin. The post Sintana expands Walvis Basin exposure ahead of potential 2027 exploration wave in Namibia appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Following a streamer acquisition contract in the Mediterranean, Norway’s energy data and intelligence company […] The post TGS awarded data brokerage and licensing rights for block offshore Brunei appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norwegian authorities have approved drilling activities that Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), with rigs owned by two offshore drilling contractors, Noble Corporation and Odfjell Drilling. The post Green light for Aker BP to deploy Noble and Odfjell Drilling rigs in North Sea appeared first on Offshore Energy.

TechnipFMC has delivered its first 7-in. Subsea 2.0 tree to Chevron in Australia, the […] The post TechnipFMC’s first 7-in. Subsea 2.0 tree goes to Chevron in Australia appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has won a new long-term assignment for a 2010-built ultra-deepwater drillship with India’s government-owned energy giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The post Transocean’s 16-year-old drillship lands $300M job with India’s ONGC appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norway’s oil and gas player DNO is exiting Côte d’Ivoire by divesting its business in the West African country to Panoro Energy, raking in an estimated 24% annualized return on its investment while handing its Norwegian peer a gas-weighted production base that will boost output by about 23% and deepen its presence in the region’s gas market. The post DNO cashes out of Côte d’Ivoire as Panoro deepens African offshore gas drive appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed subsea tie-in work using diverless technology for an oil and gas development tied back to an existing floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the UK sector of the North Sea. The post DeepOcean deploys robotics for diverless subsea tie-in at North Sea oil & gas development appeared first on Offshore Energy.