Italy-headquartered engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has booked Rana Subsea, a subsidiary of Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), for an assignment in the Middle East. NextGeo has now strengthened its fleet with a new vessel specifically designed for the execution of complex subsea operations. The post Saipem hires Rana Subsea for job in Middle East as NextGeo enriches fleet with new vessel appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) for a wildcat well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The post North Sea drilling ops on Equinor’s agenda for this month appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Norwegian energy data and intelligence player TGS has dived into a 3D reprocessing seismic survey in the Harper Basin to enhance hydrocarbon exploration readiness off the coast of Liberia. The post TGS’ 3D reprocessing seismic survey setting the stage for oil & gas exploration offshore Liberia appeared first on Offshore Energy.

The European Commission (EC) has cleared a €200 million German aid to boost Canadian-produced renewable hydrogen and its derivatives for the European market. This scheme will support the construction of up to 300 MW of electrolysis capacity. The post Brussels endorses €200 million German scheme for Canadian hydrogen imports to EU appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Vår Energi, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, has finished drilling an appraisal well related to an oil discovery in the Barents Sea, confirming reservoir quality and adding recoverable volumes. The post Barents Sea oil discovery’s potential strengthened by appraisal ops appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Saipem is tasked with a job on a giant natural gas project off the coast of Brazil, where two vessels from the fleet of the Amsterdam-headquartered Spliethoff, a member of the Spliethoff Group, are expected to start their assignments soon. The post Spliethoff’s vessel pair coming to support Saipem’s ops at huge gas project in Brazil appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Chevron Mediterranean Limited (CML), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered Chevron, and its partners have given the green light for a planned expansion of gas export capacity from a giant natural gas field project off the coast of Israel. The post Chevron signs off on Mediterranean field expansion for gas production uptick appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Italy’s energy giant Eni has attended the inauguration ceremony South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) held for its second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit, which will be deployed in the supergiant Rovuma basin off the coast of Mozambique, Africa. The post Eni cheers launch of its Mozambique-bound FLNG at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard appeared first on Offshore Energy.

Israel-headquartered developer Eco Wave Power is moving forward with the development of its 1 MW wave energy project in Portugal, after wrapping up a wave and loads assessment in cooperation with MetOcean Consult, a Netherlands-based consultancy specializing in independent metocean analysis, environmental data services, and numerical wave and flow modeling for offshore, coastal, and port developments. The post Eco Wave Power pushes ahead with 1 MW project in Portugal appeared first on Offshore Energy.

A Liberian upstream subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies (TTE) has struck an industry-standard joint study and application agreement (JSAA) with BluEnergies (BLU), a Canadian-based international oil and gas exploration and development company with a focus on operations in West Africa, to explore the prospectivity of a deepwater fan play in the Harper Basin off the coast of Liberia. The post TotalEnergies and BluEnergies join forces to unlock deepwater fan play offshore Liberia appeared first on Offshore Energy.