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June 22 (Reuters) - Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, and its partners have approved the $5.1 billion Greater PAJ offshore oil project in Angola, company and government officials said at a signing ceremony on Monday. Partners in the project, Angola's first integrated cross-block development, include Norway's Equinor, Angola's oil and gas agency... Continue Reading →
June 18 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US Department of the Interior (DOI) said on 17 June that it had reached an agreement with Invenergy under which the developer will relinquish four offshore wind leases in exchange for a USD 765 million (approximately EUR 664 million) reimbursement and redirect the capital into natural gas and geothermal energy projects.... Continue Reading →
June 16 (OE) Scottish floating wind technology developer Encomara has received Product Design Assessment (PDA) approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its Squid floating offshore wind installation system, marking a key certification milestone as the company advances the technology toward commercial deployment. The PDA follows Approval in Principle (AiP) granted by ABS... Continue Reading →
June 11 (offshore-energy.biz) Brazilian state-owned energy heavyweight Petrobras has initiated a revenue stream with the first oil offloading from its eighth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which is working at a field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. Following its departure from Hanwha Ocean’s South Korean shipyard in Geoje in November 2025,... Continue Reading →
June 11 (OE) SLB has signed a long-term framework agreement with Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA to support the modernization and development of the country's oil and gas sector. The memorandum of understanding establishes a framework for cooperation across exploration, field development, production, digital enablement, and workforce training and development. The companies said the collaboration... Continue Reading →
June 11 (OE) Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) seismic survey contract in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana by ExxonMobil Guyana. The contract covers a two-month program comprising source-only seismic acquisition in support of a baseline DAS reservoir surveillance survey over the Yellowtail development area. Shearwater has deployed the vessel SW... Continue Reading →
June 10 (OE) TGS has signed an agreement with Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Hydrocarbon and Mining Development to create a large-scale offshore multi-client seismic dataset, marking the first phase of what is planned to become a nationwide MegaSurvey covering the country's offshore basins. The initial phase of the project will include post-stack reprocessing of approximately... Continue Reading →
June 10 (OE) PXGEO has signed a one-year framework agreement with Equinor to conduct autonomous subsea inspection trials using Saab's Sabertooth Underwater Intervention Drone (UID) technology. The agreement will see the companies test and verify autonomous inspection capabilities, including validation of autonomous behaviors for offshore inspection operations. The first call-off under the agreement is already... Continue Reading →
Asunción, Paraguay - June 3, 2026 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, acted as lender technical advisor for the Villeta green hydrogen-based fertilizer project in Paraguay, supporting a group of international lenders through technical due diligence and contributing to the project reaching financial close. The project is being developed by ATOME. The... Continue Reading →
June 4 (OE) MODEC and Norway-based Eld Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a 1.2 MW power system integrated with carbon capture for future floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Under the agreement, Eld Energy will lead the design, procurement and construction of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-based power system,... Continue Reading →
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