Offshore driller Seadrill has secured a new contract through Sonadrill, a 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol, for a ten-well campaign in Angola utilising the 2010-built drillship . The contract is worth around $161m, excluding options for up to eight additional wells, and also comes...
https://splash247.com/seadrill-sonangol-jv-scores-new-drillship-contract-in-angola/
Swedish energy player Vattenfall has partnered with German chemicals giant BASF to bid in the zero-subsidy tender for the Hollandse Kust West zone in the Dutch North Sea. Vattenfall will jointly bid with BASF for the 700 MW Hollandse Kust West VI area and alone for the also 700 MW Hollandse Kust...
https://splash247.com/vattenfall-and-basf-team-up-for-dutch-offshore-wind-bid/
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has signed its first contract in the US offshore wind market. The company will supply an E1000 motion compensated system to the marine transportation and towing company Otto Candies to facilitate operations during the construction of the Southfork,...
https://splash247.com/ampelmann-signs-first-contract-in-us-offshore-wind-market/
Offshore merger sees Houston company’s fleet grow to 174 offshore support vessels
Netherlands-based “Walk-to-Work” specialist Ampelmann has announced a contract to supply one of its high-tech systems for an Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Vessel (IMR) being retrofitted by Otto Candies for operations…
https://gcaptain.com/paul-candies-walk-to-work-system-offshore-wind/
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has found that the proposed merger between offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers…
https://gcaptain.com/noble-and-maersks-offshore-drilling-merger-raises-competition-concerns-in-uk/
Eni’s renewables business unit, Plenitude, has bought a stake in the Spanish floating wind technology developer, EnerOcean. The deal is structured as a long-term partnership focused on the deployment of EnerOcean’s W2Power technology with two wind turbines mounted on the frame of the same floater....
https://splash247.com/eni-bets-on-spanish-twin-turbine-floating-wind-tech-developer/
Rosslare Europort has announced plans to establish the port, its hinterland and the southeast region as Ireland’s offshore renewable energy (ORE) hub. The ORE hub scheme represents an investment estimated at €200m ($216.6m), which would include building a purpose-built quay and berth, quayside...
https://splash247.com/rosslare-europort-outlines-vision-to-become-offshore-renewable-energy-hub/
Group company BW Energy needs unit for a new development project off Brazil
Oslo-listed BW Energy has penned a deal to acquire the 1981-built floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel from BW Offshore for $50m. BW Energy plans to deploy the unit on the Maromba field offshore Brazil. The move to purchase the FPSO, instead of entering a traditional lease and...
https://splash247.com/bw-energy-buys-fpso-from-bw-offshore-for-50m/