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November 20, 2024
TGS announced today they have won a significant seismic survey/3D streamer contract for ONGC in the Mahanadi basin, offshore India. The Ramform Sovereign is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in January 2025 and the contract has a duration of approximately six months.
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November 20, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. has withdrawn from an oil-exploration block off the coast of Suriname, not far from where it discovered more than 11 billion bbls in Guyanese waters. Exxon will transfer its 50% stake in the block to Malaysia’s Petronas, the project operator.
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November 20, 2024
TDI-Brooks has completed work contracted by GeoPartners, on behalf of Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, to perform seep data acquisition, processing, interpretation and data management services (multibeam and coring) for the Suriname Seabed Piston Coring Project.
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November 20, 2024
HSM Offshore Energy has successfully rolled out the THOR OHVS (Offshore High Voltage Substation) and lifted the GIS modules for RWE Renewables at its Schiedam yard in the Netherlands.
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November 20, 2024
Awards for excellence in decommissioning were presented to CNOOC International and J+S Subsea at a celebratory dinner for more than 500 leaders of the North Sea specialist industry organised by OEUK as part of its annual Decommissioning Conference held in St Andrews, Scotland.
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November 18, 2024
Global OTEC has announced its latest advancement in sustainable power for offshore energy exploration and production at the first Brazilian Workshop on Geothermal Energy Utilization and Storage.
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November 15, 2024
Seatrium Limited has delivered its fifth newbuild jackup rig “Var” to Borr Drilling, nearly one year ahead of schedule. The successful delivery of Var marks the completion of the latest series of five B Class jackup rigs that Seatrium has built for Borr Drilling.
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November 14, 2024
SBM Offshore, Technip Energies and TechnipFMC all announced today the securement of major contracts for the GranMorgu field development project located in Block 58 in Suriname, operated by TotalEnergies.
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November 14, 2024
Seatrium and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) announced they have joined forces to inaugurate a state-of-the-art Digital Learning Lab. The initiative aims to enhance digital skillsets in the Marine & Offshore (M&O) Energy industry and attract a new generation of talent.
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November 13, 2024
Bourbon announced that it has been awarded a new fully integrated logistics contract by an oil & gas major operator to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well in the waters of southern Namibia.
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November 13, 2024
EnerMech has won a multi-million-pound contract to become the preferred provider of Flexible Hose Assembly (FHA) and Small Bore Tubing (SMT) management services for a major E&P organization’s U.K. assets. 
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November 13, 2024
Elemental Energies and Archer have announced a joint venture agreement delivering integrated plugging and abandonment (P&A) services to global decommissioning projects. The venture will create a focused P&A well engineering team for design and operations across all well types.
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November 12, 2024
Ocean services provider DeepOcean and well management and reservoir specialist EXCEED have entered into a collaboration agreement to supply vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market.
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November 11, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services has successfully completed what is believed to be the largest vessel-based U.K. North Sea decommissioning campaign in history. The project spanned two years and involved the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of 21 wells.
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November 11, 2024
AGR’s reservoir management and subsurface team were selected by Norwegian E&P company Aker BP to conduct an independent third-party technical peer review of two carbon storage licenses in the Norwegian North Sea. 
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November 07, 2024
Camilla Salthe, Equinor’s Senior Vice President of Exploration & Production International UK is the latest industry leader to join the Board at Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) as the sector focuses on delivering homegrown, cleaner energies to the U.K.
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November 07, 2024
SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd, an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, have completed a purchase transaction for the FPSO Prosperity. The purchase allows ExxonMobil Guyana to assume ownership of the unit while SBM Offshore will continue to operate and maintain the FPSO up to 2033.
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November 07, 2024
nexos, formerly known as Global E&C, has won an HVAC contract with energy transition operator EnQuest to provide services to their offshore assets in the U.K. Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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November 06, 2024
The latest data from this year’s OEUK Decommissioning Report being published later this month show a challenging picture of spiraling costs, political uncertainty and competition for the specialist equipment needed to dismantle oil and gas platforms and seal abandoned wells.
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November 06, 2024
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) issued a statement congratulating President-elect Trump, and expressing belief that the benefits of American offshore energy production transcend political affiliations.
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November 05, 2024
Nauticus Robotics, a developer of autonomous subsea robotics and software, has successfully completed its initial 2024 Gulf of Mexico (GOM) survey scope for Shell Exploration and Production.
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