Odfjell Drilling has received a three-year Vår Energi LOA for Deepsea Bergen worth an estimated $518 million, extending the semi-submersible rig’s firm backlog to Q1 2031.
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the Bałtyk 2 and 3 foundation campaign, installing 100 monopiles, 100 transition pieces and two offshore substation jackets in the Baltic Sea.
Equinor and its partners started Troll Phase 3 stage 2 production ahead of schedule, accelerating 55 billion standard cubic metres of gas from the Troll West reservoir.
Equinor, Aker BP and Vår Energi will jointly pursue 20–25 high-impact exploration opportunities on the Norwegian continental shelf over the next four to five years.
Equinor and Aker BP have found gas and condensate at the Linga prospect in the North Sea, with recoverable resources estimated at 0.1-2.1 million Sm3 of oil equivalent.
Sif has completed the final monopile load-out for the 1.44 GW Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms in Poland, where Heerema Marine Contractors’ Thialf is installing foundations.
Aker BP and Equinor have completed the Svarteknippa well 15/6-17 in the Norwegian North Sea without a hydrocarbon discovery. The well has been permanently plugged and abandoned.
SLB and Equinor have signed a multi-year NCS stimulation agreement that includes a major upgrade of MV Island Captain for fully proppant-capable offshore operations.
Smulders has loaded two offshore substation jackets for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 wind projects onto barges at its Newcastle yard for transport to the Polish Baltic Sea.
