Altera Infrastructure’s FPSO business has completed its acquisition by Carlyle and begun operating independently under the Altera brand, led by chief executive officer Chris Brett.
Vår Energi and BlueNord have agreed to a $1.3 billion merger combining offshore oil and gas assets in Norway and Denmark, with closing expected around the end of 2026.
The European Commission cleared France’s EUR 63 billion scheme for eleven offshore wind farms with up to 11.1 GW of combined capacity across three maritime regions.
Harbour Energy has completed its $163 million acquisition of Waldorf’s UK subsidiaries, adding 20,000 boepd, 35 million boe of 2P reserves and interests in the Catcher and Kraken fields.
Wellbore 35/6-7 S is expected to be spudded in August 2026 after Vår Energi received a drilling permit. COSL Prospector will carry out the work in production licence 929.
Around 50 Unite members on the Elgin Franklin and North Alwyn platforms will stage five 24-hour strikes after rejecting Neo Next + Energy pay offers below 3%.
Aquaterra Energy and James Fisher have partnered to combine engineering, well access, subsea operations and offshore execution under a globally applicable decommissioning delivery model.
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi drilling permits for two wildcat wells offshore Norway, with both operations to use COSL’s COSLProspector semi-submersible rig.
A Fraunhofer IWES study finds that expanding offshore wind capacity into neighboring countries’ waters could increase energy yields and reduce offshore electricity costs while supporting Germany’s 70 GW offshore wind target by 2045.
