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.
Well-Safe Solutions has been appointed lead contractor for Apache North Sea’s Beryl Field decommissioning project, with Archer and NMC Energy supporting the work.
Vår Energi has received Havtil consent to start up and operate Balder Phase VI on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The project forms part of the Balder and Ringhorne development approved under the revised PDO.
