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1 week ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
UK shipbroking group SSY has revealed that it would be further expanding its offshore offering with the launch of a dedicated rig business later this year. Nicholas Wagner-Larsen, an experienced offshore and rig broker, will join SSY in September to head up the new rig division. He is an offshore specialist who has spent his entire 18-year career in the offshore market. For the last 10 years, he has been part of Arctic Offshore Rig in both Singapore and Oslo.
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1 week ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Italian giant Eni has signed an agreement to enter into a period of exclusivity with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) regarding the sale of a 49.99% stake in its carbon capture business. During the exclusivity period, GIP will progress the confirmatory due diligence phase and complete the drafting of the documents related to the acquisition of the co-control stake in Eni CCUS Holding.
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1 week ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Acen, part of the Ayala group, has signed definitive agreements with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to acquire a 25% minority stake in the proposed offshore wind project in the Philippines. The stake in the 1GW offshore wind farm was bought for an undisclosed amount from CIP’s Growth Markets Fund II. It is set to be one of the Philippines’ first offshore wind projects.
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1 week ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Portuguese engineering and construction company Mota-Engil has, through its subsidiary, won two contracts with Brazilian state-owned giant Petrobras. The company’s Brazilian subsidiary, Empresa Constructora do Brasil, won a deal worth 1.56bn reais ($274m) for an estimated term of 60 months, comprising recovery and final removal services of 420 km of flexible lines at the Marlim, Marlim Sul, and Marlim Leste offshore oil fields.
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1 week ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Two workers have died from their injuries sustained in a fire on Chevron’s oil platform off Angola on May 20, bringing the total body count to three. The fire broke out in the basement of the Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) oil platform, while the platform was undergoing scheduled maintenance. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire left 17 injured, including four critically. All injured workers were transported onshore and received medical care.
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2 weeks ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
The Song Doc platform off the coast of southwest Vietnam caught fire during decommissioning operations on Wednesday afternoon. The incident on the Petrovietnam-operated platform happened while a subcontractor was cleaning and dismantling the platform. According to reports, the fire was brought under control within 30 minutes and did not impact the surrounding environment or other oil and gas operations at the surrounding oil projects, which continued to work normally.
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2 weeks ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has won a contract for one of its jackup rigs to work offshore Indonesia. Velesto won a contract from PC Ketapang II, PC North Madura II, and Petronas for its Naga 8 jackup. The contract, which is set to begin in July 2025, has a firm period of four years covering 12 firm and three optional wells. The value of the deal is estimated at over $90m.
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2 weeks ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Danish shipping giant Norden is working on a pilot project with global technology company Microsoft to help reduce its maritime supply chain emissionsThe company said that the pilot project involves the use of Norden’s biofuel voyage and Book and Claim solution. Norden’s book and claim solution enables companies reliant on maritime transportation to take advantage of emissions reductions from low-carbon fuels, regardless of geographical fuel availability.
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2 weeks ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Copenhagen-headquartered offshore wind installation player Cadeler has bought a newly constructed jackup wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from Shanghai Boqiang Heavy Industry. The company acquired the 2024-built Boqiang 3060 vessel, set to be renamed Wind Keeper. The vessel is fitted with a Huisman main crane with a 2,200 t lifting capacity, Kongsberg’s DP2 dynamic positioning system, MAN-supplied engines, and a Siemens propulsion system. The vessel also boasts 120 m long jackup legs.
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2 weeks ago | 
splash247.com | Bojan Lepic
Norwegian ocean services contractor DeepOcean has acquired Australia’s subsea services provider Shelf Subsea. DeepOcean has acquired 100% of the shares in Shelf Subsea, expanding its footprint into Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Shelf Subsea is headquartered in Australia, with further offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Saudi Arabia. The company has approximately 200 employees.
