Equinor has entered into an agreement with BP to sell 50% non-operated interests in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a total consideration before adjustments of USD 1.1 billion.

Total announces that it has notified its partners on August 19 about its resignation from its role of operator for five exploration blocks, located in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, 120 kilometers offshore Brazil. These exploration blocks are referenced as FZA-M-57, FZA-M-86, FZA-M-88, FZA-M-125 and FZA-M-127. 

Harvey Gulf announces in addition to its new two million gallon diesel bunkering facility in Port Fourchon, LA, it will now offer a full service fuel carrying vessel solely dedicated to offshore fuel and water deliveries, through the conversion of Harvey’s 300’ PSV Harvey Hawk.  

Reygar Ltd., the leading provider of innovative remote monitoring and reporting platforms to the offshore wind industry, and CrewSmart, an end-to-end management tool for compliant, effective fleet operations, have announced a collaboration to provide an integrated system for High Speed Transfers (HST), an established Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) operator supporting the offshore energy industries.  

The three companies will jointly evaluate and work towards submitting a joint bid in the Round 1 auction once the Japanese government officially opens what will be country’s first offshore wind auction.

Hess has announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 well, the 18^th discovery on the Stabroek Block, which will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of more than 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Motive Offshore Group, a specialist in the manufacture, rental and servicing of subsea assets, has reported a successful first half of the year, despite the effects of the global pandemic.

Jotun has signed the first commercial contract for container vessels with its ground-breaking Jotun Hull Skating Solutions (HSS). The contract was signed with global container shipping and logistics leader MSC, Mediterranean Shipping Company.  

Platforms may be similar in characteristics and configuration, but the cost of decommissioning them can differ significantly depending on location, climate and regulations. The recent oil price slump has boosted interest in decommissioning, and Rystad Energy has therefore developed a decommissioning cost estimating tool to help E&Ps and service firms prepare for the coming decommissioning wave.

Global trade enabler DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port welcomed HMM GDANSK, one of the world’s largest container vessels, which is now on the return leg of her maiden international voyage between the Far East and Europe.

Talos Energy Inc. has issued a statement clarifying that the Company's business will not be impacted by the recently announced Presidential Order extending the current moratorium on oil and gas development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (offshore Florida) and imposing new restrictions on oil and gas development in U.S. waters off the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 to Rederij Groen. This, the first delivery of the new FCS vessel in the Netherlands, took place in Scheveningen. The vessel has been named Green Waves. It has been less than 6^th months from contract signing to vessel handover.

SapuraOMV Upstream announces stable production from its operated Bakong gas field project under the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC), which was delivered within budget.

Market leading developers of smart water quality monitoring technology, Rivertrace Limited have established a new, web-based calibration portal that will enable complete transparency of compliance and inspection paperwork related to water monitoring equipment.



Felipe Saldanha will head up operations of CSA Ciências Oceânicas in Vitória, ES

Ampelmann, a Dutch offshore access provider, has signed a contract with McDermott, an offshore engineering and construction company.