Energy

Offshore service company Argeo has signed a survey contract with Stromar, a consortium made up of Ørsted, Renantis and BlueFloat Energy. The contract will start in Q3 2023.

Equinor has entered into an agreement to divest 28% working interest in PL037 (Statfjord area) to OKEA with an effective date 1 January 2023.

Eni announces a new discovery on the Yatzil exploration prospect in Block 7, located in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. According to preliminary estimates, the new finding may contain around 200 million barrels of oil (MBoe) in place.

Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Dover, a planned subsea tieback to the Shell-operated Appomattox production hub in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM).

Aker BP announce that the Frosk field development in the Alvheim area has been successfully completed and production has started on schedule and within budget, only 18 months after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. Frosk is operated by Aker BP, with Vår Energi as partner.

Shell plc has published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has again met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy. The report will be put to shareholders for an advisory vote at Shell’s Annual General Meeting on May 23, 2023.

The East of England Energy Group’s (EEEGR) flagship Southern North Sea exhibition and conference is back for 2023, and tickets are available now.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has announced U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore as the keynote speakers for its 2023 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) taking place March 28-30 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Launch Academy is ORE Catapult’s national flagship technology accelerator program, designed to enhance the UK’s offshore wind supply chain and support cost reduction by advancing innovative solutions to real industry problems.

Equinor has again struck oil and gas near the Troll field in the North Sea. This is Equinor's eighth discovery in the area since 2019.

As required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish the Proposed Notice of Sale (PNOS) for an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, which is scheduled to be held in September 2023.

In an effort to advance offshore wind energy technology and expand the emerging industry’s skilled workforce, Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) has announced it is collaborating with Shell to establish a research, training and technology demonstration program at GWT’s Avondale Global Gateway facility in Jefferson Parish.