The widespread disruption on several North Sea platforms that started on Wednesday after crew members staged unplanned walkouts seems to continue on several platforms occupied by Bilfinger UK personnel.

Norwegian state-controlled energy giant Equinor and its compatriot oil and gas services company Aibel have entered into a 10-year agreement to ensure a close and long-term strategic collaboration.

In a bid to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, UK’s regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has awarded two carbon storage (CS) licences in the Southern North Sea to energy giants BP and Equinor. These licences, which could store up to 23 million tonnes pa (Mtpa) of CO2 by 2038, bring the total number of CS licences on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) to six.

Africa is conservatively forecast to reach peak gas production at 470 billion cubic meters (Bcm) by the late 2030s, equivalent to about 75 per cent of the expected amount of gas produced by Russia in 2022, according to research by Rystad Energy.

Australia’s Western Gas has informed that a Valaris-owned semi-submersible rig is set to be towed to the Sasanof-1 well location offshore Australia in the coming days with drilling operations expected to begin in less than two weeks.

Oil and gas company Aker BP has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway but it failed to find hydrocarbons.

An alliance between Repsol Sinopec, TechnipFMC, and Petrofac has started the pre-front end engineering and design studies (Pre-FEED) for the development of the Ithaca Energy and Hibiscus owned Marigold field in the North Sea via the Repsol Sinopec-operated Piper Bravo platform.

Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, has entered into a memorandum of agreement with Brazil’s PetroRio to sell the semi-submersible drilling unit Capricorn for $40 million.

Norwegian maritime technology group Kongsberg Maritime has inked a deal with Malaysian FPSO operator Yinson to deliver electrical and control technologies for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will operate for Petrobras off Brazil, upon completion.

UAE-based offshore engineering and construction services provider Lamprell is in the frame for upgrade work on three jack-up drilling rigs ahead of their move to the Gulf region.