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Norway warns gas production maxed out amid Qatar LNG shutdown

Category: Business News

(Bloomberg) – Norway’s natural gas producers are operating near full capacity, according to the country’s energy minister, putting further pressure on European nations looking to fill depleted stockpiles of the fuel. “We are essentially producing at full capacity. I don’t think there is much additional output to be found,” Terje Aasland said in an interview […]

Source: World Oil

Oceaneering Secures Multi-Year Inspection Contract Extension in Norway

Category: Business News

Houston – Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions (IMDS) business has secured a four-year extension to its inspection support contract for multiple Equinor assets in Norway. The extension period began on January 1, 2026. The scope includes In-Service Inspection, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Advanced NDT, Rope Access, and the provision of Inspection Engineers. Services will cover three onshore […]

Source: Oceaneering

Courts allow all five offshore wind projects blocked by Trump to resume construction

Category: Business News

A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government. Reagan appointee Royce Lamberth granted an injunction against the administration’s stop work order against Sunrise Wind, […]

Source: The Hill

Published: February 2, 2026

Empire Wind granted preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume

Category: Business News

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today granted Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire) a preliminary injunction that allows construction activities to resume on the Outer Continental Shelf for the Empire Wind project. The underlying lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s December 22, 2025 suspension order will continue to proceed. Empire […]

Source: Equinor

US judge delays ruling on Empire stop work order as Equinor deadline looms

Category: Business News

DC-district court’s Carl Nichols set tomorrow for ruling as developer warns it may have to cancel 810MW project critical to New York’s power supply. A Washington, DC federal district court has postponed until Thursday a ruling on Equinor’s request for preliminary injunction on the Trump administration’s stop-work order halting construction of its Empire Wind array. […]

Source: Recharge News