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Equinor Drills Dry Well in Barents Sea

Feb 18, 2026

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Vikingskipet prospect in the Barents Sea.Wildcat well 7018/5-2 was drilled in production license 1236, about 190 kilometers west of Hammerfest and about 140 kilometers southwest of the Snøhvit field…

Santos Posts 25% Profit Fall, Plans to Cut 10% of Jobs

Feb 18, 2026

Santos unveiled plans to cut about 10% of staff and review its Australian Integrated Oil and Gas portfolio after reporting a sharp fall in annual profit on Wednesday.Shares of Australia's No. 2 oil and gas producer closed 0.6% lower at A$6.63…

Suriname, Guyana Plan Cross-Border Team for Join Gas Projects

Feb 18, 2026

Suriname and Guyana plan to create a joint technical team to explore the development of natural gas production projects between the two South American countries, Suriname's oil minister told Reuters.The team, which could be installed next month…

Eco Wave Power Wraps Up Feasibility Study for South Africa’s Wave Project

Feb 17, 2026

Eco Wave Power has completed a feasibility study for a potential wave energy power station at the Port of Ngqura in South Africa, identifying the technical potential to deploy approximately 8.3 MW of installed capacity along the port’s breakwater infrastructure…

OneSubsea Gets Gullfaks Subsea Compression Upgrade by Equinor

Feb 17, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor to upgrade the subsea compression system at the Gullfaks field in the Norwegian North Sea…

Saipem Agrees $272M Deal to Acquire Deep Value Driller Drillship

Feb 17, 2026

Saipem has reached agreement on the main terms and conditions to acquire the seventh-generation drillship Deep Value Driller for $272.5 million.The Deep Value Driller is a high-specification ultra-deepwater drillship built in 2014, featuring GustoMSC P10000 design and able to accommodate 210 people…

New Alliance Targets Offshore Caisson Integrity Challenges

Feb 17, 2026

THREE60 Energy, Innovair and Oil States have formed a strategic alliance to deliver integrated caisson integrity management services for the global oil and gas sector, targeting ageing offshore assets in mature basins such as the North Sea.The collaboration combines inspection…

Mammoet Completes Record Module Loadout at Khalifa Port for Gas Project

Feb 17, 2026

Mammoet has completed the weighing, transport and loadout of 24 process modules for a major gas development project in the United Arab Emirates, in what the company said was the largest outward shipment in Khalifa Port’s history.The modules…

Santos Prevails in Legal Challenge Over Climate Claims

Feb 17, 2026

An Australian court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against gas producer Santos that alleged the company misled the public on its plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions.The lawsuit was launched in 2021 by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility…

Trump Calls Out California, UK Energy Deal

Feb 16, 2026

President Donald Trump denounced a clean energy agreement between the United Kingdom and California Governor Gavin Newsom hours after it was signed on Monday, Politico reported.In an interview with the outlet, Trump said it was 'inappropriate' for Britain to be dealing with the Democratic governor…

DOF Group ASA Awarded Contract in Argentina

Feb 16, 2026

DOF Group ASA announced the award of a substantial contract for a project in Argentina. The project is scheduled for offshore operations across two campaigns in Q2 and Q3-Q4 of 2026 and will encompass mooring pre-lay, pipeline end manifold installation/construction management…

Jifmar, Seavium Partner to Roll Out AI Across Offshore Fleet

Feb 16, 2026

Jifmar Group and Seavium have formalized a strategic partnership to deploy digital and artificial intelligence (AI) driven capabilities across Jifmar’s fleet and internal workflows, as offshore operators accelerate adoption of data-driven operations…

DUG Hooks Multi-Client Seismic Reprocessing Survey off Malaysia

Feb 16, 2026

DUG Technology, in partnership with Searcher Seismic, has signed an agreement for the provision of multi-client 3D seismic data reprocessing offshore East Sarawak.Under the terms of the agreement, DUG and Searcher will reprocess previously acquired…

ABL Secures Work at Egypt’s Kamose Gas Field

Feb 16, 2026

Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction for the Phase 4 development of the Kamose offshore gas field development in the Mediterranean Sea for North Sinai Petroleum Company (NOSPCO)…

Equinor Hires Havila Shipping’s PSV

Feb 16, 2026

Norwegian offshore support vessel owner Havila Shipping has secured contract with Equinor for its platform supply vessels (PSVs).The contract has been signed for Havila Herøy PSV, for an operation planned to be 136 days.The start is expected to be in first half of March…

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