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Mubadala Hires SLB for Deepwater Drilling Services Offshore Indonesia

Feb 12, 2026

SLB has secured multiple offshore drilling services contracts by Mubadala Energy for the Tangkulo natural gas deepwater development and associated exploration and appraisal activities in the Andaman Sea offshore Indonesia.The contracts cover integrated drilling and well services across the full well life cycle, including directional drilling, drilling fluids, cementing, wireline, slickline, coiled tubing…

France Lowers Renewable Goals, Backs Nuclear in New Law

Feb 13, 2026

France set out a new energy law after years of wrangling on Thursday which slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run firm EDF to shutter nuclear plants.'We need to stop our internal family squabbling. We need both nuclear and renewables…

Martens en Van Oord Purchases Autonomous Survey Vessel From Demcon unmanned systems

Feb 12, 2026

Martens en Van Oord, a contractor in roadworks, civil and hydraulic engineering, is taking a step toward further sustainability and modernization of its fleet by investing in the latest generation of the V4000 autonomous unmanned survey vessel (USV) from Demcon unmanned systems…

Jan De Nul’s Fleeming Jenkin CLV to Get Dedicated Training Simulator

Feb 12, 2026

Tree C, a Dutch virtual and augmented reality specialist for the offshore and remote handling industry, has announced it will develop a training simulator for Fleeming Jenkin, described as the world’s largest cable laying vessel (CLV), owned by Jan De Nul…

QatarEnergy Receives Offshore Exploration License From Libya

Feb 11, 2026

QatarEnergy has won an offshore exploration licence in Libya, the company said on Wednesday, after Libya’s National Oil Corporation awarded exploration and production rights for offshore block O1 to a consortium led by Eni, the operator with a 60% stake, alongside QatarEnergy holding 40%.(Reuters)

Transocean Secures $184M for Drilling Rigs Operating off Norway

Feb 11, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions totaling approximately $184 million for two of its harsh-environment semisubmersible rigs operating in Norway.The company said the fixtures represent about $184 million in firm contract backlog…

Harbour Seals $3.2B LLOG Acquisition Deal and Enters US Gulf of America

Feb 11, 2026

Harbour Energy has completed its $3.2 billion acquisition of LLOG Exploration Company, marking the company’s entry into the U.S. Gulf of America and establishing a new core business unit.Through the acquisition, Harbour has gained a fully operated…

Vantage Drilling’s Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Heads to India Under $260M Contract

Feb 10, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has secured a contract with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its ultra-deepwater drillship Platinum Explorer for operations off India.The binding Notification of Award (NoA) from ONGC comes…

Shell Reserve Decline Raises Need for Deals or Discoveries

Feb 10, 2026

Shell needs an acquisition or exploration breakthrough to make up for an expected production shortage of 350,000-800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2035 due to maturing fields unable to meet its output targets, the company and analysts say…

DOF Group ASA Contract Award for Well Intervention Services in North America

Feb 06, 2026

DOF Group ASA (DOF) has announced a substantial* contract award with Shell Offshore Inc. for the provision of Hydraulic Subsea Well Intervention Services.Under the contract, DOF’s regional subsea team in North America will be responsible for the provision of project management…

Jacket Loadout Milestone Completed for BorWin6 Offshore HVDC Platform

Feb 06, 2026

Progress on the BorWin6 Project continues with the successful completion of a fabrication yard milestone in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. Mammoet has completed the transport, loadout and mooring of the 5,461-ton offshore jacket foundation…

Saipem’s Underwater Drone Carries Out Autonomous Survey at Njord Field

Feb 06, 2026

Saipem’s first resident underwater drone Hydrone-R has completed an autonomous survey mission over the Arctic coral area of the Njord field offshore Norway, operating without cables or surface vessel support.Hydrone-R Underwater Intervention Drone carried out the mission independently…

EnBW and Google Agree Offshore Wind Power Supply in Germany

Feb 05, 2026

EnBW and Google have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100 MW of offshore wind power from He Dreiht project in Germany, to be delivered over a period of 15 years.Google aims to operate its global operations on 24/7 carbon free energy by 2030…

Longitude Unveils Compact PSV Design Aimed at Cost Efficiency

Feb 05, 2026

Maritime design and engineering consultancy Longitude has launched a new compact platform supply vessel (PSV) design D-Flex, aimed at improving cost efficiency for shipowners.The D-Flex PSV is the second design in Longitude’s IMT Isca series…

BOEM Advances Second OBBBA Offshore Lease Sales

Feb 04, 2026

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, today announced another major step toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. BOEM released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2 (BBG2)…

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