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Sea1 Offshore’s First Offshore Energy Support Vessel Hits Water in China

Jul 22, 2026

Sea1 Offshore has launched the Sea1 Diamond, the first vessel in a series of four offshore energy support vessels under construction at COSCO Shipping.The float-out marks a key milestone in Sea1 Offshore's newbuild program, with the company…

DEME to Install Foundations at Zeevonk Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 20, 2026

Belgium marine contractor DEME has secured a contract to transport and install foundations for the first phase of the Zeevonk offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.The project, jointly owned by Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its Energy Transition Fund I…

Fugro Secures Timor-Leste Offshore Survey Job

Jul 17, 2026

Fugro has won a contract to carry out offshore site characterization surveys supporting the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan energy developments offshore Timor-Leste.The program will support planning and development of offshore energy infrastructure for the two projects through geophysical…

Tripartite Deal Set to Advance South Korea's Offshore Wind Sector

Jul 16, 2026

Renewable energy consultancy OWC, Korea Leading Energy Management (KLEM) and offshore energy services provider OEG have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on balance of plant (BoP) operations and maintenance services for South Korea's offshore wind sector…

AF Gruppen, Heerema Get North Sea Decom Job

Jul 16, 2026

AF Gruppen, via its subsidiary AF Offshore Decom, and consortium partner Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of a platform on the UK Continental Shelf, marking the second…

Strike Ends for Norway Oil Service Workers

Jul 14, 2026

Norway's Safe union and employers have agreed to end a labour dispute in the oil service industry which had disrupted offshore drilling operations and reduced the country's petroleum production, industry group Offshore Norway said on Tuesday…

James Fisher, Aquaterra Launch Global Decommissioning Partnership

Jul 13, 2026

James Fisher and Sons and Aquaterra Energy have formed a strategic global partnership to provide integrated offshore decommissioning services, combining front-end engineering, well access, subsea operations and offshore execution under a single delivery model…

Arabian Drilling Set to Resume Ops with Three Offshore Rigs

Jul 13, 2026

Saudi Arabian drilling contractor Arabian Drilling has received approval to resume operations for three offshore drilling rigs that had been temporarily suspended earlier this year, with the units expected to return to work within weeks.The suspensions…

Marco Polo, Siemens Gamesa Ink Two-CSOV Framework Agreement

Jul 10, 2026

Singapore-listed marine logistics company Marco Polo Marine's offshore wind division, PKR Offshore, has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa for the deployment and charter of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for offshore wind projects in Asia…

Eni and Petronas JV Extend Ventura Offshore’s Drilling Job in Indonesia

Jul 08, 2026

Eni Muara Bakau, a subsidiary of Eni-Petronas joint venture Searah, has extended a drilling job for Ventura Offshore’s SSV Catarina semi-submersible rig, operating offshore Indonesia.Eni Muara Bakau has exercised an option for a fourth well and a tophole in Indonesia for the the SSV Catarina…

Bernhard Schulte Takes Delivery of Final CSOV in New Fleet Series

Jul 06, 2026

Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has taken delivery of Windea Clarke, the fourth and final commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) in its latest newbuild series, with the vessel set to enter a seasonal charter on a UK North Sea offshore wind project…

JERA Nex bp Boosts Belgian Offshore Wind Stakes

Jul 06, 2026

JERA Nex bp has completed the acquisition of Sumitomo Corporation’s stakes in the Northwester 2 and Nobelwind offshore wind farms, increasing its ownership of the two Belgian projects.The transaction raises JERA Nex bp’s ownership of the 219…

Eldorado-Vantage Merger Signals Continued Offshore Drilling Consolidation

Jun 29, 2026

On 29 May 2026, Vantage Drilling International and Eldorado Drilling signed a merger agreement under which Eldorado will acquire Vantage, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. As part of the transaction, Vantage shareholders will receive $19 per share in cash…

Dutch Grant Backs SolarDuck's Offshore Solar Power Hub Scheme

Jun 29, 2026

Offshore floating solar company SolarDuck and the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) have been awarded a $3.7 million (€3.2 million) subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to advance the development of an offshore…

Dutch Firm Secures $465M Funding for Mexico-Bound FSO

Jun 29, 2026

SBM Offshore has secured project financing worth $465 million for the Chalchi floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel, being built for Woodside Energy's Trion project offshore Mexico.The financing has been provided by a consortium of international…

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