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Transocean Scoops $199M in Second Quarter Drilling Rig Deals

Jul 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured four new contracts and extensions for its semi-submersible rigs and drillships during the second quarter of 2025, worth approximately $199 million.During the quarter, Transocean secured a contract extension with Equinor…

SBM Offshore’s Jaguar FPSO Enters Drydock in Singapore (Video)

Jul 17, 2025

SBM Offshore’s Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, bound for deployment at ExxonMobil’s field off Guyana, has entered the drydock at Seatrium yard in Singapore.The drydocking represents a major new forward in the delivery of the FPSO…

NKT Partners Up with Helix for ‘World’s Most Powerful’ Subsea Trencher

Jul 17, 2025

NKT has selected Helix Robotic Solutions as the partner for operating its new T3600 subsea trencher, said to be the world’s most powerful trencher, which will become operational in 2027.NKT has entered a long-term cooperation and frame agreement with UK-based Helix Robotic Solutions Limited…

Worley Inks FEED Contract for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

Jul 17, 2025

Worley has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for onshore substation for the 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland, being developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture firm created by Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision…

Solstad’s Normand Pioneer CSV Up for Petrobras Job

Jul 17, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Maritime has secured work for its Normand Pioneer construction support vessel (CSV) for the end-client Petrobras.The vessel will be on a bareboat contract from Solstad Maritime to Solstad Offshore (SOFF)…

Equinor’s Wildcat Well in North Sea Fails to Deliver

Jul 17, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Garantiana NV prospect in the North Sea.Wildcat well 34/6-8 S was drilled in production license 554, which was awarded in 2010 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2009). This is the eighth well drilled in this production license…

Netherlands Scales Down Offshore Wind Target for 2040

Jul 17, 2025

The Dutch government on Wednesday scaled back plans to build offshore wind farms in the next 15 years, citing rising costs and lower-than-expected electricity demand from industry.The government said its previous target of achieving total offshore…

Venture Global to Supply LNG to Italy's Eni Under 20-Year Deal

Jul 16, 2025

Venture Global will supply 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas from its Calcasieu Pass 2 project over 20 years to Italian state-controlled energy group Eni, the two companies said on Wednesday.The deal is Eni's first long…

Saab Delivers Another Seaeye Falcon ROV to Subsea Specialist

Jul 16, 2025

Saab UK has delivered its 600th Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicle (ROV) produced in Fareham, built for international subsea specialist DISA International.The latest addition joins DISA’s growing fleet of Saab Seaeye vehicles and contributes…

Gazelle Wind Power Banks $1.7M for Floating Wind Demonstrator

Jul 16, 2025

Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based floating wind developer, has secured $1.7 million investment through strategic agreement with dstgroup, a Portuguese conglomerate, aimed at advancing floating wind technology and Nau Azul demonstration project off Portugal…

Equinor Reports ‘Safer Than Ever’ Second Quarter Ops

Jul 16, 2025

Equinor's long-term positive safety trend is reinforced through the second quarter of 2025, as the total number of serious incidents and personal injuries per million hours worked is at the lowest level the company has ever experienced at the end of the second quarter…

MODEC, Eld Energy Advance FPSO Offshore Fuel Cell Pilot

Jul 16, 2025

MODEC has entered into a contract with Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, to design and manufacture a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system pilot unit intended for installation on one of the MODEC-operated floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units…

Van Oord Enlists SPIE Wind Connect for German Offshore Wind Job

Jul 16, 2025

SPIE Global Services Energy, a subsidiary of SPIE, has announced that its wind power high voltage specialized entity, SPIE Wind Connect has secured a second contract with marine contractor Van Oord.The project scope involves the termination and testing of 21…

Taihan’s Palos CLV Installs Export Cables for South Korean Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 16, 2025

Taihan’s cable laying vessel (CLV), PALOS, has successfully completed the installation of export cables for the 364.8 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind farm in South Korea.The project, being developed Nakwol Blue Heart, is located near Songido…

EnQuest Picks Up Offshore Oil and Gas Block in Brunei

Jul 16, 2025

U.K.-based oil firm EnQuest has been awarded a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block C, offshore Brunei, by the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam (PABD).EnQuest EP BV, a subsidiary of EnQuest, will initially be the sole operator of the PSA with the intention to subsequently…

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