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First Spanish-Built Jackets Set Sail for French Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 31, 2025

Four jacket foundations have departed from Navantia Seanergies’ facilities in Fene, Spain, towards the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm being built in France.Each of these 1,200-tonne structures is part of an offshore wind farm developed by Les Éoliennes en Mer…

ADNOC Puts Oxford Flow’s ‘Emissions Eliminating’ Valve on Oil and Gas Trials

Jul 31, 2025

Oxford Flow has started commercial trials of its stemless control valve with ADNOC, marking a major step forward in industrial decarbonization across one of the world’s leading energy producers.The pilot is a result of Oxford Flow’s success…

UAE’s Masdar Posts Profit while Tripling Assets in 2024

Jul 31, 2025

Abu Dhabi state-owned renewables company Masdar reported a 2024 profit of 412 million dirhams ($112.18 million) on Thursday, reversing a 44-million-dirham net loss recorded the previous year.The company's total assets more than tripled in the year ending December 31…

MODEC Gets ABS Nod for Floating Wind Turbine Design

Jul 31, 2025

MODEC has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its floating wind turbine concept, the i-TLP2.With its tension leg platform (TLP)-oriented features, the i-TLP2 is said to minimize floater motions and seabed footprint…

Prysmian Hires NextGeo for Interconnector and Offshore Wind Survey Work

Jul 31, 2025

Italian offshore services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has secured two new contracts from Prysmian, worth $23.5 million, to deliver its services for Bay of Biscay interconnection project and offshore wind farm developments in the Netherlands…

Agogo FPSO Produces First Oil at Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

Jul 31, 2025

Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has started producing oil  through the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, operating at the Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) project, offshore Angola, which involves the development of two fields…

Shell's Second Quarter Profit Tumbles by Almost a Third

Jul 31, 2025

Shell's second-quarter adjusted earnings, its definition of net profit, tumbled by almost a third on Thursday, dragged down by a drop in oil prices, but still easily beat analysts' forecasts.The oil major said it would maintain the pace of its share buyback programme at $3…

Nippon Steel to Supply Material for Vestas Wind Towers

Jul 30, 2025

Nippon Steel signed a cooperation memorandum with Denmark's wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems on Wednesday to supply steel for Vestas' wind towers for European, Asian and Japanese markets, Japan's industry ministry said.The agreement was part of a broader push by Japan's Ministry of Economy…

Energean Makes FID for Croatian Offshore Gas Field in Adriatic Sea

Jul 30, 2025

British gas producer Energean has taken the final decision to invest in the Irena gas field in the North Adriatic Sea off Croatia, it said on Wednesday.The gas field is located in the Izabela concession, an offshore gas development area in the North Adriatic Sea…

Japan Designates Hokkaido Sites for Offshore Wind Auctions

Jul 30, 2025

Japan's industry and land ministers on Wednesday designated Matsumae and Hiyama, areas off the northern island of Hokkaido, as promotion zones for upcoming offshore wind power auctions, aiming to bolster the country's renewable energy goals…

Oceaneering Upgrades Survey Vessel for Simultaneous Autonomous Missions

Jul 30, 2025

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering has completed a major upgrade of its Ocean Intervention II oceanographic research vessel, equipping it to perform simultaneous autonomous offshore survey missions.The retrofit, carried out in early 2025 on the 25-year-old vessel…

Blue Water to Ensure Noble Developer’s Smooth Drilling Ops off Suriname

Jul 30, 2025

Blue Water Suriname has secured rig agency and logistics contract for Noble Corporation’s Noble Developer rig, which is engaged on drilling operation for Petronas offshore Suriname.Blue Water team in Suriname will offer rig agency and the logistics and shorebase support Noble Developer…

NEO Energy and Repsol Wrap Up Merger of UK Oil and Gas Assets

Jul 30, 2025

The merger between Repsol Resources UK and NEO Energy has been completed, creating NEO NEXT Energy as one of the largest producers on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).The joint venture is owned by Repsol E&P Group (45%) and NEO UK (55%), with a projected 2025 production of approximately 130…

Serica Energy Revises Production Outlook as Triton FPSO Ramp-Up Lags

Jul 30, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas firm Serica Energy has revised its production outlook for 2025, following the delays with the ramp-up to steady production from the Triton floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which was restarted earlier in July…

Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 Drilling Rig to Stay on Duty for Aker BP

Jul 30, 2025

Aker BP has exercised the option for the extension period under the existing contract with Saipem for the semi‑submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 8.The option, which is direct continuation of the previous one-year contract extension, prolongs the contract until December 31…

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