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Expro Sets Deepwater Casing String Record in Gulf of America

Sep 08, 2025

Texas-based oilfield services provider Expro has achieved a world record by deploying the heaviest casing string to date, using its advanced Blackhawk Gen III Wireless Top Drive Cement Head with SKYHOOK technology in the Gulf of Mexico.The record…

James Fisher Makes ‘Historic’ Offshore Wind Monopile Cut

Sep 04, 2025

James Fisher and Sons, a provider of specialist marine and energy solutions, has completed the world’s first abrasive cut on a 10-meter-diameter offshore wind monopile, marking a significant milestone for decommissioning operations in the renewable energy and oil and gas sectors…

Fugro Wraps Up Site Survey for Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Farm in Australia

Sep 04, 2025

Fugro has completed a site investigation job for Ørsted at a future offshore wind farm landing site along Victoria’s eastern coastline in Australia.The project featured the first onshore deployment of Fugro’s patented Heat Flow Module (HFM) CPT probe…

UK-Brazil Team Unveils Tentacle-Like Robot for Offshore Inspections

Sep 03, 2025

Engineers in the U.K. and Brazil have developed a tentacle-like underwater robot that could change how subsea pipelines and offshore structures are inspected, offering a safer and more precise alternative to conventional rigid systems.The one-meter-long flexible manipulator…

Bourbon to Deliver Next-Gen Crewboats for ExxonMobil Offshore Angola

Sep 03, 2025

French offshore services provider Bourbon has signed a five-year charter contract with ExxonMobil to supply new 34-meter crewboats for oil and gas personnel transfers offshore Angola.The vessels will operate between Soyo and Block 15, about 80 miles offshore…

KOIL Energy Nets Subsea Equipment Supply Deal

Sep 01, 2025

Koil Energy Solutions, an international specialist in subsea equipment and services, has secured a significant contract, which includes the supply of control equipment for a subsea isolation valve system.The purpose of the system is to protect…

OWC Gets Cable Engineering Job for GreenVolt Floating Wind Farm

Aug 29, 2025

Renewable energy consultancy OWC has secured cable engineering support job 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…

Robots are Getting Very Good at Understanding the Environment Around Them

Aug 28, 2025

The July/August issue of Offshore Engineer includes an update on patrolling robots. They are increasingly being used for inspection, maintenance and repair, and they are increasingly being operated, human-in-the-loop, in a cyber world that is a detailed digital twin of their offshore environment…

DRIFT Offshore Opens Subsea Repair Facility in South Florida

Aug 28, 2025

Subsea resourcing specialist DRIFT Offshore has extended its service capabilities by formally opening a new, purpose-built subsea repair and engineering facility in South Florida.Creating five new job roles in the process, the launch of the 5…

Technip Energies Gets FEED Job for Inpex’ Abadi LNG Project in Indonesia

Aug 28, 2025

Technip Energies, in consortium with JGC, has been awarded two significant Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for Inpex Abadi LNG project in the Masela Block, offshore Indonesia.The first contract is for the gas floating production…

Subsea7 Secures Work at Black Sea Field off Türkiye

Aug 28, 2025

Subsea7 today has secured a major contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) for the development of phase 3 of the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye.Subsea7’s scope includes engineering, procurement…

Saipem Completes Conversion of Rig to FPU for Eni’s Congo LNG Project

Aug 27, 2025

Saipem has completed the conversion of the Scarabeo 5 semi-submersible drilling rig into a floating production unit (FPU), which will be deployed at Eni’s Congo liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.The conversion of the Scarabeo 5 into an FPU…

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 set to drive transformational change for the energy sector

Aug 21, 2025

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 (OE25) will open its doors at the P&J Live from 2-5 September for what is set to be one of the most pivotal in the show’s 52-year history. With offshore energy at the centre of national and international debate, the…

Saipem Milestone in Guyana Yellowtail Project

Aug 18, 2025

Saipem reports it has successfully completed its designated scope of work for the development of the Yellowtail field, operated by ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd., locatedin approximately 1,800m of water within the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.Awarded the contract in 2022…

The Gulf of America Can Lead in Carbon Storage, If Washington Acts

Aug 15, 2025

The United States has everything it needs to lead in offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS), except the rules to make it happen.Nearly four years ago, Congress gave the Department of the Interior authority to oversee offshore carbon sequestration…

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