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Valaris Adds $190M in New Offshore Drilling and Wind Contracts

Oct 28, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has secured a series of new contracts and extensions worth about $190 million in the North Sea and Middle East regions, lifting its total contract backlog to $4.5 billion.The latest awards include a mix of…

Tenaris to Supply Subsea Pipes for Mexico’s First Ultra-Deepwater Scheme

Oct 27, 2025

Tenaris has secured the supply of casing and tubing for the Trion project, located 180 km off the Mexican coastline, and operated Woodside’s Mexican subsidiary.Tenaris will also provide line pipe and coatings for bends, flowlines and risers as part of the project’s subsea infrastructure…

Otto Candies Buys Four MPSVs from Harvey Gulf International Marine

Oct 27, 2025

U.S.-based offshore and marine services company Otto Candies has acquired four multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) from Harvey Gulf International Marine.The vessels acquired by Otto Candies are the Harvey Blue-Sea, Harvey Sub-Sea, Harvey Deep-Sea…

Pertamina Joins Petronas in Ultra-Deepwater Asset off Indonesia

Oct 27, 2025

Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas has signed a farm-out agreement with its Indonesian counterpart Pertamina for the share of its ultra-deepwater Bobara production sharing contract (PSC), offshore Indonesia.Under the agreement, Pertamina will hold a 24…

Chevron-Helleniq Energy Consortium Set to Explore Greece's Four Offshore Blocks

Oct 24, 2025

Greece has formally selected a consortium of U.S. oil major Chevron and domestic firm Helleniq Energy as the preferred bidder for four offshore gas exploration areas - one in the Ionian Sea and three south of the Peloponnese and Crete - the country’s energy ministry said…

Tampnet Anchors Digital Links for LLOG’s Salamanca Deepwater Scheme

Oct 23, 2025

Tampnet, a Norway-based provider of offshore connectivity services, has been selected to deliver digital connectivity infrastructure for the Salamanca deepwater development in the U.S. Gulf, operated by LLOG Exploration.Salamanca is a Floating…

DOF Books Contract Extensions for Two Subsea Vessels

Oct 23, 2025

Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured contract extensions for two of its subsea vessels, both operating in Guyana.The contract extensions are for Skandi Nomad and Skandi Constructor, which will remain on duty for one more year each…

ExxonMobil Signs Oil and Gas Exploration Deal with Gabon

Oct 23, 2025

Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with the government of Gabon to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the central African country.The memorandum of understanding, a non-binding agreement, marks an expansion of the top U…

Petrobras and Equinor Big Winners in Brazil's Offshore Oil and Gas Auction

Oct 22, 2025

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and Norway's Equinor were the big winners in a Wednesday auction for areas in Brazil's offshore pre-salt region, acquiring one oil block each and partnering to develop a third.Australia's Karoon Energy also acquired one block…

Saipem Scoops $135M in New Drilling Rig Contracts and Extensions

Oct 22, 2025

Saipem has strengthened its offshore drilling order intake with new contract awards and extensions worth a total amount of approximately $135 million, further reinforcing its presence in key strategic areas such as West Africa, the Mediterranean…

Offshore Industry Majors Join Forces for Next-Gen Subsea Flowline Tech

Oct 21, 2025

A consortium of offshore energy companies including TotalEnergies, Equinor, Aker BP, DeepOcean, Tenaris, and LS Cable & System has launched a joint industry project to commercialize a new subsea flowline heating technology designed to cut costs…

FET Books Two Work-Class ROV Order from Nigerian Oil and Gas Firm

Oct 20, 2025

Forum Energy Technologies’ (FET) subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two of its new generation work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLX EVO III, to Nigerian oil and gas firm Marine Platforms (MPL).The contract win marks the first sale of FET’s XLX EVO III…

Sanctions Force Vantage Drilling to End Platinum Explorer Contract

Oct 20, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has announced the termination of the contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Platinum Explorer.The termination, with immediate effect, is for the 260-day campaign the Platinum Explorer drillship was hired earlier in 2025…

McDermott Wraps Work at TotalEnergies’ Begonia Field off Angola

Oct 17, 2025

U.S. based engineering and construction firm McDermott has completed its activities for TotalEnergies' Begonia field development, offshore Angola.Under the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, pre-commissioning and commissioning contract…

CIP Places Bid in Colombia’s First Offshore Wind Round

Oct 17, 2025

Colombia received a bid from a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), to develop a project in the South American country's first offshore wind energy round, the head of its hydrocarbons agency said on Thursday.Orlando Velandia…

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