Offshore Drilling Hardware


Northern Lights Expands LCO2 Fleet with Vessel Charter for MISC, K Line

Jun 03, 2026

Northern Lights JV has awarded a consortium comprising Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K' LINE) and Malaysia's MISC Berhad a time charter contract for a newly built 12,000 cubic meter liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, supporting the expansion of Europe's carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure…

Oil Jumps Over 3% After US-Iran Exchange Attacks

Jun 01, 2026

Oil prices rose more than 3% on Monday after Iran and the U.S. traded strikes and Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in its battle with Tehran-backed Hezbollah.U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose $2.88 or 3.3% to $90.24 a barrel as of 0701 GMT…

Engineering for Extremes (II): Accuracy & Efficiency in Offshore Drilling

May 31, 2026

Accurate, immediate data while drilling is central to efficient, effective outcomes. Tronics Microsystems earlier this year introduced its inertial sensor portfolio with the launch of the AXO315 T1, a high-temperature digital accelerometer designed for energy sector drilling applications…

Equinor Taps DeepOcean for Norwegian Continental Shelf Subsea Work

May 28, 2026

DeepOcean has been awarded a subsea contract package by Equinor covering multiple fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, including projects in the North Sea and Barents Sea, with offshore work planned across the 2027-28 seasons.The contract…

Baker Hughes Expands Integrated Well Construction Contract with Petrobras

May 26, 2026

Baker Hughes announced Tuesday a major contract extension with Petrobras to provide integrated solutions for well construction across Brazil’s Santos Basin.Baker Hughes will expand the company’s comprehensive well construction operations in several of the basin’s oilfields…

Denmark Receives Offshore Wind Bids as Tender Scheme Rebounds

May 22, 2026

Denmark has received bids for two offshore wind areas in the North Sea and Kattegat designated for at least 1.8 GW of offshore wind capacity, the Danish Energy Agency has informed.The bids cover the Nordsøen Midt (Central North Sea) and Hesselø offshore wind areas…

Borr Drilling’s First Quarter Profit Takes Hit as Odin Rig Start-Up Lags

May 22, 2026

Borr Drilling has reported a wider first-quarter loss as delayed start-up work for the Odin jack-up rig and contract transitions weighed on earnings, while the offshore driller continued expanding its fleet and contract backlog.The company posted…

CIP Remains Eager to Invest in Italian Offshore Wind

May 21, 2026

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient.Two years after the country's 2024 law offered incentives to would-be developers to provide offshore wind capacity, the government…

Shell’s Deepwater Mars Hits One Billion Barrels, with More to Come (Video)

May 21, 2026

Shell’s Mars platform has produced its billionth barrel of oil equivalent, becoming the first single offshore platform in the Gulf of America to reach the milestone nearly three decades after production began.The deepwater oil and gas platform…

Aquaterra’s RAF System for UK CCS Project Enters Fabrication Phase

May 20, 2026

Aquaterra Energy has started fabrication of its first Recoverable Abandonment Frame (RAF) system for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), a U.K. carbon capture and storage (CCS) project aimed at supporting industrial decarbonization.The…

QatarEnergy Enters Uruguay with Shell Deal for Three Offshore Blocks

May 20, 2026

QatarEnergy has acquired participating interests in three exploration blocks offshore Uruguay from BG International Limited, a subsidiary of Shell.Under the agreements, QatarEnergy has acquired an 18% interest in block ‘OFF-4’, while Shell held 32%…

ADES Extends North Sea Rig Contract to Three-Year Term

May 18, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor ADES Holding has extended the contract for Shelf Drilling Winner rig with Tenaz Energy Netherlands from a one-year to a three-year firm term for operations in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.The company said the contract…

ADES Lands $48M Nigeria Contract for Main Pass IV Rig

May 15, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a new contract in Nigeria for its Main Pass IV standard jack-up rig.The contract has a one-year firm term with an additional one-year unpriced option, with the firm term value of the contract of $48…

Perenco Brings Davy Gas Field in North Sea Back to Life

May 15, 2026

Perenco UK has restarted production from the Davy gas field in the Southern North Sea more than five years after the asset was shut in.The company said production from Davy wells A3 and A5 restarted in late April 2026 following a revival project…

Current News

Eni Enters Gambia with Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration License

Van Oord Wraps Up Cable Installation at Windanker Offshore Wind Farm

Sempra, TotalEnergies Produce First LNG at Mexico’s ECA LNG Project

Viridien Appoints Former SLB Executive as CEO

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News