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Borr Drilling Reports Quarterly Loss

Aug 12, 2026

Borr Drilling Limited has announced its unaudited results for the three and six months ended June 30, highlighting a second quarter total operating revenues of $232.3 million, a decrease of $14.7 million or 6% compared to the first quarter of 2026…

SLB, Equinor to Upgrade Vessel Under Multi-Year Well Stimulation Deal

Aug 07, 2026

SLB and Equinor have signed a multi-year agreement for advanced reservoir stimulation services across the Norwegian Continental Shelf, including a major upgrade of the well stimulation vessel MV Island Captain.The agreement provides dedicated…

RWE, Trump Reach $1.22b agreement to Cancel Offshore Wind Leases

Aug 06, 2026

German energy company RWE said on Thursday that it had reached a $1.22 billion agreement with the Trump administration to cancel three offshore wind leases in U.S. waters and to direct the funds to LNG and natural gas power plant projects.The arrangement is the fifth…

KOIL Energy Grows Eastern Hemisphere Presence with New Alliance

Aug 05, 2026

KOIL Energy Solutions has entered into a strategic alliance with consultancy Pipeline Network to expand its presence, operational capabilities and customer support across the Eastern Hemisphere.The alliance combines KOIL Energy's subsea technology…

Oil Rises as Uncertainty Clouds US-Iran Peace Talks

Aug 04, 2026

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as a diplomatic resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict remained uncertain, while disruptions to oil flows through key shipping routes persisted.Front-month Brent futures LCOc1 rose $1.04, or 1.24%, to $84.81 a barrel…

Energean, Carlyle Eye BP's Egypt Offshore Gas Assets

Jul 29, 2026

Dragon Oil, Carlyle Group, Energean and Artemis Energy are among the groups expected to bid this week for assets in BP's West Nile Delta natural gas development off Egypt, three sources familiar with the sale process said.British oil major BP…

Northern Lights CCS Fleet Set for Next Stage with Latest LCO2 Carrier Arrival

Jul 29, 2026

Northern Lights joint venture has taken delivery of its fourth dedicated liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, completing the vessel fleet required for the first phase of its carbon capture and storage (CCS) transport and storage operations.The Northern…

Talos Energy Farms Into Mexico’s Offshore Oil Block via Repsol Deal

Jul 28, 2026

Talos Energy has agreed to acquire a 50% working interest in Block 29 offshore Mexico from Repsol, expanding its international portfolio with a pre-final investment decision oil development that includes more than 200 million barrels of oil equivalent of estimated recoverable resources…

Seatrium Expands European Offshore Wind Hub

Jul 27, 2026

Seatrium Offshore Renewable Services (ORS) has begun construction of a new operations hub in the UK to expand its offshore wind capabilities and support a growing pipeline of renewable energy projects across Europe.The new facility in Lowestoft…

Allseas Readies Overhauled Solitaire Pipelayer for Gulf Return

Jul 24, 2026

Dutch offshore contractor Allseas has completed one of the most extensive renewal and upgrade programs in the history of its pipelay vessel Solitaire, paving the way for the ship's return to commercial operations following 10 months of work in Rotterdam…

Egypt Approves Oil, Gas Exploration

Jul 22, 2026

Egypt's parliament approved four oil and gas exploration and development agreements on Wednesday, including a North Sinai project involving Franco-British independent producer Perenco.Egypt is looking to bolster domestic energy production that…

ABL Gets Papua New Guinea FSO Job

Jul 22, 2026

ABL has been awarded a contract by Oil Search (PNG), a subsidiary of Santos, to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for Papua New Guinea's first offshore floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility.The work will support the supply…

Fugro Secures Timor-Leste Offshore Survey Job

Jul 17, 2026

Fugro has won a contract to carry out offshore site characterization surveys supporting the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan energy developments offshore Timor-Leste.The program will support planning and development of offshore energy infrastructure for the two projects through geophysical…

Vattenfall Drops Planned Vidar Offshore Wind Project in Sweden

Jul 17, 2026

Swedish utility Vattenfall will not go ahead with the giant Vidar offshore wind park, one of two given the greenlight by the government this week, because it would not be profitable, CEO Anna Borg said.Vidar, off Sweden's coast north of Gothenburg…

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