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Hydromea, Equinor Achieve World’s First Wireless Broadband Data Transfer from Seabed to Cloud

Mar 04, 2026

Hydromea, together with Equinor, has announced the world’s first demonstration of real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data transmission from the ocean floor directly to the cloud. This milestone marks an advancement in subsea asset monitoring and the digitalization of the offshore energy sector…

Shell Troubleshoots Subsea Equipment at Ormen Lange Oil Field

Feb 26, 2026

Shell is currently troubleshooting parts of the subsea system at its offshore Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea, where output has been curtailed since February 16, the company said on Thursday.Shell Norway has mobilised a vessel with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)…

Eldorado Outbids Saipem for Deep Value Driller Drillship

Feb 26, 2026

Deep Value Driller has agreed to sell its seventh-generation drillship Deep Value Driller to Eldorado Drilling for $300 million in cash, scrapping an earlier agreement to sell the vessel to Saipem for $272.5 million.The Oslo-listed company has…

Odfjell Technology to Buy Majority Stake in Well Intervention Firms

Feb 26, 2026

Odfjell Technology has agreed to acquire a 70% ownership stake in Kaseum Holdings and Razor Oiltools, two companies focused on lightweight intervention and plug and abandonment (P&A) services.The acquisition is aimed at strengthening Odfjell Technology’s position in technology-led…

Worley Gets Denmark’s Hydrogen Transmission Network Job

Feb 25, 2026

Worley Limited has been awarded a five-year engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Energinet Brint to support Phase 1 of Denmark’s Hydrogen Backbone pipeline.The Danish Hydrogen Backbone 1 project will…

Kongsberg Maritime to Equip LS Marine’s Ultra-Large Cable Lay Vessel

Feb 25, 2026

Kongsberg Maritime has been selected to supply a fully integrated equipment package for a next-generation ultra-large cable laying (CLV) vessel being built for LS Marine Solution at Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye.The vessel, designed to support…

BOEM Proposes Regulation Revision to Support Mineral Exploration

Feb 23, 2026

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced proposed revisions to its regulations governing hard mineral resources on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf aiming to advance exploration and development of critical minerals essential to national security…

AKOFS Offshore Inks New Vessel Deal with Petrobras

Feb 20, 2026

Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras for its Aker Wayfarer vessel.AKOFS Offshore, majority owned by Akastor, said the 2010-built vessel will continue…

Shell Starts Multi-Well Drilling Campaign off Egypt with Stena Drillship

Feb 20, 2026

Shell has launched a multi-well offshore drilling campaign in Egypt’s Mediterranean waters using Stena Drilling’s Stena IceMax drillship, marking the start of a new development phase at the West Mena gas field.Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources…

DOF Upgrades AHTS Fleet

Feb 19, 2026

DOF Group has entered into an agreement to purchase the very high-end AHTS vessels Aurora Saltfjord and Aurora Sandefjord.The vessels are 2011-built and feature a bollard pull of almost 400 metric tonnes, making them among the most powerful AHTS vessels globally…

MISC Secures Long-Term Charter for Papua New Guinea's First FSO

Feb 19, 2026

Malaysia’s MISC has secured long-term bareboat charter and operations and maintenance contracts with ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) for Papua New Guinea’s first floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit.The contracts comprise a firm 15-year charter with extension options of up to an additional 15 years…

Akita Offshore Wind Build Progresses as JERA Defies Cost Pressures

Feb 19, 2026

Japan's top power generator JERA has begun construction of its offshore wind project in Akita, northern Japan, and is on schedule for a 2028 start-up, President Hisahide Okuda said on Wednesday.The move comes despite soaring material and construction costs…

France Lowers Renewable Goals, Backs Nuclear in New Law

Feb 13, 2026

France set out a new energy law after years of wrangling on Thursday which slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run firm EDF to shutter nuclear plants.'We need to stop our internal family squabbling. We need both nuclear and renewables…

Mubadala Hires SLB for Deepwater Drilling Services Offshore Indonesia

Feb 12, 2026

SLB has secured multiple offshore drilling services contracts by Mubadala Energy for the Tangkulo natural gas deepwater development and associated exploration and appraisal activities in the Andaman Sea offshore Indonesia.The contracts cover…

Jan De Nul’s Fleeming Jenkin CLV to Get Dedicated Training Simulator

Feb 12, 2026

Tree C, a Dutch virtual and augmented reality specialist for the offshore and remote handling industry, has announced it will develop a training simulator for Fleeming Jenkin, described as the world’s largest cable laying vessel (CLV), owned by Jan De Nul…

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