Floating Platform News


Autonomous Drones Start Service Aker BP's at North Sea Platform

Jun 02, 2025

Aker Solutions has installed an autonomous drone system on Aker BP’s Edvard Grieg platform in the North Sea, enabling remote inspections from shore.The company recently completed the first offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation…

Gazelle Secures Multi-Million Funding for Floating Wind Demo

May 30, 2025

Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based floating wind developer, has closed a $2.26 million (€2 million) investment with Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) to support further development of its floating wind technology and projects.The investment with…

Eni Starts Drilling Activities off Ghana with Seventh-Gen Drillship

May 30, 2025

Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, has marked the start of drilling activities offshore Ghana with the arrival of Deep Value Driller (DVD) drillship, following completion of activities in Côte d'Ivoire.Eni Ghana, together with its Offshore…

Portuguese Firm Bags $280M for Maintenance Work on Petrobras' Platforms

May 29, 2025

Portuguese group Mota-Engil, through its Empresa Construtora do Brasil unit, has signed a contract with Petrobras to deliver offshore platform maintenance services in Brazil.The contract, worth approximately R$1.61 billion or $280 million, will have an estimated term of 48 months…

Galp Targets 40% Oil Production Boost in Brazil with New Field

May 29, 2025

Portugal's Galp expects to boost its oil and gas production in Brazil by around 40% over the next few years, when the promising offshore field Bacalhau reaches peak output, executive board member Nuno Bastos told reporters.Galp produces 110…

Agogo FPSO Checks In Offshore Angola

May 29, 2025

The Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has reached Angola ahead off installation at Azule Energy’s offshore field.The trans-oceanic towing operation from China to Angola was conducted by PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH)…

Mento Platform Off Trinidad and Tobago Produces First Gas

May 29, 2025

EOG Resources Trinidad (EOG) and BP Trinidad and Tobago, equal joint venture partners in the Mento development, have produced first gas at the field off Trinidad’s southeast coast.The Mento development features a 12-slot, attended facility that…

Valeura Concludes Eight-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

May 29, 2025

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has completed an eight-well drilling campaign in license B5/27 in Gulf of Thailand with Borr Drilling’s Mist jack-up drilling rig.At its 100%-operated B5/27 license, Valeura conducted drilling operations at Jasmine C…

Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition to Run Together with LNG PCC 2025

May 28, 2025

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has confirmed that the LNG PCC 2025 will be held on June 20, in collaboration with the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition, organized by dmg events…

Three Dead in Chevron's Angolan Oil Patform Fire

May 28, 2025

A second person died from their injuries in hospital following a fire at a Chevron-operated oil platform offshore Angola, bringing the number of fatalities to three, government and company officials said late on Tuesday.Two workers were initially…

BW Opal FPSO Vessel set for Work off Australia

May 28, 2025

Seatrium delivered the Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO), BW Opal, to BW Offshore.'We would like to express our appreciation to BW Offshore for entrusting Seatrium with their projects over the years,' said Marlin Khiew…

Steerprop Launches Largest Retractable Thruster

May 28, 2025

Finland's Steerprop expanded its range of retractable thrusters with its biggest unit to date. Designed for offshore vessels and workboats that need high-performance station-keeping or thrust boost capabilities, the SP 45 R will be introduced on several offshore…

Holland Home of Wind Energy to Merge with NMT-IRO

May 27, 2025

Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) and NMT-IRO will officially merge as of January 1, 2026.Trade organization NMT-IRO is a close-knit network of Dutch shipyards, suppliers and service providers.The merger brings together two organizations that…

First Oil from Mero-4 FPSO in Brazil pre-salt

May 27, 2025

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the start of production at the floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) Alexandre de Gusmão in the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil…

Equinor's Troll Gas Field Outage Extends to end of May

May 27, 2025

Equinor has extended a partial outage at Norway's Troll natural gas field until May 31 due to a compressor failure, the company said in a regulatory filing on Monday, pushing European gas prices higher.Norway in 2022 overtook Russia as Europe's…

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