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Peru Oil Regulator to Complete Bid for Offshore Area by November

Aug 27, 2025

Peru's oil regulator expects to complete the bidding process for an offshore area in the Talara basin by November, an executive said on Wednesday.The lot Z69 was put on offer earlier this year.Peru has a total of 54 onshore and offshore areas…

Reach Subsea’s USV Heads to Australia for Work with Woodside Energy

Aug 26, 2025

Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea has sent off its Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Reach Remote 2 to Australia to deliver services for Woodside Energy.The Reach Remote 2 USV will perform reservoir monitoring on the Scarborough gas field…

Equinor Finds Oil and Gas Near Troll Field in North Sea

Aug 25, 2025

Equinor and partners have struck oil and gas in the Fram area, nine kilometers north of the Troll field in the North Sea.The discoveries were made in exploration well 35/11-31 S in production license 090, operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

Australia’s Novocastrian Offshore Wind Project Stalled

Aug 24, 2025

Equinor has pulled out of the Australian Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project which was planned for a location about 20 kilometers offshore from off Newcastle.It was partnered with Australian company Oceanex on the A$10 billion ($6.5 billion)…

Western Australia Can’t Wait [for a Decommissioning Hub]

Aug 21, 2025

The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea and unproductive since 2019, its fate became the burden…

Reach Subsea Completes Inspection for TotalEnergies Using USV/ Electric ROV

Aug 20, 2025

Reach Subsea has completed a subsea inspection campaign for TotalEnergies, carried out in the Skirne, Byggve, and Atla fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The project was delivered using Reach Remote 1, an unmanned surface vessel equipped with an electric ROV…

Panel Discusses Rising Tide of Renewables

Aug 19, 2025

A panel session at The Heavy Lift Group’s gathering in The Hague in May put its finger on a ‘hot button’ topic in offshore logistics by focusing on the responses required from industry to fast-changing developments in the renewables sector.The…

Aize Enters Middle East Collaboration with McDermott

Aug 17, 2025

Digital twin technology company Aize has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with McDermott to strengthen its presence and collaboration in the Middle East.The MoU spans the entire project lifecycle - from EPC through pre-operations to full operations…

Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?

Aug 15, 2025

The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an ambitious multi-phase ‘Argentina LNG’ initiative aiming to secure a permanent place in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market…

Robosys Automation Aims to Streamline Offshore Wind Environmental Data Collection

Aug 14, 2025

Robosys Automation is leading Project ORACLES, a venture which it says will transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms.Currently the data collection process for environmental monitoring at proposed offshore wind sites is labor-intensive…

Kent Wins Timor Sea Contract

Aug 13, 2025

Kent has been awarded a new technical advisory services contract by the Australian Government to support the permanent plugging and abandonment of the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea.The contract also includes advisory services…

OpenTug Drives Barge Transports Digitalization

Aug 12, 2025

The tow and barge industry is, to put it kindly, a conservative industry built on a traditional way of doing things. But times are changing, and the need for digital solutions to help track and verify cargoes – particularly in the high-value energy market – is becoming mandatory…

ExxonMobil Starts Drilling off Australia with Valaris Jack-Up Rig

Aug 08, 2025

Esso Australia, ExxonMobil’s Australian subsidiary, has started drilling for the nearly $200 million Kipper 1B project, which will bring online much-needed additional gas supply from the Gippsland Basin.The project is using Valaris’ VALARIS…

Seatrium Engages Axess Group to Clear FPSOs for Brazil Deployment

Aug 06, 2025

Norway-based Axess Group has secured contracts with Seatrium to deliver Brazilian Regulatory Compliance (BRC) services for six floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units set for deployment off Brazil.Axess Group has been tasked to deliver BRC services for P-78…

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