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Transocean Secures $550M in US Gulf Drillship Deals

Oct 20, 2026

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has secured contracts worth approximately $550 million for two ultra-deepwater drillships in the U.S. Gulf, covering a combined 15 wells and adding to the company's firm contract backlog.The contracts…

SSE Picks Seaway7 for Berwick Bank B Offshore Wind Foundations and Cables

Oct 20, 2026

SSE Renewables has selected Subsea7's Seaway7 as preferred supplier for offshore wind turbine foundations and subsea inter-array cables at its 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind project in Scotland, under an agreement expected to support 465 UK jobs…

Bouri Gas Project Offshore Libya Set for October Start-Up

Oct 20, 2026

Eni has completed the Bouri Gas Utilization Project (GUP) offshore Libya, with start-up procedures underway for infrastructure designed to recover associated gas previously flared at the field and reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 1.5 million tonnes annually…

Rosebank Delays Put Ithaca's Future UK Investments at Risk

Oct 20, 2026

Oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy will likely halt further investment in Britain if the government does not approve its Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, chair Yaniv Friedman said in an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday.The company…

Venezuela's Oil Revival Spurs Hiring Push by Global Service Giants

Oct 20, 2026

Oilfield service companies including Weatherford International, Baker Hughes, Halliburton and SLB are advertising dozens of jobs in Venezuela, according to company websites, an early sign that a Washington-backed plan to rebuild the country's energy industry is gaining traction…

Norway Misses September Oil and Gas Production Forecast

Oct 20, 2026

Norway's combined oil and gas production missed an official forecast by 4% in September, data from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) showed on Tuesday.Oil production was slightly ahead of projections while natural gas was lagging, the data showed…

Ocean Oilfield Brings Noble Corporation's Jack-Up Rig Into Its Fleet

Oct 19, 2026

Abu Dhabi-based Ocean Oilfield Integrated Solutions has completed the acquisition and taken ownership of the former Noble Resolve jack-up drilling rig, now renamed Ocean MVM, from Noble Corporation.The GustoMSC CJ50-X100 MC jack-up arrived in Malta on October 13…

Fugro, EirGrid Complete Marine Surveys for Irish Offshore Wind Link

Oct 19, 2026

EirGrid has completed its 2026 marine and coastal survey campaign for Ireland's Powering Up Offshore – South Coast program, with Fugro carrying out investigations to support the development of grid infrastructure for approximately 900 MW of offshore renewable energy…

Vår Energi Makes Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Oct 19, 2026

Vår Energi and Equinor have made a gas and condensate discovery at the Lakris prospect in the Norwegian Sea, with preliminary estimates indicating recoverable resources of between 1.3 million and 5.5 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).The…

Equinor Scales Back Troll Electrification to Preserve Gas Output

Oct 19, 2026

Equinor and its partners in Norway's Troll field have decided to complete the Troll West Electrification (TWEL) project without installing a second electric export compressor on the Troll C platform, a move expected to make an additional 2.3…

Eidesvik's Viking Avant PSV on Extended Stay with Equinor

Oct 19, 2026

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract extension from Equinor for its platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Avant, keeping the vessel under contract until the end of 2027.The extension follows directly from the…

Greenpeace Protest Disrupts Work at Woodside's Scarborough Offshore Platform

Oct 19, 2026

Woodside Energy has suspended pre-commissioning activities at its Scarborough gas project's floating production unit (FPU) offshore Western Australia following a Greenpeace protest that saw two activists occupy the facility for two days before being taken into police custody…

Venezuela Eyes $76B Oil Investment Boom Under US Agreements

Oct 19, 2026

Venezuela expects nearly $76 billion in oil investment over the next five years under recently signed agreements, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday, adding that a bilateral accord with the US includes plans to drill 250 rigs…

Serica Energy Cuts 2026 Output Forecast as Triton FPSO Restart Slips

Oct 19, 2026

Britain's Serica Energy flagged a further delay to the restart of its Triton production vessel on Monday, prompting the oil and gas firm to lower its annual production forecast.Here are details from the company:Triton production is expected to resume around the end of November…

Incat Crowther to Build Fourth Fast Support Intervention Vessel

Oct 16, 2026

Zamil Offshore commissioned Incat Crowther and Singaporean shipbuilder Lita Ocean to design, build and deliver a fourth 60-m ABS-classed monohull Fast Support Intervention Vessel (FSIV). The project follows the delivery of the third vessel in…

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