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Oil Prices Tumble Nearly 4% as US-Iran Peace Hopes Grow

Nov 02, 2026

Oil fell nearly 4% on Monday as talks between Iranian and Qatari officials on a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran raised hopes that Middle East supply disruptions could ease.Iranian negotiators left Doha talks on Sunday, but not due to difficulties in negotiations…

Dominion Energy Installs 44 Turbines at Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Nov 02, 2026

Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has reached approximately 85% overall completion, with 44 of its planned 176 wind turbines installed and work on the 45th underway.The latest milestone marks an increase from 81% overall completion reported at the end of July…

Odfjell Drilling Adds New Rig to Fleet Ahead of Serica's UK Drilling Campaign

Nov 02, 2026

Odfjell Drilling has secured an agreement to manage Beacon Pacific semi-submersible rig for a six-well drilling campaign with Serica Energy offshore UK, scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2027.Serica Energy has signed the drilling contract with rig owner Beacon Pacific Offshore…

Subsea7 Lands North Sea Tieback Job from Aker BP

Nov 02, 2026

Subsea7 has secured a contract from Aker BP for subsea pipeline and infrastructure work on the Lyra field development in the North Sea offshore Norway.The contract, worth between $150 million and $300 million, covers engineering, procurement…

UTEC, Sonardyne Tackle GNSS Disruption in Middle East Pipelay Projects

Nov 02, 2026

UTEC, Acteon's geo-services business, will deploy a hybrid acoustic-inertial positioning system developed with Sonardyne to support two offshore pipelay projects in the Middle East, covering more than 150 kilometers of pipeline installation…

CNOOC Set to Restore Production at Major South China Sea Gas Field

Nov 02, 2026

China's CNOOC plans to resume production at its deep-sea gas field Lingshui 17-2 in the South China Sea in the fourth quarter following an accident earlier in the year, a company executive said during an earnings call on Friday.The incident…

Portugal Mulls Bigger Galp Stake After Moeve Deal Collapse

Nov 02, 2026

Portugal's government is assessing whether to increase its 8% stake in oil company Galp Energia after the collapse of merger talks with Spain's Moeve, the economy minister said on Sunday as it seeks to safeguard strategic assets including the country's only oil refinery…

Big Oil Pockets Near-Record Profits but Spending Restraint Signals Long-Term Doubts

Nov 02, 2026

Big Oil is reaping near record cash windfalls from the eight-month-old Iran war, but Western energy producers’ reluctance to ramp up spending reveals persistent doubts about the industry’s long-term outlook.BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell and…

TotalEnergies to Take Operatorship of Two Major Gas Fields off Malaysia

Nov 02, 2026

TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 30% operated interest in the Lang Lebah and B14 gas fields offshore Malaysia, paving the way for an integrated development expected to unlock more than 6.5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources…

Borr Drilling Confirms Fourth Death in Gabon Rig Sinking, One Missing

Nov 02, 2026

Borr Drilling has confirmed the recovery of a fourth body following the sinking of its Prospector 5 jack-up rig offshore Gabon, with search operations continuing for one person still missing.The company said on November 2 that the body of a…

CNOOC Starts Up Nine Oil and Gas Projects as Production Hits Record

Oct 30, 2026

Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC has brought nine new oil and gas projects into production in the first nine months of 2026, lifting its net output by 2.7% year-on-year to a record 593.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) for the period…

Huisman Gets Crane Supply Order for Siem's Subsea Newbuilds

Oct 30, 2026

Huisman has secured a contract from Siem Industries to supply four knuckle boom cranes for two offshore subsea construction vessels under construction at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China, with deliveries of the vessels scheduled for 2029 and 2030…

SBM Offshore Picks Seatrium for South American FPSO Project

Oct 30, 2026

Seatrium has secured a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel integration contract worth over $155 million (S$200) million from SBM Offshore for offshore developments in South America.The contract covers the fabrication of key mooring and riser support structures…

Solstad's Normand Australis Wins 250-Day Subsea Campaign

Oct 30, 2026

Solstad Maritime has secured two contracts for its Normand Australis construction support vessel (CSV) in the Asia Pacific region, with a combined firm duration of 250 days.The contracts will be executed consecutively, with operations expected to begin in December 2026…

When Contractors Collide: Managing Interfaces to Keep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects on Schedule

Oct 30, 2026

An offshore project can appear to be progressing on schedule until one contractor is ready to move forward and the next cannot start. What appears to be a relatively minor contractual or technical issue can quickly develop into a much larger…

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